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The Optimist
Thursday March 20 2003
Students divided on war
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or the Kurdish people."
Alvarez referred to
Bahrain's king offering exile
to Saddam on Wednesday
before the 4 a.m. deadline In
Baghdad.
The events of the past few
days have put President
Royce Money in a prayerful
mood he said.
"I certainly am praying for
peace" he said. "The thing
that I don't know Is the best
way to get to peace."
People who opposed the
war seemed disappointed by
the day's resolution. Dr. Jim
Cooke chair of the Industrial
Technology Department
said he was saddened that
the United States couldn't be
a peacemaker instead
resorting to violence.
"War is hell" he said. "We
need to recognize it as such."
Earlier in the day students
responded to news of United
States warplanes bombing
Iraqi artillery Wednesday
afternoon.
"I don't think there was
really any question about
whether we were going to
invade or not" said Chris
Lcmmons junior computer
science major from Tucson
Ariz. "The only question was
when and what reason we
were going to come up with
to Invade."
One student who attend-
ed ACU her freshman year
was visiting the campus
Wednes-day afternoon.
"I think the war is stupid
and it's all about oil" said
Brandy Lechtcnberg an ex-
student who attended in
2000-01. "That's what it
always bolls down to: oil and
economics and money."
The president addressed
the nation at 9:15 p.m.
Wednesday confirming the '
disarmament had begun and
reassuring the United States
that their forces would pre-
vail. The speech was typical of
those given by every presi-
dent during the past 50 years
when force has been used
said Neal Coates assistant
professor of political science.
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Melody Allison English major from Abilene and Brandy
Lynch sophomore exercise science major from Aurora Colo.
watch President George Bushfe address Wednesday night.
"Their speeches are
meant to encourage the
American public to let us be
confident that the force
being taken will be the
amount needed to do the
job" Coates said. He added
that no matter what party
citizens belong to they tend
to rally around the flag and
their president.
On a personal level
Coates said the U.S. should
be proud when its forces can
use power to achieve good.
He quoted former Secretary
of State Madeleine Albright
who asked if the United
States has such a fabulous
military why don't we use it.
"If we as a collective group
have the ability to make the
world a better place it seems
illogical that we would not
use our economic diplomat-
ic and military abilities to
make that happen to stop
dictators to attack AIDS and
to relieve people when
they're in famine."
Officials making only
tentative security plans
E-mail voice mail
to deliver alerts
Miumil.KiKa
Opinion Cdilar
We're at code orange the
second highest security alert.
As our troops families
churches and entire nation
prepare for war ACU makes
tentative plans as well.
Michelle Morris assistant
to the vice president of the
university and alumni rela-
tions said currently the uni-
versity has no hard-and-fast
plan for a scenario where the
nation goes to war.
"Right now we just don't
know what's to come" Morris
said. "We are calling people to
pray across campus as indi-
viduals for our men and
women In uniform and all
those serving our country."
The flags at the main
entrance to campus in front of
the Chapel on the Hill will be
flown at full or half-staff based
on how flags are flying in
Washington. Morris said the
campus takes its cues from
Washington as it did during
the weeks following Sept. 1 1.
An exception to that would
be if an ACU student lost his
life in service. The university
has no system of keeping
track of students who are
called to active duty and the
military is reluctant to release
those numbers. ACU is aware
of a few students who have
taken military leave.
Morris also said that a
communication system
through Campus Life e-mail
and campus voice mail is in
place to let students know any
pertinent information espe-
cially If the university receives
alerts from the government
that need to be passed on to
students.
As the opening attacks on '
Iraq have begun special activ-
ities will take place on cam-
pus much like the prayer time
in Wednesday's Chapel and
the March 24 forum to discuss
the war.
War could affect finances
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"A long term decline would
result in a lower distribution
into the budget and pressure
on the university to reduce rev-
enues" Schubert said.
However Schubert said he
doesn't expect the country's
financial situation to get any
worse than It already Is.
"Uncertainty and its effects
have already Impacted finan-
cial markets" he said. "If any-
thing a war would give It a pos-
itive kick."
Either way Schubert said
the war would probably not
have such a large impact that it
could keep students from
attending the university
because of a lack of financial
aid.
The state's reduction of
spending is more likely to have
serious effects on universities'
financial status Schubert said.
The university receives
about $5 million a year from
the state and that amount may
be reduced In the future. ACU
however will not be affected as
much as public universities
which receive the majority of
their funding from the state.
Schubert said the university
has faced financial declines
before and they have been
overcome.
"So far we have managed to
weather those declines by
tightening up the budget" he
said. "We would hope that that
would be the case in the
future."
Schubert said the war
would have more serious
effects on the students faculty
and friends of the university
than on the financial state of
the university.
Some students may with-
draw from school to serve in
the military as some have
already done this year.
International students also
may be prevented from return-
ing to the university and
almost everyone will have fam-
ily or friends involved in the
conflict Schubert said.
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