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Ivory Tower is a weekly round-table discussion that focuses on news and events from the perspective of academicians from across Central New York. Hosted by David Rubin, Dean of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Ivory Tower Airs On
Fridays at 8:00pm on WCNY
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Episode Description:
Panelists ask if it's time that major universities sitting on huge endowments start paying their fair share of property taxes to help cash starved cities survive. Then the panelists examine the sad state of the Republican Party and whether it is prepared to ride over the electoral cliff with Romney or Santorum. Those stories and more on this edition of Ivory Tower Half Hour.
Ivory Tower Recent Blog Posts
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2/17/12 SHOW: TAXING UNIVERSITIES TO BAIL OUT CITIES; REPUBLICANS PAINTED INTO A CORNER WITH ROMNEY AND SANTORUM; TIME FOR A “NO TRACK” LAW?
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists ask if it’s time that major universities sitting on huge endowments start paying their fair share of property taxes to help cash-starved cities survive. Providence, Rhode Island is the latest to make this request of Brown University, but it is has come up in Syracuse with SU. Why, indeed, should these universities ... -
2/10/SHOW: RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT ON TWO FRONTS: HEALTH INSURANCE AND WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CHURCH SERVICES
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists discuss the Obama Administration’s decision to require Catholic hospitals, charities, and universities to make available to all their employees health insurance covering contraception. We pair this with a discussion of whether public school buildings in New York State should be open to small church congregations, for rental, in which to hold church ... -
2/3/12 SHOW: HOW MUCH ENGLISH DO ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED? WHEN SHOULD JOURNALISTS CONFRONT POLITICIANS OVER UNTRUTHFUL STATEMENTS?
This week is the 400th show in our series, dating back to September, 2002. To mark the occasion this show was broadcast live, for an hour, in front of an enthusiastic studio audience. The panelists discussed the case of the Hispanic candidate for office in Arizona who was tossed off the ballot because her English skills were weak. Then, in ... -
MITT’S MONEY; OBAMA’S CHALLENGE ON THE HIGH COST OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists address whether the country’s view of wealth (and how it is earned and taxed) has changed significantly over the last year because of the deep recession, the crimes of Wall Street, the Occupy Wall Street movement, income disparity, and the clumsy Romney campaign, which has done the image of the wealthy no ... -
1-6-12 THE IOWA CAUCUS; CUOMO AND THE STATE OF THE STATE; DOES WEGMAN’S WANT THE BALDWIN’S OR NOT
On this week’s show we discuss the Iowa caucus in depth. Who really won? The votes said Romney but the tea party and the evangelists are both claiming victory. How comfortable is President Obama with the results? Next, our discussion moves to the Empire State. Is Governor Cuomo’s solution to all New York State economic problems found in Queens, NY ... -
12/30/11 SHOW: THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT OF 2011; WHAT WE LEARNED IN 2011; WHAT THE HOT SPOTS FOR 2012 WILL BE
On this week’s year-end show we discuss some of the most memorable moments in 2011, from the killing of Osama bin Laden to the collapse of the Syracuse Symphony. Then, as faculty members who are presumably learning new information all the time, we discuss the subjects we studied in the past year that were new to us and how we ... -
12/16/11 SHOW: WHAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE SAID ABOUT THE END OF THE WAR IN IRAQ; WHY SOME OF US AVOID FACEBOOK
On this week’s show the panelists say the things President Obama cannot say, or chooses not to say, as he ends U.S. participation in the nine-year war in Iraq. We assess what was accomplished and what the chances are that the country will become the beacon of democracy in the Middle East that was the hope of President Bush. Then, ... -
12/9/11 SHOW: OBAMA’S COLD WAR WITH CHINA; NEWT’S RESURRECTION; LETTERS ON THE FINE MESS
On this week’s show the Ivory Tower panelists discuss whether President Obama’s aggressive posture toward China marks the beginning of a new Cold War, or just a continuation of an old one. The panelists then examine the curious candidacy of Newt Gingrich, and whether the Republicans are really serious about challenging President Obama in 2012. Four letter-writers add their views ...
