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Wait and see: Iranian SU professor doesn't want to return to Iran but he might have to
By Stephen Dockery
Syracuse University professor Hossein Bashiriyeh was a leading faculty member at the University of Tehran in Iran - until he was expelled from the university in July 2007. Now his future as a professor hangs in the balance. The future of his family, his wife and two teenage sons does as well.
Film sparks conflict on radical Islam
By Adeniyi Amadou
Syracuse University's College Republicans will show a controversial film on Islam tonight at 7 in the Hall of Languages Room 207. The 2006 movie, directed by Raphael Shore, is "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." The debate surrounding it stems from its focus on radical Islamic viewpoints.
Election 2008 | Commentators spar about campaign strategies
By Joe Frandino
Two national political commentators were on campus Tuesday to discuss the U.S. presidential campaign. Both agreed that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will probably win, but said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) still has enough time to make a comeback. The roundtable discussion pitted Patricia Williams, a liberal law professor at Columbia University with an editorial page in The Nation, against Fred Barnes, a conservative co-host of Fox News' popular political talk show, "The Beltway Boys," and executive editor of The Weekly Standard.
Local bicycle tour promotes clean energy
By Bryan Young
Six bikers and about a dozen supporters gathered Tuesday morning at the entrance to the Erie Canal State Park bike trail in Dewitt, N.Y. They were promoting the reduction of greenhouse gases and clean energy as part of the New York Public Interest Group's Clean Energy Tour.
Professors relate memory loss to personal accounts
By Fred Hintz
Social activity preserves more brain function than crossword puzzles and brain games, professor Martin Sliwinski told his audience Tuesday night. The Tolley Humanities Forum focused on memory in aging, and featured Sliwinski, an experimental psychology professor at Syracuse University, and Chris Kennedy, head of SU's Creative Writing Program.
Campus Briefs
LGBT leadership conference to be held at SU An LGBT leadership conference called OUTspoken is happening at Syracuse University Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The event, in its inaugural year, is a regional conference run by SU students. The mission is to educate students from northeast colleges and universities on creating LGBT resources on their campus.
