Daily Campus

by The Daily Campus Ed Board

City officials closed down large sections of Boston, including Boston University, several bridges and part of the Charles River last Wednesday after transport police were notified of a suspicious device hanging on a bridge. According to Boston city officials, the black boxes with wires appeared threatening. (2) comments

by Barbara Kincaid, bkincaid@smu.edu

I love higher education, and I love SMU. We thrive on tremendous resources, the greatest of which is the people we attract and our ability to openly discuss ideas and beliefs. Our students, faculty, staff, administrators, trustees, donors, parents, alumni, sports fans, arts patrons and other supporters make us a strong, leading university. (0) comments

by John Jose, jjose@smu.edu

"No strings attached" is a fantastic phrase for those in need. It's not often that you can get something for nothing, especially in the international arena. But that's exactly what China offers Africa: billions of dollars in aid and no uncomfortable demands to mind silly things like human rights. (0) comments

The conflict over whether Southern Methodist University should become the home of the President George W. Bush Library is being treated as a zero-sum game. In the graduate-level certificate program in dispute resolution that I completed at SMU, I was taught three applicable truths: Conflict is not inherently bad nor to be avoided at all costs. (3) comments