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...year-old Muslim may have a way to go before reaching the musician-statesman stature of Bono, but he is talking the talk. "Warriors of Love is a song about love and tolerance for people of different faiths," he explains. "We reject the teachings of hate and the extremists who preach it." Some of his backers hope to widen the song's appeal by assembling a multilingual Muslim star cast to render it as a kind of We Are the World anthem of global Islamic moderation...
Mother Teresa spoke in 1982, and U2 lead singer and activist Bono addressed seniors in 2001. Bono’s speech was the last Class Day address to be ticketed; Clinton’s speech tomorrow will be ticketed as well...
...Luther King was the first non-faculty individual to be invited to address seniors on Class Day. He accepted the invitation prior to his assassination in April 1968, and his wife Coretta Scott King spoke in his place. Mother Teresa spoke in 1982, and U2 lead singer and activist Bono addressed seniors...
...Funding for the Innocence Project has also changed over the past 15 years. In the beginning, Cardozo Law School at Yeshiva University funded the program entirely. But today, in an effort to become more independent, the program gets only 10% of the money for its pro bono work from the school - foundations and individual donors provide the rest. Students from Cardozo, however, remain intimately involved. Each semester, a handful are selected to help with the Innocence Project's enormous caseload (currently 250), by researching, collecting old evidence, examining the circumstances surrounding the cases and digging through boxes of old case...
...What's Missing? Hey, I think there's something wrong with my May 14 issue of TIME. I read through the collection of "most influential people in the world," and Bono was nowhere to be found. Should I ask for a replacement copy or a refund? Gerasimos Anastasiadis, Florence, Italy...