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andrew renneisen | photo editor THE DALAI LAMA AND CHANCELLOR NANCY CANTOR greet each other on stage at Goldstein Auditorium before the start of the Monday morning panel.
Conversations of hope Panelists explore topics of education, new technology
Panelists discuss achieving democracy in the Middle East By Marwa Eltagouri
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he atmosphere was almost chilling. Just seconds before, crowds jumped from their seats in a wild, roaring applause as the 14th Dalai Lama took his first few steps on stage and settled into his seat. But upon speaking his first few words, Goldstein Auditorium fell silent. “There is nothing to divide,” he said simply, proposing his solution to obtaining world peace. “We are all the same human being.” Perhaps it was his wisdom that drew audiences into his every word — his ability to take the heavy topic of world peace and tackle it so effortlessly. Or it could have been his warm
character — his charming grin and By Chelsea DeBaise ASST. FEATURE EDITOR the hearty chuckle he would give every so often after telling a joke. he crowd filling Goldstein But it was likely anticipation Auditorium at Syracuse that hooked people Monday mornUniversity eagerly waited ing — an eager excitement for the for the Dalai Lama to speak at the kick-off of one of the second panel of the most historic events in day, anticipating Syracuse University’s the wisdom for history: the two-day which the political “Common Ground for and spiritual figure Peace” forum. is famed. Monday morning’s But he bestowed event explored a soluupon the audience tion to the violence of Roxana Saberi a side of himself IRANIAN-AMERICAN JOURNALIST the Arab Spring in a that may not have discussion titled “The been foreseen, in Rise of Democracy in the Middle the form of a sound which rang out East.” It featured a panel consisting periodically throughout Monday of the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace lauafternoon’s discussion. It was his laughter. SEE DEMOCRACY PAGE 6
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Additional panel set for Tuesday
“He is a jolly good man. I never expected him to be that way. I thought he’d be the serious kind,” said Sahil Rambhia, an information management student working toward his master’s degree. “His jokes, his thought process, the entire thing — and I finally find a reason for him being called the Holiness.” His laughter was echoed by those sitting around him on the stage of the auditorium for the day’s second panel, titled “Raising the Global Consciousness.” The panel of international ambassadors of peace included Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.; activist Roxana Saberi; Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi; composer A.R. Rah-
An additional panel has been added to the Common Ground for Peace Symposium for Tuesday afternoon. The panel, titled “The Past is Not the Past: The Continuing Quest for Racial Justice and Peace,” is from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse III. Tickets are not required for the event, according to the One World website. The panel will discuss topics addressed in the previous panels led by the Dalai Lama on Monday morning and afternoon. Panelists include former U.N. Ambassador Andrew
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Speaking out Students gathered outside the
Rising voices A third panel added to the “Common
Breaking all the rules Ticket scalping becomes more prevalent as
Foreign influence Stefanos Stamoulacatos’ family has brought a
Schine Student Center on Monday to protest the Dalai Lama’s visit. Page 3
Ground for Peace” event will showcase previously overshadowed figures. Page 5
students take to the Internet to buy and sell. Page 9
Greek spirit to Syracuse’s soccer games. Page 16