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Protestors defend actions at Midland
By Jessica Horvath
Students trying to balance homework, activities, jobs and social lives sometimes see it is as a challenge to find time to look beyond campus life and into the surrounding community. But some see being aware and involved in city issues as their responsibility, going to extra lengths to make sure their points are heard no matter what it takes - even being arrested.
Panhel plans new anti-rape program
By Maggie Beckwith
Hoping to find strength in numbers, sororities are banding together to create a common rape awareness program. The Panhellenic Council of Syracuse University is joining with the university's RAPE: Advocacy Prevention Education Center to educate its sorority members on issues relating to rape through a series of programs.
Nader loses luster at colleges
By Brian Hecht
The presidential election promises to be one of the closest in recent years, and the effect of third-party candidate Ralph Nader - especially with his appeal to college students who would otherwise vote for Democratic candidate John Kerry - may potentially affect the race for the White House.
Writer rails U.S. tax system inequities
By Liz Petty
Many taxpayers don't realize they invest in Bill Gates every time they pay their taxes. The tax burden is placed on the middle classes to help fund tax cuts for the super-rich, said David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times, in a speech he gave in the College of Law Friday morning to an audience comprised of law students and interested members of the public, many of them lawyers themselves.
Student arrested after chasing, taunting car near Marshall Street
Staff Reports Syracuse University student Matthew Goodman was arrested on an alleged charge of disorderly conduct at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday on 727 S. Crouse Ave., according to a police report. Police broke up a brewing fight involving several men, and began following them to make sure another incident wouldn't occur, the report stated.
