Anti-war events aim to spark student interest

Two events today will attempt to give students a view of current affairs and the United States’ involvement in the Middle East from the perspective of the anti-war movement. The first event is designed to both inform and encourage students to ask questions and understand current events in Iraq. Titled “MisEducation & MisInformation: Breaking the […]

Religious leaders, scholars challenge factual nature of novel

Dan Brown wrote on the first page of his fictional novel that all of the descriptions of art, architecture, documents and secret rituals in his book were true. But according to historians, both academic and religious, Brown lied. Brown is the author of the “The Da Vinci Code,” a novel that in its first week […]

For some, benefits outweigh dangers of studying in Israel

Sophia Aron was on campus July 31, 2002 when a bomb went off in the cafeteria of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Orly Rabinowiz witnessed a suicide bombing. And Robbie Hurwitz heard two schoolgirls get shot and killed less than a mile from his dormitory. The students knew of the dangers before they went to Israel […]