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  • Al Gore's Hosting of 'SNL' an Example of Political Strategy Dating Back to Teddy Roosevelt, Says UB Professor
    12/10/02
    Al Gore's upcoming appearance as host on this week's "Saturday Night Live" and his recent forays into talk-TV land are examples of a political strategy that dates back to the days of Teddy Roosevelt, says a University at Buffalo political science professor who studies presidential campaigns. "Of course," adds James E. Campbell, "over time there's been a big change from Teddy Roosevelt's aggressive, but dignified personal campaigning to Clinton's saxophone solos on Arsenio Hall's show and Gore's and John McCain's appearances in 'Saturday Night Live' comedy skits."
  • Casting Events of Sept. 11 as Acts of 'War' Has Catastrophic Implications, Says UB Historian
    8/23/02
    The popular response to the events of 9/11 has been wholly appropriate, moving and important, says historian Michael Frisch, but now the "war" metaphor is being used at the policy level to justify actions whose consequences place the U.S. and its people in greater and greater danger.
  • 9/11 Has Changed America's Sense of Self, Says UB Professor of American Culture
    8/22/02
    The Sept. 11 terrorists attacks have dramatically changed attitudes Americans have about themselves, their country and war, says Bruce Jackson, Samuel P. Capen Professor of American Culture in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo.
  • International Education Expert Calls Presidential Directive Restricting Graduate Student Studies "Ghastly"
    5/3/02
    Stephen Dunnett, vice provost for international education at the University at Buffalo and a national leader in the field of international education, today expressed serious concern over a "hidden" directive from President George Bush that, if implemented, would place stricter controls on student visas and bar "certain international students from pursuing education and training in sensitive areas."
  • UB Human Rights Expert Says Le Pen Success in French Election Signifies Emerging Racism, But Europe Can Handle It
    4/23/02
    Jean-Marie Le Pen's electoral success on Sunday in the qualifying race for the French presidential election, which the London Daily Standard referred to as "the awakening of a vampire," will be "dealt with responsibly by European nations," says a human-rights expert from the University at Buffalo.
  • Success of Right-Wing Le Pen in French Presidential Race is a Fluke, says UB Historian
    4/23/02
    The showing of right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen in the April 21 qualifying race for the French presidential election, which has caused an uproar throughout Europe and in the United States, is a fluke, according to a historian at the University at Buffalo.
  • U.S. "Deceitful," Violates International Law in Holding Taliban Members and Other Detainees in Cuba
    1/24/02
    The detainment in Cuba of members of the Taliban and those suspected of being part of al Qaeda is questionable at best and probably illegal under the Geneva Conventions, according to an internationally known expert in human rights at the University at Buffalo.
  • U.S. in Danger of Repressing Human Rights in Ways for Which It Has Criticized Other Countries
    11/21/01
    In its efforts to prevent a repeat of the tragic events of Sept. 11, the United State is moving perilously close to creating in our own nation a police state where human rights are denied, according to a professor in the University at Buffalo Law School who is a human rights expert.
  • Rebuilt World Trade Center Towers Would Be "Focal Sign for American Resolve," Ability to Heal
    9/27/01
    The World Trade Center twin towers should be rebuilt as a "focal sign for American resolve, for the ability of a democratic society to suffer injury and heal," according to an urban sociologist at the University at Buffalo.
  • UB Expert in Airline Safety Says Federal Takeover of Airport Security Could Improve Operations
    9/26/01
    The proposed federal takeover of airport security ultimately could permit longer and more careful screening of passengers and their baggage, according to a University at Buffalo professor who serves on a Federal Aviation Administration panel that studies research and development needs in aviation security.