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Saturday, June 1, 2013

We're Looking for Interns

Slate's?Washington,?D.C. office?and New York office are hiring?interns right now for this summer and fall to help with the DoubleX section. Candidates must be available at least two days per week, preferably Tuesday and Wednesday, to assist with the DoubleX Gabfest and other duties. They must be highly organized, have a proven interest in women?s issues, and be very familiar with?Slate. They must also be able to work quickly, efficiently, and without much supervision. For the right candidate, there may be opportunity for occasional writing.?Candidates must be full-time students (in college or graduate school).
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To apply, email a cover letter that clearly outlines your availability and interests, a r?sum?, a short critique of any Double X piece from the last year (no more than 300 words), and three clips or writing samples (links are fine, but no PDF files) to?allison.benedikt@slate.com. Please use the subject line "Slate Double X Internship."

Slate?s New York office is also looking for an enthusiastic graphic-design intern to work closely with the Slate Custom design team. Applicants must be available for at least 10 weeks, starting immediately. They must be proficient in using the Adobe Creative Suite and have an educational background in graphic design. Knowledge of HTML is a plus, but not required. Applicants must be available at least three days a week. This internship is paid. To apply, email a r?sum? and a PDF version of your portfolio (or a link to an online portfolio) to sarah.trankle@slate.com.

Slate's New York office?is hiring interns for the fall to help with the magazine's culture section, with the photo and art department, and to contribute to our news blog, The Slatest.

Candidates for the culture section must be available at least two full days per week. They must be highly organized, have a proven interest in the arts, and be very familiar with Slate. They must also be able to work quickly, efficiently, and without much supervision. For the right candidate, there may be opportunity for occasional writing. Candidates must be full-time students (in college or graduate school).

To apply, email a cover letter that clearly outlines your availability and cultural interests?to slatecultureinternship@gmail.com. Attach the following in a single Word document or PDF: a r?sum?; a 300-word critique of any "Culturebox" from the last year, written in the style of a Slate article; and three clips or writing samples. The deadline for fall internship applications in New York is July 15, 2013.

Slate's?Washington, D.C. office?is also hiring interns. The description for New York applies, although the internship in D.C. is focused on politics rather than culture. Candidates must be full-time students (in college or graduate school).

To apply, email a r?sum?; a 300-word critique of any Slate story from the last year relating to politics, policy, the law, or other Washington-related topics; and three clips or writing samples to slatedcinterns@gmail.com. Please use the subject line "Slate D.C. Internship." The deadline for receipt of applications is July 15, 2013.

Slate?s New York office is also looking for applicants for an internship with the photo and art department. Interns will gain hands-on experience editing photos, producing slideshows, and selecting art. Applicants must be matriculated students, available at least two full days a week for 10-12 weeks starting this fall. They should be highly organized visual thinkers who are comfortable working efficiently and without much supervision. This is an editing?not shooting?internship; however, there are ample opportunities for motivated interns to work on special projects and publish their work. This internship is unpaid. To apply, email a cover letter that clearly outlines your availability, a r?sum?, and links to visual works online (no PDF or attachment files please) to vivian.selbo@slate.com by July 15, 2013.

Slate's New York office is also seeking highly energetic, self-starting individuals who have a nose for news, along with sharp and quick writing skills, to contribute to our news blog, The Slatest. Applicants should be tech-savvy and have great editorial judgment. Previous reporting experience is a plus, and the ability to write clean, quick, and clear copy is a must. This position is unpaid, and candidates must be currently enrolled in college or grad school to apply. This internship is part-time, four full days a week, starting this summer. Applicants must be able to work out of Slate?s New York office. Please send a r?sum? and very brief statement of interest to slatestjob@gmail.com. Deadline is July 15, 2013.

Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/briefing/slate_fare/2013/05/intern_at_slate.html

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Trustees: Ohio St president 'embarrassed' school

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Ohio State University's top trustees say insensitive comments by the university president have embarrassed and divided the university.

The trustees say in a letter to president Gordon Gee (GHEE') that his comments risk diminishing the collective efforts of the university and of Gee's own good work.

The March 11 letter was obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

It lays out several steps Gee must take following the revelation of remarks he made last year jabbing Notre Dame, Roman Catholics and the Southeastern Conference.

Those steps include issuing personal apologies and getting help from professionals to revisit Gee's personal communications and speechwriting processes.

Trustee chairman Robert Schottenstein and trustee Alex Shumate (shoo'-MATE), who led the search committee that hired Gee in 2007, also say Gee must reprioritize what speaking engagements he accepts.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/trustees-ohio-st-president-embarrassed-school-164504666.html

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Assad forces advance; West, Russia exchange barbs ahead of talks

By Mariam Karouny

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad tightened their siege of rebels in a strategic town on Friday, in a counter-offensive that is shifting the balance of the Syrian war ahead of a peace conference next month.

Rebels said they had managed to infiltrate new fighters into the town of Qusair on the Lebanese frontier, where they are encircled by Assad's army and his allies in Lebanon's Hezbollah militia who have openly joined the war on his behalf.

The battle comes amid a blizzard of diplomacy ahead of the conference called by the United States and Russia, the first time in a year that the global powers ranged on opposing sides in Syria's civil war have agreed to talk about a way to end it.

If the summons to peace talks in Geneva was intended to calm rhetoric it has had the opposite effect, with Russia and the West issuing tit-for-tat threats to escalate the conflict by sending arms to the warring sides.

The two-year war has killed at least 80,000 people and has divided the world and split the Middle East on its dangerous sectarian faultline between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Millions of Syrians have fled their homes and sectarian violence is surging in neighboring Lebanon and Iraq, with recent histories of Sunni-Shi'ite civil wars of their own.

Russia and Iran back Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. Western countries, most Arab states and Turkey all back the rebels, mainly drawn from members of the majority Sunni sect.

Moscow suggested on Friday it could speed up the delivery of advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Assad's government to prevent Western intervention, although it also floated the idea that it could suspend the shipment, turning the missiles into an apparent bargaining chip ahead of the peace talks in Geneva.

French President Francois Hollande said it was unacceptable for Moscow to discuss arming the Syrian government ahead of the peace conference, even as he emphasized the importance of his own and his allies' threat to arm the rebels.

INITIATIVE SWINGS TO GOVERNMENT

The rebels made major gains in the second half of 2012, seizing swathes of the country from Assad's forces and leading Western leaders to declare that the president's days in power were surely numbered.

But the initiative on the ground over the past few weeks has swung towards Assad's forces, newly bolstered by thousands of seasoned, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters who have now openly joined the war after months of providing more furtive support.

Assad and Hezbollah have pushed rebels back on the outskirts of the capital Damascus and all but surrounded fighters in Qusair, which controls supply routes at the Lebanese frontier that are vital both for the rebels and for Hezbollah.

Government and Hezbollah forces continued their advance, taking control of the village of Arjun 4 miles (six km) to the northwest of Qusair.

Rebels have lost more than two-thirds of Qusair and say they are now hunkered down in the town centre, lightly armed. Seizing the town would give Assad control of territory between Damascus and the coast, heartland of his fellow Alawites.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition monitoring group based in Britain, said hundreds of rebel reinforcements had managed on Friday to reach Qusair from the north to help defend it.

"It is too soon to tell if they can make a difference. We will have to watch today and see if they can help the fighters create a turning point," said the Observatory's head Rami Abdelrahman.

Fighting also raged in Ghouta on Damascus's eastern edge as government forces pressed on with an assault begun several weeks ago. They have pushed rebels from near Damascus International airport and closed off a main conduit for arms from Jordan.

SANA, the Syrian national news agency, said government forces had destroyed a 200 meter-long, 10 meter-deep tunnel used by fighters to link Harasta, a Damascus suburb, to the Damascus-Homs highway, Syria's main north-south road.

Activists said heavy clashes were also taking place in Deraa, cradle of the revolt against Assad, which began in 2011 as part of the wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world and has evolved into by far the bloodiest of those uprisings.

The new U.S. push to revive diplomacy is driven by suspicion that chemical weapons have been used, reports of worsening atrocities on both sides and a growing realization that neither side is likely to end the war with victory any time soon.

SAUDI ROLE GROWING

Washington has also been alarmed by the growing influence among the rebels of fighters pledged to al Qaeda. The U.N. Security Council slapped international sanctions on Friday on the al-Nusra front, a powerful rebel group that has declared its loyalty to the group founded by Osama bin Laden.

The rebellion has been funded and armed by the wealthy Gulf Arab states Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Lately, rebels say Qatar is stepping back and the Saudis are playing a bigger role, with the aim of tightening control over who gets arms and money and curbing Islamists.

The diplomatic confrontation between the West and Russia has focused lately on plans to arm the warring factions. Last week, the European Union allowed an embargo to expire allowing member countries like France and Britain to announce plans to arm the rebels if Assad does not yield power.

Russia has responded by saying it will go ahead with shipments of advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles which could make any Western plans to impose a no-fly zone to protect the rebels far more dangerous.

The missiles could also threaten Israel, which has carried out three air strikes on Assad's forces in recent months.

A Russian arms industry source was quoted by Interfax news agency as threatening to hasten delivery of the hotly-contested missiles if the West were to impose a no-fly zone or Israel were to launch new air strikes.

However the source also "did not exclude that the delivery of the S-300 to Syria could be frozen for a period of time" Interfax reported, suggesting that the deployment could be on the table in Geneva.

France's Hollande set out his country's position - shared with Britain and other allies - that the West must be able to arm the rebels as long as Moscow is arming Assad.

"We cannot accept that when we are preparing Geneva 2 (talks) with the idea of finding a political solution, that Russia is delivering weapons at the same time to Assad's regime, and that we should be (prevented) from delivering weapons to the opposition," Hollande said.

"To ensure the political solution happens, you should never put aside the option of military pressure, and in this case it is lifting the EU embargo."

Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy aide, said it was the EU's decision to lift its embargo on arming the rebels that was "not conducive to preparations for such an important international event" as the Geneva conference.

(Additional reporting by Thomas Grove in Moscow; Writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Andrew Roche)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/assad-forces-advance-west-russia-exchange-barbs-ahead-190138946.html

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Assad ups use of chemical weapons in Syria ? with impunity

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is boosting his military with Russian anti-aircraft missiles and, lately, a disturbing increase in the reported use of chemical weapons. With no US intervention, the strategy is having its desired effect as rebels announce they will not take part in peace talks.

By Daniel Nisman,?Op-ed contributor / May 30, 2013

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, shown here in Iran on Aug. 19, 2009, is bolstering his military advantage with Russian anti-aircraft missiles and reported increased use of chemical weapons. Op-ed writer Daniel Nisman writes: 'The use of [chemical] weapons in a sporadic fashion is an attempt by the Assad regime to offset an ongoing stalemate in the Damascus area.'

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Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's stepped up military efforts ? new Russian anti-aircraft missiles; imported fighters from Lebanon and Iran; and lately, increased use of chemical weapons ? are having their desired effect. Today, Syria's main opposition group announced it will not take part in peace talks even as the regime appears to be gaining in military strength.

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Particularly disturbing are reports of the Assad regime's increased use of chemical weapons. Since March, the trickle of reports has become a flash flood. What?s now clear is that Mr. Assad, absent outside intervention, is willing to make the use of unconventional weapons more conventional as he seeks to end his government's military stalemate with rebels.

On May 26, rebel fighters and civilians in the Damascus suburbs of Harasta, Qaboun, and Jobar reported that numerous residents suffered from respiratory problems, nausea, and other symptoms of chemical nerve agents. Three people were reportedly killed in the suspected attack while at least 70 others were reported injured. Recently-posted video footage from the area portrayed both Syrian rebels and military troops fighting with gas masks.

On May 16, British media sources claimed to have verified footage of an April 29 chemical weapons attack in the town of Saraqeb. Two canisters were reportedly dropped from government helicopters, releasing gases that caused similar symptoms among residents.

On May 26, French journalists released footage taken on April 13 showing a chemical attack on Syrian rebel positions in the Damascus suburb of Jobar. The footage and other evidence have been passed to French intelligence, which has stated that it will issue a confirmation of the reports in the coming days. The Assad regime denies using chemical weapons.

Currently, the majority of the attacks have been reported in strategic Damascus suburbs being contested by rebels, each of which allows access to either the center of the city or main highways. Other attacks have been reported in the cities of Aleppo and Homs, which are also considered to be highly valuable by the Assad regime.

Combined, these continuous attacks paint a disturbing picture. Assad has resorted to limited, localized attacks using chemical weapon variants in key fronts in the conflict to achieve a far greater strategic goal as his forces gear to launch a major offensive to rid the Damascus suburbs of rebel presence in the coming weeks.

The use of such weapons in a sporadic fashion is an attempt by the Assad regime to offset an ongoing stalemate in the Damascus area, which has remained in place since a rebel advance during the summer of 2012. The Assad regime has since been unable to force a retreat of rebel militias using ground forces or heavy artillery bombardments, although they have prevented them from advancing into the capital?s center.

The regime?s reported escalation into chemical weapons usage follows a similar procedure used to introduce heavy artillery bombardments and air power at earlier stages of the conflict.

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/csm/~3/MT59AyYlGpA/Assad-ups-use-of-chemical-weapons-in-Syria-with-impunity

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