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Views on the News: Putin and Syria

Last Monday, as the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian Civil War approached, President Vladimir Putin declared that he would withdraw a significant portion of Russian forces from Syria after five months of supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime with military assistance.


EDITORIAL: Encourage increased Union outreach and transparency

Due to his small margin of victory, this board believes that if David Herbstritt is to fulfill his duty as the incoming president, there are several steps he — along with the rest of the union — must take in the upcoming year to effectively maximize student representation.  First, the Union should establish a senate position that represents the international student population at Brandeis.


Support Apple’s resistance to FBI’s demands to unlock phone

Today’s society has become so dependent on technology that our phones store everything from our credit card information to our home address and several other pieces of incriminating information.  With this in mind, personal technology could also be used as a powerful tool in law enforcement.


Taking responsibility for past actions

It was recently brought to my attention that I took facts without adjusting the language to make it my own or citing them sufficiently in a small number of the articles I have written for the Justice.  I want to express my sincerest apologies for these unintentional mistakes and to assure my readers that in no instance did I take an opinion without proper attribution.  Learning the accepted practices of citation has been an important part of my experience at the Justice, and I look forward to citing sources even more carefully in the future. —Dor Cohen


Evaluate failing infrastructure’s role in Flint water crisis

America is falling apart — literally. In 2013, the American Society of Civil Engineers rated the country’s infrastructure a D+ and estimated that 3.6 trillion dollars needs to be invested by 2020 to fix everything — all the pipelines, airports, bridges, roads and other transit infrastructure.


Urge youth to vote in primary and general elections

Social media is a powerful tool when it comes to relaying ideas and sharing information. This is especially important when it comes to things like the presidential election; it allows individuals — people who may not have had any interest in or access to speeches or debates — to hear the candidates’ ideals and formulate an opinion.


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