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Peace officers: Public Safety activates first wave of Peace officers
By Steven Kovach
As Syracuse University continues to grow in population and size, so to do the demands placed on the Department of Public Safety. As of last summer, a new brand of officers has been deployed on campus and the surrounding areas to better control criminal activity.
Former SA president remembered
By Emily Laurence
A memorial service was held Friday at Hendricks Chapel for former Student Association President Jamal James, a 2001 graduate, who died July 2. He was 26. James was found dead in his Harlem apartment July 4. The cause of James' death is uncertain, but it is being investigated as a hate crime.
Minority alumni remember 1970 football boycott
By Anna Sweeney
Six black members of the Syracuse University football team returned Saturday to discuss their participation in the 1970 football boycott. The gathering was a part of Coming Back Together 8, SU's reunion weekend for black and Latino alumni. The panel focused on how there were only 200 minority students at the entire university in 1970, and they were mainly isolated to themselves.
Students, faculty share differing opinions of Roberts' nomination
By Zachary Kineke
The selection of a chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States occurs infrequently, but this past week Syracuse University students and U.S. citizens all over the country have been able to see history in the making. Judge John G. Roberts Jr., President George W.
Government-mandated Constitution Day held nationwide for first time
By Dana Schultz
In compliance with a government mandate, the Syracuse University College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs put on the first Constitution Day event to recognize the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Students and administrators packed into Maxwell Auditorium Friday afternoon to hear a lecture on diversity in honor of Constitution Day by key speaker Peter Schuck, currently a law professor at Yale University and other New York universities.
Conference brings scholars together in discussing universal gender rights
By Meghan Overdeep
After two years of planning, Friday marked the beginning of a three-day conference, titled "Seeking Gender Justice Beyond The Beijing Conference: Reflections, Dialogue and Strategic Action," sponsored by The College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs' Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs and headed by Linda Alcoff, the director of women's studies.
