Slippery Rock has forum on ISISSLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University will hold an “ISIS Question and Answer” session at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in 114 Spotts World Culture Building.Panelists will answer questions about ISIS, Islam and the perception of danger against Americans in light of the recent attacks in Paris and Beirut and the downing of a Russian jet.Leading the discussion will be professors in English, history, political science, anthropology and archeology, philosophy, business and interdisciplinary studies.The event is being offered by SRU’s Middle East Studies Center.

City will give break on holiday parkingParking on the city’s metered streets will be free from Dec. 14 to Dec. 26 for the holiday season, Mayor Tom Donaldson said Tuesday.Free parking will not include the parking lots or the tier garage. The two hour parking limit on Main Street also will continue to be enforced.