This Friday, September 9th, Canisius College’s Institute for the Study of Human-Animal Relations (ISHAR) will host a presentation entitled “The Use of Primates in Biomedical Research: A Personal Perspective,” led by Dr. James Ha, head of the Colony Demographics and Genetics Program at the Washington National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) at the University of Washington (UW).

According to the ISHAR website, Dr. Ha is expected to provide an “overview of the challenges, costs, and benefits of using primates in biomedical research.”  The event is expected to draw a sizeable crowd, as this event is both open to the public and a curriculum requirement for anthrozoology graduate students and undergraduate Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation (ABEC) students.   

The Elmwood Village Association announces a $500 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of the individual responsible for graffiti at 715 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York.  Reward money pledged by Buffalo Management Group.  Crime Stoppers is also offering up to $1000 for information. 

Executive Director Justin Azzarella is, “happy to work with our partners Mayor Byron W. Brown, Buffalo Management Group, Buffalo Crime Stoppers and Western New York Anti-Graffiti Task Force to raise awareness of the impacts of graffiti on the community.  We will continue to work with our partners and the appropriate authorities to prosecute taggers in the Elmwood Village.” 

What is truth? According to Merriam-Webster, truth is defined as: fact, the body of real things, an idea that is true or accepted as true, and reality.  What then is a journalist? A journalist is a writer who aims at a mass audience through the medium of journalism. Journalism is writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or a description of events without an attempt at interpretation. This means a journalist is a writer that writes truth without personal opinion based upon fact and reality.

Syed Saleem Shahzad was the Pakistan Bureau Chief of Asia Times Online, covering issues of global security, focusing on Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Shahzad has reported on Islamist movements, taking him to Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Syria and the UAE.

Shahzad introduced the world to Al-Qaeda and Sheikh Essa  His interviews include: