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Rev. Daniel Berrigan, an internationally renowned peace activist and Roman Catholic priest, emphasized the value of faith and nonviolent protest during a speech at Anabel Taylor Hall yesterday. The talk, entitled "War and Peace Report: Vietnam to Iraq, Resistance to War and Empire," helped to raise money for the families of Ithaca's "St. Patrick's Four" and launched "The Legacy of Activism at Cornell," a two week event commemorating and re-examining political activism at Cornell. Berrigan began by reflecting on the protesters of the St. Patrick's Four. In a symbolic act to prevent war, the four activists placed blood in a...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) -- A peace activist was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for splattering his own blood at a military recruiting station to protest the then-looming war in Iraq.[SNIP}

On the night of March 12, 2003, a meeting at Catholic Charities on Buffalo Street pulsated with anxiety over the seemingly immanent invasion of Iraq. There, Ithacan Daniel Burns suggested pouring blood at nearby Lansing's military recruitment center. Many agreed it was a good idea; fellow Ithacans Peter DeMott and sisters Clare and Teresa Grady agreed to join Burns. On March 17, at Lansing's military recruitment center, as roughly two dozen protestors stood outdoors on a mild winter day, Burns, DeMott, Clare and Teresa entered the facility's vestibule with a cup of blood each. They poured the blood along the...