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Chapel memorial honors Ray von Dran's life
By Chelsea Prince
Raymond F. von Dran showed the world how to live meaningfully - with a little flare. If he were here today, his expression would be, "Oh shit, I'm dead." Von Dran's foresight of the occasion was retold by his wife, Gisela, who conveyed her husband's nature with comedic gusto. A combination of tears and laughter filled the oblique rafters at Hendricks Chapel Friday as a rich cross-section of students, family and former peers of von Dran joined in a memorial celebration.
SU student detained at VA hospital
By Darren Benda
A graduate student was detained for 20 minutes by security guards at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center near the Syracuse University campus Thursday after she took photographs of the building's entrance. Mariam Jukaku, who studies magazine, newspaper and online journalism at the S.
Fire alarms disrupt residents in BBB
By Natt Garun
Five early-morning fire alarms interrupted dreams at Brewster, Boland and Brockway residence halls during the first week of classes. The alarms caused such a stir in the three-building housing complex that floor meetings were called late last week to address the problem.
Baylor forces professor to shut down site
By Nicole Loring
Just before the 2007-2008 academic year began, Baylor University shut down a personal Web site, dedicated to the theory of intelligent design, of distinguished professor Robert J. Marks II. A Baptist university in Texas, Baylor is now entrenched in a legal battle with the electrical and chemical engineering professor, who claims his academic freedom was violated when his Web site was shut down without his knowledge.
Students hit plaza to celebrate NCC III opening
By Mackenzie Reiss
On Saturday afternoon, a gust of wind swept across the plaza of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The academic complex was the scene for a casual afternoon barbeque, filled with informal chatter of new friends and old faces. The barbeque, in honor of the newly-constructed Newhouse III, was a student-driven affair.
Students to live like critics; see films before release
By Naresh Rammohan
Syracuse University students will get the chance to live like Hollywood celebrities and movie critics this year. Thanks to a new, innovative program called Campus U, they will have the chance to see movie premiers before the rest of the nation. Starting this month, Universal Pictures will begin screening some of its films in the Syracuse area weeks before they hit theaters.
