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The Monday Catchup
The Lords and Ladies killed it at the DIII Championship Meet.
Good morning! Here’s what you missed while you were at Deb Ball:
The Lead Story: This week’s lead story belongs to our swim team, who spent the weekend at Division III Nationals in Indianapolis. Our Lords and Ladies performed valiantly in the pool, with the men edging out rival Denison by eight points to lock in first place. Our ladies finished in second place behind Emory University to take the runner-up spot. In diving, Maria Zarka ’16 won her second national title in the three meter board. Congratulations all around!
Do It Tonight: Joseph Martin on Syria
Tonight in the Higley Auditorium, Joseph Martin will be speaking on his work and experience trying to build a free democratic Syria. Martin is currently a Political Fellow on the Syrian Emergency Task Force, as well as a MA in Middle Eastern Studies candidate at Georg Washington University and a formerly serving marine. Continue reading
The Monday Catchup
This guy means business.
Good morning! Here’s what you missed over the weekend:
The Lead Story: The United Nations will release a report today that will likely confirm the use of chemical weapons in Syria. This comes as Syria has assented to joining the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention, a move agreed to by the US and Russia over the weekend as a way to move forward without US military intervention. In order to join the Convention, Syria will have to identify and destroy its chemical weapons stockpile.
The Monday Catchup
Obama has framed US involvement in Syria around the ethics of chemical warfare.
Good morning! Here’s what you missed over the weekend:
The Lead Story: President Obama has turned to Congress on whether or not the United States should strike Syria in response to allegations that its embattled dictator, Bashar al-Assad, used chemical weapons on his own people. The administration acknowledges that a strike would do little to alter the course of Syria’s bloody civil war, arguing instead that it would deter future use of chemical weapons.
Is this all going over your head? Get oriented with this explainer from the Washington Post. Continue reading
The Kenyon Thrill 