In keeping with Buddhist tradition, and now HWS tradition, the sand mandala that was on display in the atrium of the Warren Hunting Smith Library was destroyed and offered to the waters of Seneca Lake on Dec. 17.
Like many previous finals weeks, the students of the Tibetan Mandala Painting course, whose individual Painted Mandala are hanging in the Warren Hunting Smith Library atrium, were led by...
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Etin Anwar recently returned from a 10-day trip to Jakarta, Indonesia, where she was invited for a workshop and the inauguration of the International Association for Indonesian Scholars (IAIS).
"The goal of establishing the Association," Anwar says, "is to encourage collaboration between Indonesian expatriates and home based scholars and to enhance expats'...
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Vikash Yadav assistant professor of political science, recently was a guest essayist in Himal Southasian, Southasia's first and only regional news and analysis magazine. He wrote on the topic of the Afghan elections and the reporting on them by the U.S. media.
"Similar to previous elections in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American media covers distant events primarily through the lens of security co...
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