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School of Art and Design programs to move downtown
By Hope Morley
Though the School of Architecture has moved back to Slocum Hall, The Warehouse is far from empty. The architecture students' stay downtown was temporary, but the College of Visual and Performing Arts has claimed the downtown space as the permanent home of its School of Art and Design.
Bob Costas to address university
By Shayna Meliker
Bob Costas, NBC sportscaster and Syracuse University alumnus, will host an on-campus question and answer session today. Costas, who left the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1974 before graduation to work at WSYR-TV and Radio in Syracuse, will speak at 2:30 p.
Former soldier pleads for peace
Ishmael Beah recounts youth marked by war
By Katherine Salisbury
Stories are the way history is passed down. The personal story of a child soldier was passed down to Syracuse University students on Tuesday Night. At 7:15 p.m., the bottom level of Hendrick's Chapel was filled with students. By 7:30, people were standing in the aisles to hear Ishmael Beah present "The Making, and Unmaking, of a Boy Soldier.
Expert points out errors in film portrayal of Spartans
By Paul Squire
As a clip from the 2007 movie "300" played on the screen, Paul Cartledge sat in the front row and scribbled some notes on a pad of paper. He then stood up, rolled his eyes and announced, "Enough already!" Cartledge, a University of Cambridge Greek history professor, spoke at Syracuse University Tuesday afternoon about the historical accuracy of ancient Spartans portrayed in popular culture.
Pulitzer Prize winner to open Latino Heritage Month events
By Rachel Eldridge
IF YOU GO What: Junot Diaz lecture Where: Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse III When: Today, 7 p.m. How much: Free A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was in its beginning stages in 1997 while its author, Junot Diaz, taught at Syracuse University. Diaz will return to SU today to speak at the Latino Heritage Month commemorative lecture.
Students weigh in on financial crisis issues
By Tom Auchterlonie
Syracuse University student Veronica Boehm said she knows all too well about the state of the United States economy. Higher gas and tuition prices made it too expensive for Boehm, a sophomore history major, to bring her car to campus. Now, last week's bankruptcy announcement from investment banking firm Lehman Brothers means she must search for a new student loan lender for the spring.
