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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society walk raises awareness, funds at event's ninth year in Syracuse
By Christine Robertson
Some carried banners, others wore team T-shirts and nametags remembering someone they had lost to cancer. Some simply came to support the cause and raise awareness. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society hosted its 10th annual Light the Night Walk Wednesday in Clinton Square to raise money and awareness for a cure for blood cancer.
SU looks to students for 2009 commencement speaker ideas, nominations
By David Lewis
Suggestions for the 2009 commencement speaker are due Friday. Chancellor Nancy Cantor will select the speaker from a list given to her by student representatives, including members of the Student Association and the Graduate Student Organization. Josie Torrillo, special events coordinator for Syracuse University, said the department chose to move up the deadline for suggestions by a month.
Panel to discuss future of journalism, free press
By Megan Hess
If you go: What: "What Good is the Press?" discussion Where: Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse III When: Tonight, 6 p.m. How much: Free There are 45 words etched in letters six feet high on the glass windows of Newhouse III. Flags have been burned and journalists have been jailed because of personal interpretations of these words.
Former Newhouse dean to host on-campus TV taping
By Madison Schmakel
A television show hosted by David Rubin, former dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, will tape Friday for the first time in front of a live audience at Syracuse University. WCNY-TV's "Ivory Tower Half Hour" is usually taped at WCNY's studio.
Beyond the Hill briefs
Committee investigates academic treatment of student athletes The Athletic Department's advising practices for student athletes at the University of Michigan were called into question nearly six months ago, and now a committee has been formed to investigate the department's procedures.
Green gas
Dining hall waste converted to cleaner fuel for campus cars
By Abram Brown
Two researchers from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry are going to start producing biodiesel fuel from dining hall waste on a large scale. Michael Kelleher and Neal Abrams were awarded the Enititaive grant that funds the operation earlier this month.
