The religious scholar and retired general discussed U.S. foreign policy during the IMPACT symposium. Aslan stressed that ignorance about the Middle East could lead to disastrous foreign policy results, while Abizaid spoke of the need to stabilize Iraq.
This year's IMPACT symposium focused on the Iraq war and Mid-East relations. Inspired and sometimes angered by those speeches, this month, Orbis writers examine the continuing political and social fallout of the war.
Ali's speech criticized human rights violations committed in the name of Islam, but conflated the religion with violence
Gideon Yago encourages the YouTube generation to reach out to our counterparts in the Middle East.
How negative portrayals of Arabs, Muslims and Middle Easterners in pop culture lead to fear and racism, and why this is unacceptable seven years after 9/11.
The expansion of Vanderbilt's financial aid would allow students to replace loans with more grant money.
Despite all the condemnation in the media for supposedly "anti-American" comments made by Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright, Orbis staffers could not find one single comment by Wright that warranted such a reaction.
Students from all over the state turned out to support the bill last week. The new bill would encourage recycling by offering a cash incentive to turn in recyclables.
