This semester, The Daily Orange’s Pulp section covered stories about dedicated volunteers, talented local athletes and artists and hardworking Syracuse University students and professors. The section also introduced a new series to celebrate the Latinx community and Hispanic Heritage month this past September.

Here are 10 of the best feature stories Pulp brought to the Syracuse community this fall.

 

Lizzie Michael | Video Editor

Unimpressed by Juice Jam lineup, students put together their own music festival

“Blacker the Berry,” featuring student DJs and artists, was hosted at the same time as Juice Jam 2017. The music festival was organized by two Syracuse University seniors in response to displeasure over the Juice Jam performers. The event, open to all SU students, was used as a platform to show off the talents and music of the university’s black community.

 

Stacy Fernandez | Senior Staff Writer

Tere Paniagua has been a humble force in Syracuse’s Latinx community for nearly 15 years

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, Pulp’s three-part series featured local figures working to increase the representation of the Latinx community in Syracuse and beyond. Tere Paniagua, director of two Syracuse cultural centers, has made it her mission to bring together the Syracuse University community with Latinx locals. Read more from our Latinx series here.

 

Leigh Ann Rodgers | Staff Photographer

Local ‘tattoonist,’ owner of Classic Trilogy Tattoo represents shop on ‘Ink Master’

Tattoo artist Thom Bulman opened his own shop two years ago, combining his love for tattoos with toys and collectibles from comics and movies. The shop, located on Brewerton Road in Mattydale, opened in August 2015. Two years later, Bulman competed as an artist on the ninth season of the Spike hit TV show “Ink Master” in the fall of 2017.

 

Kai Nguyen | Photo Editor

After 25 years, Friends of Dorothy House keeps doors open to guests with HIV/AIDS

Michael DeSalvo has been running the Friends of Dorothy House with his partner, Nick Orth, for 25 years this October. DeSalvo and Orth opened their doors in 1992 to people dying of HIV/AIDS, and they haven’t looked back since. For more than 25 years, the house has welcomed guests, friends, loved ones and strangers free of charge. 

 

Josh Shub-Seltzer | Staff Photographer

Syracuse Gray Wolves prove age is no match on the hockey rink

The Syracuse Gray Wolves, one of several recreational hockey leagues across New York state, gives older athletes a chance to come together and enjoy the game. Their goal is to provide a venue that fosters competition, camaraderie and fun recreational hockey for players age 50 and older. Currently, the oldest team members on the ice rink are in their 90s.

 

Katie Reahl | Contributing Photographer

Actor with autism will lead ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ for first time

This past fall, Mickey Rowe performed as Christopher Boone in Syracuse Stage’s production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Rowe was the first actor on the autism spectrum to portray Christopher — a character who has autism — in any major production of the play. The play was also Rowe’s first leading role in a major professional theater setting.

 

Courtesty of the Good Life Youth Foundation

Good Life Youth Foundation uses hip-hop and entrepreneurship to help children

The Good Life Youth Foundation is a nonprofit organization that aims to help minors and young adults behind bars escape the systematic cycle of incarceration. The organization supports life coaching for hundreds of at-risk youth, running on just four active mentoring staff members and two volunteers. 

 

Matthew Gutierrez | Senior Staff Writer

DeWitt resident Laurence Segal quit his job to collect bottles for breast cancer research

Laurence Segal quit his job and now dedicates his time to collecting bottles to raise money for breast cancer research. Segal, whose mother is a breast cancer survivor, spends about 18 hours every day rummaging through garbage bins in search of used bottles to donate to breast cancer foundations. He said he won’t stop until there’s a cure.

 

Hieu Nguyen | Asst. Photo Editor

New York women won the right to vote 100 years ago, but are still fighting for equality today

The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 finally allowed women a voice in politics. But it didn’t come until 72 years after the first documented meeting for women’s rights, held in 1848 in Seneca Falls. Today, women across the country continue the fight for equality on other fronts. Syracuse has had its own role in this movement. 

 

Courtesy of Mitesh Dixit

Architecture professor to take next steps in 5-year research project in Serbia

Mitesh Dixit is an architect, philosopher, lecturer and educator who just wrapped up his first semester as an assistant professor at Syracuse University. He started his own architecture and urbanism studio, DOMAIN Office, in 2012, and today has offices all over the world. Dixit will soon embark on another step in his career and travel to Serbia to begin a research project.

Published on December 23, 2017 at 6:49 pm