OtterBrief: February 16, 2015

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OtterBrief: February 16, 2015

In case you missed it:

US - Three Muslim students were murdered Tuesday in their Chapel Hill residence. The killing is under investigation as possibly being motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment. President Obama made a statement Friday after the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division began an investigation into the murders.

WORLD - The ceasefire that was agreed upon during Thursday's meeting in Minsk with the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and the Ukraine went into effect on Sunday. While things are still very tense, the cease-fire seems to be holding. 

Coming soon:

In a speech made at the summit on cybersecurity at Stanford University on Friday, President Obama mentioned plans to sign an executive order that would encourage the sharing of information of cyber threats between companies and organizations in the private sector and between the government and the private sector.

Otterbein:

Otterbein junior, Patrick “PJ” Cleary died early Saturday morning in a fatal head-on car crash that killed both divers. Police suspect alcohol could be involved.

The Otterbein Equestrian Team dominated and widened their regional leads at both the Saturday dressage show at Midway College and the Sunday hunt-seat show at Otterbein University.

Both Men's and Women's basketball team fell to Capital University in Saturday's games. 

The theater/dance production of “The Greeks,” opens Thursday at 7:30pm at the Fritsche theater and runs through the weekend Friday-Saturday at 8:00pm and closes on Sunday at 2:00pm.

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