Although the Crown Center for Middle East Studies hoped to bring presidential candidates to speak on campus this semester, none were able to fit a stop in before the end of the semester, Senior Vice President for Communications Lorna Miles said last Wednesday.The Center invited Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former Vice President Al Gore, among others, to speak about America's role in the Middle East, Miles said.

"We are working hard to line up one or two for the fall," Miles wrote in an e-mail to the Justice. "This spring, however, will not work for any we have contacted so far." "Too few schedule options and short notice," she added.