“It made me think more about the kind of media we take in every single day and the flaws that are inherent in it,” UMass senior and journalism major Bridget Higgens said after Erlich’s presentation. “You need to look to other sources to get your info, and you need to look in as many places as possible.”
After achieving a Syrian ceasefire, the UN should move to provide the basic constitutional principles for permanent peace and development of the peoples of the world. This would include an organizational structure based on the universal values of freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law and direct election of the heads of the four branches of government. The aim should be to help Syria develop a constitution suitable for long-term stability and a model for peaceful development. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
