Human Interest

Babe Ruth and Eugene Kramer’s 5 to 10 minutes of fame.

We recently re-discovered an almost-forgotten document telling the story of Eugene Kramer’s fifteen minutes of fame. As seen in the document, in the summer of 1945, Eugene, then 15 and

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Human Interest

Help Josué and enjoy his art

You first met Josué Ramirez in What Millennials think of the Bridge Generation at Lux Lounge. and then later in The 180th Anniversary of the Alamo and Trump’s Wall with Dr. Josué

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Human Interest

Life as a Stoozer and other adventures in the credit card fun house

Recently, I paid off the final installment on a Discover® credit card I’ve held since 2004. Thus, effectively ending my stoozing career. For now. In stoozing lore, the first naming of our

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Human Interest

One of Brighton High School’s Fab Five is back in town

Chess player, Strat player, street football player, and badminton player — and former Navy pilot — Phil Ghyzel, BHS ’81, is back in town for the Holidays. Upon his arrival the

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Human Interest

Eugene Kramer publishes “Isaac” sixty-five years later.

Eugene Kramer (b.1929) has accomplished much. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Chicago, had a successful career as an urban planner

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History Human Interest

A Blast (of cold air) From the Past: The Syracuse University Marching Band and Macy’s 1971 Thanksgiving Day Parade

– Michael J. Nighan For several days this week, it was questionable whether the weather would put the kibosh on the balloons that are the main attraction of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving

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Human Interest Sports

The Big Stick is back. And a mystery

Many moons ago, I was jogging on the Aldrich-Dexter track at Brown University. Nearby, the baseball team was practicing. As they finished and left for the locker room, I was still running. From

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Human Interest

7-Eleven covers its A**

As seen in Trump resigns; squeezed out of White House, 7-Eleven sometimes sells items of dubious taste. For example, stores recently offered the Trump Squeeze Ball. The mushy, squishy head can

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Human Interest

Ookpik finally makes the magazine!

As described in a 1964 Canadian Broadcast Corporation segment, Ookpik takes Canada by storm, in the 1960s Ookpik became a popular national symbol after the federal government chose the toy to

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Human Interest

Three Cheers for Dr. Hawking: a tribute to a citizen-scientist

A graduate of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, George Cassidy Payne is a SUNY Humanities adjunct professor of philosophy. Hawking is dead. A genius of unrivaled vigor. Hawking is

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Human Interest

Babe Ruth and Eugene Kramer’s 5 to 10 minutes of fame.

Help Josué and enjoy his art

Life as a Stoozer and other adventures in the credit card fun house

One of Brighton High School’s Fab Five is back in town

Eugene Kramer publishes “Isaac” sixty-five years later.

A Blast (of cold air) From the Past: The Syracuse University Marching Band and Macy’s 1971 Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Big Stick is back. And a mystery

7-Eleven covers its A**

Ookpik finally makes the magazine!

Three Cheers for Dr. Hawking: a tribute to a citizen-scientist

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