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Activist addresses AIDS epidemic
By Conor Orr
Dr. Marjorie Hill recalls a moment when the difficult lifestyle of HIV/AIDS patients truly affected her. "Three out of the eight women in my group had not told their sisters they were HIV positive," she said. Hill went on to say that one woman would not reveal she was HIV positive because if her family knew, she wouldn't get to have her nieces and nephews come over for dinner.
Art exhibit creates conflict
By Nicole Loring
Indian widows banished from their families' homes. Young girls sold into prostitution so their families can survive. Burnt bodies of women killed by their husbands for not producing sons. These images and more appear in Fazal Sheikh's photography exhibit "Ladli" or "Beloved Daughters" in the Syracuse University Art Gallery, featuring photos and stories of women in India.
R.A.P.E. Center changes name to broaden outreach
Sexual Assault Support Services serves as new title
By Pete Smith
The R.A.P.E Center at the Office of Prevention Services has a new name. The Rape Advocacy Prevention and Education Center is now the Syracuse University Sexual Assault Support Services. It will remain a division of the Office of Prevention Services (OPS).
SU group uninvolved in national controversy
By Uyen Nguyen
The strict standards of dress and conduct by Muslim Student Associations (MSA) were brought to the center of attention after an article published in The New York Times questioned the selectivity of the student groups. But members of the MSA at Syracuse University have found no similarities on their home campus.
Latest Honors' grant funds capstone projects
By Samuel Palitz
Students in the Renee Crown Honors Program have the opportunity to receive $200 courtesy of Syracuse University. A large donation of an unspecified amount was recently given to the honors program by the family of Renee Crown to help students develop their mandatory Capstone Projects.
Microsoft offers free software to students
By Hope Morley
Thanks to Bill Gates' new program DreamSpark, college students around the world can download Microsoft's development and design software for free. The program's goal is to give students who plan to work in technology-based fields an advantage in a competitive, global job market.
Alumni named new director of forest properties
By Bill McMillan
Robert S. Davis of Owasco will now take charge of the 25,000 acres of forest property overseen by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, as part of his new position. "The college has a responsibility for (the property) both in terms of research, stewardship, conservation," said Cornelius Murphy, the ESF president.
Student service receives top ranking
By Bill McMillan
The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry was recently named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2007. This is the second year in a row ESF was honored for its community service, according to a press release from the college.
