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Students work to make meals culturally representative of student body and tastier On top of a lightly browned pita rests leafy florets of lettuce, roasted chickpeas, cucumber and a generous pile of feta cheese. The veggie gyro takes up more than half of the white foam tray. While the meal is colorful, many high school students at the Institute of …

In our November print issue, we catch up with 23-year-old equestrian Jovan Daniel, who graced our cover in 2010 with his horse Ares. Daniel is featured in our new Where Are They Now? series. He began to train and compete in horseback riding at the age of 13, then continued his career by attending Morrisville State College. Now he studies …

Model’s new book uses personal pain as a guide for others When Shaunna L. Spivey-Spinner’s second book comes out later this month, Syracuse is the last place she’ll be. Maybe she’ll hold a release party in Miami or will be overseas. What the local activist and model can guarantee is she will be nowhere near her hometown. “The day my …

Tanksley members count on their good chemistry to keep performing When I finally caught up to him, it didn’t surprise me that he was in the studio. Where else might you expect to find someone who says he’s written nearly 400 songs at only 21 years of age? Justin Tanksley, or just Tanksley, as he prefers to be called professionally, …

ITC students team up with professional coaches for The Fall Workshop Three Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central photography students, Katy Fermin, Ana McGough and Ellie Mayberry, attended The Fall Workshop at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as a part of the “Emerging Artists” team. The Fall Workshop is a rigorously scheduled workshop that ran from Oct. …

South Sider will graduate as an equestrian seven years after appearing in The Stand Jovan Daniel has felt drawn to horses since he first saw a group of them being fed and groomed on a University of Minnesota campus some 20 years back. His mother, Roshana Daniel, was studying for a degree in psychology. He was barely beyond kindergarten, but …

More about this series  :: Many people think of the police force as one unit, like a tribe with a single identity. But beyond the blue of the uniform, each police officer is unique. This project takes you inside the lives of the chief and several officers in Syracuse, showing that the force is truly a collection of individuals. Given …

Program gives high schoolers head start toward law enforcement careers Strumming a guitar inside his friend’s home on a spring evening, Ehblue Htoo paused and looked up. “Don’t we need a bass player for Sunday’s service?” he asked his friends and pastor during a weekly youth worship group meeting. His pastor nodded, and Ehblue, known as “Blu” to his friends, …

Survey shows students’ view of police changes at the schoolhouse doors

Creator of film “Walking While Black” spoke in Syracuse Oct. 21