Free speech advocates nationwide were puzzled when they heard Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. would be the keynote speaker at today's Newhouse III dedication. "I was kind of surprised that he would make a speech focusing on the First Amendment," said Tony Mauro, a Legal Times Supreme Court correspondent who has covered the court for several publications during the last 27 years.
SEPT. 19, 5:15 P.M. -- To Chief Justice John Roberts, the First Amendment would have little meaning without an independent judiciary to give it life. "Without an independent judiciary to give substance to the constitution as law, the words are nothing but empty promises," he said to a crowd of more than 1,000 Wednesday afternoon.
The sudden firing of The Warehouse Gallery's director left many in the Syracuse University community shocked and dismayed. For most, including the dismissed director, Astria Suparak, the decision was mysterious and unexpected.
Nearly 30 years have passed since Eileen Collins graduated from Syracuse University. But not even several decades of service in the U.S. Air Force and almost 900 hours logged in space could distance the decorated pilot and NASA astronaut from her alma mater.
It was a mistake senior Nicole Pagano won't soon forget. The Syracuse University broadcast journalism major was burning the midnight oil in the spring to finish her final paper for an S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications class called Critical Perspectives on News.
A new Moon has risen on the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry campus. The F. Franklin Moon Library underwent an extreme renovation during the summer. It was the first time the library had an extensive renovation since it opened in 1968.
