Homecoming came and went, with a number of alumni returning to their old stomping grounds – most prominently at the bars and in the Carrier Dome for the Syracuse-Florida State game.

One alumna, Jennifer Crisafulli, SU class of ’92, stayed home.

Crisafulli, known as Jennifer C. for her role on the cast of ‘The Apprentice 2,’ had just been sent home from the reality-based show two weeks earlier after making alleged anti-Semitic remarks about two women who criticized the way she managed the task at hand. After the two women complained about her efforts, Crisafulli referred to them as ‘old Jewish bat ladies.’

Crisafulli said she meant no harm with the remark – after all, she said, half her family is Jewish. Still, Crisafulli’s comments on the show also got her axed from her previous employer, New York real estate firm Douglas Elliman.

Crisafulli seemed appalled at her downfall since the remark, claiming she is hardly an anti-Semite.

‘How can you go to Syracuse with any sort of anti-Semitic bone in your body?’ Crisafulli said, referring to the school’s reputation for having a high number of Jewish students. ‘The term ‘jap’ (short for Jewish-American princess), at Syracuse, is celebrated.’

Instead of placing the blame on herself, Crisafulli blames the previous generation’s misconceptions of today’s world as the reason for her recent misfortune.

‘Our generation is very open and much more accepting,’ Crisafulli said. ‘Things aren’t bad when you talk about black, white, purple, blue or green.’

Heard the rumor about the kid getting caught masturbating on the SU Quad earlier this week? The story led listeners to believe that a male student was masturbating in an alleyway off of the Quad and was caught by two Public Safety officers.

Public Safety, meanwhile, is denying the occurrence of any such incident.

‘If that happened, we would have written it up,’ said Corp. Daniel LeBron of the Public Safety Department. ‘No ifs, ands or buts – especially with all that’s been going on around here lately.’

This past Thursday, 22 Alpha Phi sisters gathered in the house’s TV room along with three male students to watch their fellow sorority member, Eliza Orlins, compete on ‘Survivor.’ Those numbers are dwindling from what they were earlier in the semester. Sarah King, Alpha Phi’s chapter president, said there were more than a hundred viewers at the house for the season premiere.

… A local campus fraternity had a hot tub at their house over the weekend. At one point, there was also at least three topless girls in it together.

… At least 3,250 Syracuse students are now registered at TheFacebook.com. The most impressive part? This number means 1,178 students have signed up to join the network in the past two weeks alone.

Published on October 11, 2004 at 12:00 pm