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Graduate student group hosts “Rally Against Grad Tax Hikes” at Hendricks Chapel
By Gabriella Salkin
November 30, 2017 - 12:19pm
A crowd of around 100 people gathered outside Hendricks Chapel on Wednesday to protest the Congressional Republican tax plan and listened to members of the Syracuse Graduate Employees United.

Syracuse University graduate students gathered outside Hendricks Chapel on Nov. 29 to speak out against the proposed Congressional Republican tax plan. Faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students alike gathered outside the chapel on the chilly Wednesday morning. A crowd of around 100 people was bursting with positivity and applause.

Muslim Syracuse residents reflect on returning to a country more divided after taking the hajj to Mecca
By Alexis Jones
September 27, 2017 - 9:49pm
After taking the hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam, Syracuse Muslims describe how they feel about the United States' current political climate and the American Dream.

Amina Foco was standing at a cashier’s desk in a Saudi Arabian mall when the gates of the store came falling down suddenly. The strangers to her left and right stopped what they were doing and everyone in the mall began to form lines.

The call for prayer had just gone off during Foco's trip to the mall in between the prayers and activites scheduled during her pilgrimage to Mecca, which Muslims call the hajj.

NPR correspondent analyzes Trump phenomenon through a religious lens
By Lia Ding
September 24, 2016 - 7:18pm
Tom Gjelten spoke about the rise of Donald Trump and the media's dilemma in covering him at a lecture on Friday.

Award-winning NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten spoke about the presidential election, his experiences reporting on religion, and his latest book “A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story” on Friday in the Hergenhan Auditorium.