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Poll of the Worst Foods to Nom on During Class
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Annie Segal
February 9, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Campus Basement took a poll using Syracuse University students asking what the worst foods to eat on campus are.
Student Eats Nothing But Stir-Fry For A Week
Enjoy having Stir-fry for dinner? Think you can eat it again tomorrow? How about the day after that? And the day after that? How about for a whole week? Junior Peter Shmitt did just that. Living in Ernie Davis Hall he has officially completed the Syracuse Dining Hall Stir-fry challenge by eating nothing but Stir-fry... MORE »
Ten Ways to Make Your Professor Hate You
1. On every essay exam, write 4 different ‘options’ as answers. On multiple choice exams, write long descriptions of your answer in the margins. Tell her you just don’t ‘get’ testing. 2. No matter what the subject matter is, whenever a question is asked in class, always relate your answer to Harry Potter. Hitler—>Voldemort. Jesus—>Harry.... MORE »
What Your Order from CampusFood.com Says About You
Bubble tea from Unique Tea HouseAt this point, ordering bubble tea from CampusFood.com says that you’ve gotten past the initial texture freak-out and have moved onto the common yet unhealthy phase of obsession. You’ve scheduled group meetings and first dates at Unique Tea House as any excuse to feed your addiction. At this point, having... MORE »
Just Your Average AST 101 Slide
I promise I only giggled a little. MORE »
The Greatest Man in Syracuse
The term “big man on campus” is thrown around a lot. But nobody exemplifies this persona more than one man. Wheather you know his name or not he has been in your dorm room more than any girl has. He has been in your neighbor’s home, your girlfriends’, your T.A’s,... MORE »
Student Hospitalized After Choking on Bubble Tea
Free samples of bubble tea at Boba Suite on South Crouse Avenue yesterday have left one Syracuse University student seriously injured and others seriously confused. Chris Rubenstein, a sophomore biology major, was taken to Upstate University Hospital at 5:45 p.m. and has been in a medically induced coma after nearly choking on tapioca pearls, police... MORE »
Newhouse III’s “food.com” runs out of seating on first day of class, rest of academic year
Over-achieving Newhouse students with nothing better to do than hang out in Newhouse learned early Monday morning that their beloved cafe, food.com, ran out of seating. “I had some time to kill before my Com 107 class and heard that food.com is the place where all the Newhouse kids hang out,” said freshman Isabelle Davis, “but when I... MORE »
An Open Letter From Chipotle’s Manager to Syracuse University
By John Friedman, Manager, Chipotle Mexican Grill It’s been a full week since I opened Chipotle on Syracuse University’s Marshall Street, and all I can think to myself is how freaking easy it is to take money from you people. I mean, damn, I’ve got hundreds of students lining up outside my restaurant literally... MORE »
Syracuse student claims to be Hannah Montana
Sophomore PR major, Hannah Melton, claims to be the real Hannah Montana after getting her wisdom teeth removed. Has the real Hannah Montana been walking among us at Syracuse? MORE »
30 Rock and other shows insult Syracuse, must be destroyed
Tina Fey’s long running show, 30 Rock, will be airing its hour-long series finale tonight at 8/7 central on NBC. Let it be known that this was not Fey’s decision to end the show- it was the higher power of Syracuse University. Fey’s character, Liz Lemon, is the head writer of a variety show starring... MORE »
Poll of the Safest Places in Syracuse
Campus Basement took a poll of what students think are the safest places in Syracuse. Our goal is to inform students so they may be safer on and off campus. MORE »
ATTENTION ALL PREPSTERS: Popped Collars are making a comeback
When did popped collars stop being cool? In junior high, you knew who the cool kids were. They had the coolest spot on the playground at recess, sat at the back of the bus, and popped their collars. Those young’ns looked fresh! Then a disaster occurred. The clean-cut, preppy look was replaced with the grungy,... MORE »
Students Deserve to See More than the Dalai Lama
Syracuse students have a lot to look forward to this year when it comes to celebrity guests. They’ve already seen Childish Gambino and Calvin Harris (with special guest The Dean’s List). University Union has planned “An Evening with Modern Family’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson” and surely everyone bought their tickets for the One World Concert with... MORE »
Pottermore vs. Finals
So Pottermore is officially open to the public. As a huge Harry Potter fan (I like/know more about Harry Potter than you do), I had to join the site! It’s an interactive look inside (Queen) J.K. Rowling’s mind when she was writing the Harry Potter Series. You find out how she developed names, spells, and... MORE »
The Answer to “What should I wear today?”
I’ll answer that question with another question: what would you wear for a zombie apocolpyse? In this day and age, with all of the science experiments and general crazy shit going on, you can never be too careful! Also, the weather in Syracuse is extremely temperamental. So, here’s a surefire way to be comfortable and... MORE »
Passover causes bread shortages in SU Dining Halls
As most Syracuse students know the Jewish holiday, Passover, is coming up on Friday. Essentially, it celebrates the Jews’ exodus from Egypt and their journey to Israel led by Moses. In other words, Moses was like “I’m peacin’ outta dis bitch Pharaoh.” Then he split the red sea, but didn’t have time to make a... MORE »
March Madness from the Syracuse Staff
The Campus Basement staff isn’t just a group of beautiful people with no real interests. We actually really like sports and competitions and stuff! We even made a cool iStock Photo Bracket! You should look it up after you finish reading this, it’s pretty sexy. Anyways…the staff has been extremely invested in March Madness. Of... MORE »
Syracuse weather ruins everything!
This week was a doozy for Syracuse. We had a snowstorm earlier in the week, a beautiful day for a picnic mid-week, and it is most likely going to snow this weekend. This is just classic Syracuse! Usually students don’t care much about the weather changing, but something was different this week. The first student... MORE »
Newhouse Freshman self-nominates COM 117 project for an Academy Award
Multimedia Storytelling (COM 117) is a required course for every Newhouse student. Freshman Jessica Serkiss took the class extremely seriously. Serkiss and her group received an A- for their 2 minute non-fiction film about Syracuse’s weird weather entitled “Where’s the Sunshine?”. Serkiss’s first thought upon seeing her grade was, “I totally deserved an A+, this... MORE »
Oscar Nominations Causing Riots
The Nominees for the 8th Academy Awards have been announced. For the most part, the nominations were well deserved. There is, however, a group of people who are not content with the list of nominees this year. The group argues that there are many movies that were ignored and did not get the proper nominations... MORE »
PIPA and SOPA, Oh NOPA!
PIPA and SOPA, two proposed pieces of anti-piracy legislation that can have dire consequences on user content-generated websites, are causing uproar among the online community. If passed, the acts could possibly shut down social networking sites, search engines, and blogging websites due to copyright infringement. Here’s a look into the future without our favorite sites.... MORE »
HWD 101: How Hollywood Tries to Prepare You for College
Before coming to college, every future student loads up on movies about college life. Right now, as more and more 12th graders are getting their early decision college acceptance letters, they are stocking up on movies about becoming the king on campus in their freshman year. Well, they’re all going to get a huge wake... MORE »
Occupy Library: Freshman Edition
A dark cloud is looming over the Syracuse University campus. A storm is coming, and its name is finals. Well, the storm actually prefers to be called Helga, but that’s neither here nor there. It’s also a metaphorical storm because it hasn’t snowed in Syracuse yet. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors have experienced the wrath of... MORE »