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The Nov. 15 session of Thursday Morning Roundtable will feature David Cay Johnston, visiting distinguished lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management. He will discuss how corporate socialism is devastating America.

Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and best-selling author, is a columnist and television commentator for Reuters. He has a worldwide assignment on tax, accounting and other economic issues. He began teaching at Syracuse College of Law in 2009, after retiring from The New York Times in 2008. Johnston is known for his coverage of how the tax system actually works, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001. He also wrote groundbreaking news stories that revealed Enron did not pay taxes, that some companies use a Bermuda mailing address to escape American taxes, and exposed political spying and brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Johnston’s latest investigative book, “Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill,” was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is the author of “Perfectly Legal,” a national bestseller on the U.S. tax system that won the 2004 Investigative Book of the Year award. His first book was “Temples of Chance,” an expose of the casino industry. His newest book, “The Fine Print,” is about how businesses abuse plain English to restrain competition and charge inflated prices.

TMR meets from 8:15-9:15 a.m. at Drumlins, 800 Nottingham Rd.

For further information, contact Sandra Barrett, director of community programs, 315-443-4846 or visit www.uc.syr.edu/community/tmr. The TMR program is broadcast on WCNY-FM, 91.3 on Sundays at 8 p.m. and at www.wcny.org/radio/thursday-morning-roundtable.

English Language Institute associate director Deborah McGraw, language coordinator Maureen Edmonds and instructor Steve Foulkrod were invited to participate on a panel entitled “Multi-linguals in Academic Discourse II” as part of a two-day symposium.  The Multi-lingual Mind: Language Development and Methodology Symposium was organized by Tej Bhatia of the language, linguistics and literatures department at Syracuse University and took place on Oct. 27 and 28. It was sponsored by the Mellon Foundation.

The panel was organized by Stanley Van Horn from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), chaired by Emma Ticio Quesada, and included three RIT English Language Center instructors. The six panelists discussed cross-cultural performance and academic literacy.

On Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 12, Syracuse University will join colleges and universities from across the country in the Remembrance Day National Roll Call. The event is designed to honor more than 6,600 servicemen and servicewomen who made the ultimate sacrifice during Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) and Operation New Dawn (Afghanistan) since Sept. 11, 2001.

The names of each serviceman and servicewoman killed in each theater will be read by Syracuse University Army and Air Force ROTC cadets, members of the Student Veteran’s Club of America – Syracuse, the Institute for Veterans and Military Familes (IVMF) and SU community members. The roll call begins at 5 a.m. in front of Hendricks Chapel and will be completed at 11 a.m., at the start of the annual Veterans Day Ceremony. A moment of silence will also be observed at 2 p.m. (EST).

The objective behind the Remembrance Day National Roll Call is to do a synchronized reading of all the names of the service members killed in the line of duty since Sept. 11, 2001. Click here to see which schools will answer the call: http://va.eku.edu/rollcall/pledgelist.

The National Roll Call is sponsored by NASPA Veterans Knowledge Community (VKC) and Student Veterans of America (SVA).  NASPA represents more than 12,000 administrators in higher education and SVA over 400 chapters at colleges and universities nationwide

For more information about the roll call, contact Keith Doss, veterans advisor at University College, at 443-0270 or Anthony Keach, president of the Student Veterans Organization at apkeach@syr.edu.

Syracuse University will hold a ceremony on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 12, to recognize students, faculty, staff and alumni who serve(d) in the armed forces. The event will take place at 11 a.m. at Hendricks Chapel. Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett (Ret.), deputy director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), and professor of practice for public administration and international affairs at the Maxwell School, will be the keynote speaker. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Miguel Sapp (Ret.), executive director of program development, is the master of ceremonies.

Grammy and Country Music Award nominee Michael Peterson will perform at the event, which will culminate in a wreath-laying ceremony on the Kenneth A. Shaw Quad and raising a Syracuse University flag that has been relayed and flown at various military posts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

For more information, visit salute.syr.edu/splash/VeteransDay12/index.htm.

Two University College students appeared on Channel 9’s Bridge Street program on Oct. 18 to promote National Nontraditional Student Recognition Week (Nov. 4-10). Students Timothy Bryant and Lucia Bush joined Rosemary Kelly, assistant dean of student administrative services, to share the challenges and rewards of being a part-time student.

Nontraditional Student Recognition Week, sponsored by the Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE), is celebrated the first week of November each year. It is an opportunity for member schools to recognize the support many campus departments provide and to celebrate nontraditional student success on campuses across the United States and Canada.

Bryant, a sophomore majoring in public health at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, talked about his own misconception of college life and about his ability to learn after being out of school so long. He said that being in class with younger students could be intimidating, “But I learned I have something of value to offer. I learn from them and they learn from me. And, as the semester goes on, it becomes easier,” he said.

Bush, a senior majoring in social work at the Falk College, says that she worried that she was too old to begin a college career. Her challenges included financial worries. “I have children that are also in college, and I wondered if my going back to college was going to squash their dreams,” she said. “UC has an awesome support system to help you access financial need through scholarships, loans and grants. They are always there to remind you it’s possible. It’s never too late.”

Kelly says UC is uniquely positioned to serve a diverse population of students because it is one-stop shop that offers expertise and personalized service to part-time students. “Our mission is to provide support and services for a diverse population to gain access to Syracuse,” she says. “We provide a wide range of student assistance—academic and financial advising as well as bursar registrar services—all located on the first floor.”