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OtterBrief: April 20, 2015
In case you missed it:
US :
- A recent video pulled from a police officer's body camera in Richmond, OH shows him doing everything right, as the officer arrests a man suspected of double homicide. CNN compared similar videos that have been a focus of public attention since Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, MO, highlighting the rescue of a woman from her car seconds before it exploded after an accident in on a New Jersey roadway, and the accidental shooting of an unarmed victim in Tulsa, OK, when reserve deputy Robert Bates mistook his pistol for a Taser.
- In 2013, Lelisa Desisa returned his first place medal from the men's Boston Marthon that he won two hours before the bombs went off. Earlier today, he won again as the sentencing trial for surviving bomber, Dzhokhar Tasrnaev, continues.
- Many Target stores around the nation ran out of Lily Pulitzer apparel within four minutes of opening.
World:
- Jason Rezaian, a correspondent in Iran for the Washington Post since 2012, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, were detained nine months ago after appearing on the CCN segment Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He is accused of four crimes, including espionage, and is being held and tried in accordance with his Iranian citizenship only, despite having dual-citizenship with the US. The charges against him were only formally revealed recently.
- An endangered species of Cuban crocodile has been successfully bred in captivity and released back into the wild.
- There have always been a great number of immigrants and victims of human trafficking crossing the Mediterranean from Africa to Eurpoe, but recently the number of both people and deaths from these journeys has become so great that European Union law makers are struggling to keep up. With an estimated 35,000 refugees since the start of 2015, and around 3,500 deaths at sea, Doctors Without Borders have officially declared their involvement in this crisis, as the Italian minister for European affairs said, "There's not enough space in Sicily's cemeteries to bury the dead."
Coming up:
US:
- This year alone Netflix is planning to roll out 320 hours of original content.
- There are currently three announced Republican's running for president of the United States, with nine maybes; and one announced Democrat, with four maybes. This New York Times graphic tells you who they are and where they stand, at least with regards to running for the presidency.
World:
- In a move to secure their hold on southern Asia and open trading routes to the Indian ocean, China just unveiled a plan to spend $46 billion on a new super highway called the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, connecting the east Asian super power to Pakistan. Composed of roads, railways, and pipe lines, and set to run about 3000km (1800 miles, or about the distance from Otterbein to Pheonix, AZ) this spending venture far exceeds any spending by the US in the area. China and Pakistan are long time allies.
Otterbein:
- For Fight Hunger Week sophomore Meredith Wesco wants you to take this flier to a local restaurant who will then donate a portion of their sales to Share Bac-a-Pac, an organization that provides food to Westerville school children in need on the weekends. Each restaurant has an assigned day from now until Friday April 24.
- Biology 3200 is hosting a plant sale Thursday April 23 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. The list of plants, their prices, and practical uses can be found here.
- Aegis the humanities journal is having its launch party Thursday April 23 from 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in front of Towers. If you are interested in reading or writing a publication that has been around since 1890 feel free to attend.
- Khenpo Tsültrim Lodrö, abbot of Serta Larung Gar Monastic College in Eastern Tibet will be speaking here at Otterbein at 6 p.m. on Thursday April 23. He is one of the most prominent religious leaders in Tibet, and this is one of few stops on his first tour outside of the country. Contact Geoff Barstow for more information.
- This weekend Otterbein will be hosting the Intercollegiate Dressage Association national championship. The Otterbein team as well as four individual riders qualified and will be competing.
- The second annual K-9 Cancer Awareness 5k will be taking place on Saturday April 25, and the Skeeter Stomp Malaria 5k will be taking place on April 26.
-Instructor evaluations are due by April 28th.
In other news:
- President Obama spoke to an editor for the New Yorker about his previous recreational use of marijuana as a young adult and said, "I don't think it is more dangerous than alcohol." All in an interview about his legacy as the President and a man, as the end of his second term nears.
