How well informed do you feel you are about the current conflict in Syria?

  • September 17, 2013
“I really don’t know too much about what’s going on. All I know is that there’s some civil unrest, some government stuff going on, people are dying and it’s not a good situation. I think we should be bringing more attention to it, but I guess no one really wants to talk about things that aren’t in their own backyard if they can avoid hearing about tragedy.” -Abbey Arnott, ArtSci ’17
“I really don’t know too much about what’s going on. All I know is that there’s some civil unrest, some government stuff going on, people are dying and it’s not a good situation. I think we should be bringing more attention to it, but I guess no one really wants to talk about things that aren’t in their own backyard if they can avoid hearing about tragedy.” -Abbey Arnott, ArtSci ’17
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Charlotte Gagnier
“Really well informed. I follow the news pretty regularly, so there’s a lot of information I get out of it ... Generally, I try to keep on top of world news in general, and Syria’s been in the world news, so that’s how I know.” -Peter Crawford, ArtSci ’16
“Really well informed. I follow the news pretty regularly, so there’s a lot of information I get out of it ... Generally, I try to keep on top of world news in general, and Syria’s been in the world news, so that’s how I know.” -Peter Crawford, ArtSci ’16
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Charlotte Gagnier
“I’m not very well-versed in it. I try to keep up with it ... I think I know the general gist, but I don’t know it very in-depth, and I should.” -Beverly Leung, ArtSci ’14
“I’m not very well-versed in it. I try to keep up with it ... I think I know the general gist, but I don’t know it very in-depth, and I should.” -Beverly Leung, ArtSci ’14
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Charlotte Gagnier
“I think I’m well informed because I’m from the Middle East. I have Syrian friends and they have families in Syria, so I know how badly they’re struggling,” -Nasser Alsadhan, MA ’14
“I think I’m well informed because I’m from the Middle East. I have Syrian friends and they have families in Syria, so I know how badly they’re struggling,” -Nasser Alsadhan, MA ’14
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Charlotte Gagnier
“Probably not as informed as I could be, but I haven’t really had much time to watch the news or anything.” -Maddy Jones, ArtSci ’17
“Probably not as informed as I could be, but I haven’t really had much time to watch the news or anything.” -Maddy Jones, ArtSci ’17
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Charlotte Gagnier

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