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Obama wins Senate panel’s backing on Syria strike

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s request for speedy congressional backing of a military strike in Syria advanced Wednesday toward a showdown Senate vote, while the commander in chief left open the possibility he would order retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack even if Congress withheld its approval.



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Geology 101 no longer offers labs

This is the first semester that Geology 101 students will not spend a class period in a lab each week. The class will still be worth three credit hours, but will be split into 75-minute lectures twice a week. The adjustment was made in part to accommodate students’ schedules. Making scheduling easier will allow more students to be exposed to geology, said Scott Rice-Snow, chairperson of the Department of Geological Sciences.


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Any Syria strike must get Security Council OK

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday warned that any “punitive” action taken against Syria for an alleged chemical weapons attack last month would be illegal without Security Council approval or a sound case for self-defense.






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