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They opposition fighters captured army bases and a major town in the strategic province of Daraa along the border with Jordan. "They slaughtered any person they found," an activist in the nearby town of Busra al-Harir who goes by the fake name of Hamza al-Hariri told The Asso- ciated Press via Skype. He would not give his real name for fear of government reprisals. "This is the ugliest massa- cre since the one in Houla," he added,referringto aregionin the central province of Homs where more than 100 civilians were killed by government forces in Maylast year. Rebels advancing in the south in recent weeks have been aiming to secure a corridor from the Jor- danian border to Damascus about 60 miles away in preparation for an eventual assault on the capital. Regional officials and military experts note a sharp increase in weapons shipments to opposition fighters by Arab governments, in coordination with the U.S., in the hopes of readying a push into Damascus - the ultimate prize in the civil war that has killed more than 70,000 in two years. Rebels already control vast portions of northern Syria bor- dering Turkey. State-run Syrian TV said the armed forces "wiped out terror- ist groups" in Sanamein and the .5.-,l nearby town of Ghabagheb. It added that troops were target- ing rebel hideouts in different parts of Daraa. They included the villages and towns of Tafas, Jasssim, Dael and Tseel and the report said they had inflicted casualties in those areas. The city of Daraa, the provin- cial capital, was the birthplace of the uprising against President Bashar Assad in March 2011 The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group reported clashes on Thursday in the city of Daraa and said there were casualties among regime troops. State-run Syrian TV said government forces killed or wounded dozens of gunmen in the city of Daraa, including for- eign fighters. The Observatory said at least 45 people, including five chil- dren and seven women, were killed in the attack on Sana- mein. It said they were killed by "shooting, shelling and field execution," a reference to peo- ple reported to have been shot at close range. The Syrian National Coali- tion, the main opposition group, said more than 60 people were "brutally" killed in the town. After troops stormed Sanamein, the group said they used some civilians as human shields and took others as hostages before looting some homes. The differing death tolls could not be reconciled. The SNC said the regime car- ried out the attack in Sanamein after it failed "to stop the opera- tion to liberate the province of Daraa, the southern entrance to Damascus." In addition to the stronghold in the north, rebels have also captured parts of the east along the border with Iraq recent- ly. But the strategic region between the southern outskirts of Damascus and Jordan - known as the Houran plains - is seen as a crucial gateway to the capital. Dozens of rebel units have PATRICK BARRON/Daily Craig Calhoun, director of the London School of Economics, spoke at the Tanner Lecture on Human Values symposium in Rackham Thursday. Director of London School talks publicinstitutions Calhoun believes "public" orgs are excluding majority of public By KAITLIN ZURDOSKY Daily StaffReporter Public is usually defined as "open to all," but Craig Calhoun, director of the London School of Economics and Political Sci- ence, believes that many "pub- lic" organizations are becoming more and more exclusive. Calhoun discussed this shift in his speech "Publicness (and its problems)," which he deliv- ered to an audience of about 100 people at Rackham Auditorium on Thursday. He focused on the notion of "public" in relation to the rise of society and sys- tem integration. Calhoun said that, over time, the demarcation between what is public and what is private is becoming more com- plicated. Calhoun discussed how sev- eral public institutions have been reorganized, adjusting what public really means within such organizations. He suggest- ed that some firms are retain- ing the term "public" but have become exclusive by selectively allowing only certain members of the public in, such as univer- sities. Calhoun cited the expansion of the public sphere as the reason behind its growing exclusivity and suggested that communica- tion will help solve this problem. He added that improved debates and discussions would shape the future of the public. "Large-scale socialization and mediated communication is either the devil or the angel that we want on our side," he said. Calhoun said movements, cultural change and connec- tions are also critical in solving the issues of the public sphere. These will depend on the consti- tution of an inclusive, intercon- nected field of public action with multiple, but overlapping and interactivepublics, he said. While Calhoun said the evo- lution of society threatens both the public and private, public- ness has the capacity for great action. Calhoun argued that the expansion of economy, statistics and administration affects the "partial publieness" of ordinary life. Calhoun said real privacy has been "squeezed," eliminating people's solitude, while public- ness has also been pushed aside, since people are unable to fully discuss and take action on their ideas within the society. Thursday's lecture was the opening event for the Tanner Lecture on Human Values. The two-day symposium con- tinues Friday at the Rackham Amphitheater from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring Prof. Geoff Eley, chair of the history depart- ment, and Sociology and Ger- manic Languages Prof. George Steinmetz. 0