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Hofstra hosts conference on Internet safety, bullying

Dan DeJesus, 24, from Stony Brook, acts one

Photo credit: Patrick E. McCarthy | Dan DeJesus, 24, from Stony Brook, acts one of his many roles in the "Stories of Substance" theatre group that performed as part of the bullying prevention training forum at Hofstra. (Dec. 2, 2010)

The audience wiped tears from their eyes as they heard John Halligan tell yet again of how his son Ryan, 13, committed suicide in 2003 because of bullying.

The Farmingdale father has told his story hundreds of times at schools on Long Island and elsewhere. Thursday, he was the keynote speaker at the Internet Safety & Bullying Prevention Conference held at Hofstra University. The conference...

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