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3/1/04

SLU STUDENTS GIVE PRESENTATION ON EXPERIENCES IN MID-EAST

CANTON – St. Lawrence University seniors Kelly O'Ryan and Brian Lind will 
give a presentation on their experiences traveling and working in the West 
Bank and Gaza Strip in the summer of 2003, titled "Fragments from Palestine: 
A Tribute to Those We Left Behind," on Tuesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. in the 
auditorium of Hepburn Hall on campus, Room 218. The event is open to the 
public, free of charge.
	O'Ryan, of Clarkston, Michigan, and Lind, of Delmar, New York, were 
awarded a grant from the Fred H. Kahrs '59 Endowment for Global Studies to 
spend the summer living in Ramallah and take courses in Arabic at Birzeit 
University. Over the course of the summer, the two also traveled extensively 
throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, learning about human rights and 
the situation of Palestinians living there. In addition, they worked with 
Israeli, Palestinian and international peace activists on collaborative 
demonstrations against the construction of a 400-mile wall inside the 
West Bank. 
	Their presentation will include photographs and narratives about 
their experiences.
	Lind is a global studies/environmental studies major; O'Ryan is 
a global studies major.

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