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Welcome to National Bad Poetry Day!
Let’s face it – not everybody’s the best writer, lyricist or poet. But don’t let that stop you!
Bad Poetry Day encourages you to give it a go anyway by putting pen to paper and writing some terrible verse. If you’re feeling particularly cruel, you could read your bad poetry to friends, family and colleagues; hopefully they’ll enjoy good poetry more in the future!
SU News
Looking back at Carmelo Anthony & Syracuse's 2003 National Championship run (TNIAAM; Szuba)
As Carmelo Anthony leads Team USA into the quarterfinals today, let's take a historical revisionist look into his 2003 NCAA Tournament run withSyracuse.
Syracuse's 2003 NCAA title run started against Manhattan on Friday, March 21 at the TD Garden. Syracuse would cruise to a 76-65 victory as Anthony lead the team in scoring and rebounding with 17 and nine, respectively. He didn't hit from outside but did have a couple vintage mid-range jumpers and a nice tomahawk jam.
In its second game of the tournament, the Orange squared off against Oklahoma State. Anthony would have his worst shooting night of the tournament as he went 5-16 from the floor,
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Pastificio: ambitious and delicious in Fayetteville (Dining Out Review) (PS; Marmaduke)
Any summary of what Pastificio seeks to do will sound exhausting. The eatery makes all of its own pasta fresh every day. It offers breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. Cuisines included are many and varied, from the predictable Italian to Thai and Vietnamese, even to a Polish noodle bowl. Customers can choose pasta, meat, vegetables and sauces to "build" their own pasta dish.
On top of all that, you can get a burger, a pastrami sandwich, beef tips, chicken cacciatore, and a brief children's menu. There's a retail bakery in the restaurant. The meats offered are cured and roasted in-house, and unusual sides like pastina with peaches or kale and quinoa salad are offered.
Catering is also offered. (You can find more details at this earlier story.)
There's so much going on at Pastificio (the name means "pasta factory") that we wondered how many people must work at the restaurant. In fact, besides Jennifer Wieczorek Polak, the owner-chef, and Michelle Rand, her sister, there are three counter workers and at least three others in the kitchen, just not all at the same time.
Without a license to serve alcohol, Pastificio has gotten creative with its non-alcoholic beverages. The cucumber-jalapeño lemonade ($2.95) we ordered had the freshness of a strong cucumber flavor with just a little buzz of heat from the jalapeño. Our coffee was excellent, robust and a generous medium cup of locally roasted, organic fair trade Salt City Coffee for $2.05.
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