Student taking on world, or parts he hasn’t yet
Andy Harris' resume might
look something like this, student
radical, former Marine, National
lUfle Association member. The
Insurgent contributor, future
guerilla
During a talk with the Emerald
over a few drinks I "Two pints of
Hefeweizen. please '}. Harris
takes on the world — from the
White House in Washington.
DC., to the ASl^O ill Suite -t
EMI'
In Ins own words, the 2ti year
old political science major is
"/Hist the hitter and cynical stage
— I'm at the I don’t give n fuck
stage "
hollowing an order of a large
basket of fries from the mHating
Place, the interviewer and inter
eiewee begin their talk after notic
ing a similarity in the attire for
the day a U S Army T shirt
and a U S. Marines T-shirt
Andy Were you in the Army,
or anything like that7
ODE: No. I was at nn Anthrax
concert n couple of weeks ago.
and I found it on the ground.
Pretty scroungy, huh?
Wore you in the Army?
Andy (Points to shirt) Marines
— six years total.
I was in North Carolina. San
Diego. Korea and the Persian Gulf
— from January to late April
ODE What was that like7
Andy: It sucked.
It wasn't a traumatic experi
ence like people in Vietnam or
other wars had. but it wasn't any
fun twing over there. I didn’t real
ly believe much in it, either.
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Andy Harris
University student
By Jake Berg
which doesn't help.
OI)E: Were you just filling out
your time over there, then'
Andy: Yeah, After that. I got off
oilive duty only a few weeks after
I got home The rest of the time
I spent in active reserves until
November '91.
ODE Why did you get into it.
originally?
Andy: Eighteen years old. too
many John Wayne and Rambo
movies. I did it for the sense of
adventure, and looking back. I
don't regret it It's not something
I would recommend to every
IkxIv. and I'm certainly glad I'm
out.
Hut I had good times, got to
travel, learned a few things.
Sometimes it was a lot of
responsibility. Some of the places
I've been, some of the things I've
seen I think I can appreciate
life a lo! more, and ! am appre
ciate some of the things we have
in this country.
I traveled a lot outside of the
military before I went in. so it
didn't change me that much. I've
been to the Middle hast. Central
America and stuff like that
ODE Just visiting'
Andy Yeah.
ODE Did you have the money
to do that, or were the opportu
nities just available to you?
Andy. There's different ways
of doing it I guess if you can
think of the right sum or charm
the right people.
ODE You spent some time in
Europe this summer; how long
were you there for?
Andy About two weeks total.
I was there for five days, then I
came back for a month, and then
went back for a week
ODE That's a lot of traveling
for a short lime.
Andy: Yeah I went to Switzer
land. Austria, the Czech Repub
lic. Poland, Lithuania. Germany.
Belgium and Holland
I liked Poland a lot. I liked the
countryside, and 1 liked the old
part of Warsaw — the pre World
War II section.
As far as cities, without a
doubt, it'd have to be Amsterdam.
ODE: (Laughs ) What did you
do while you were there7
Andy, loot's just say I was kind
of naughty.
ODE {Laughs.) When 1 went to
Europe with my brother and sis
ter this summer, we started right
ing. so I hopped on a night train
to Spain and they eventually
went Jo Amsterdam I never
went
Spain was great, though. I'll
probably move there or to Mex
ico when I graduate — expatriate
myself for a while.
Andy: That's what I'm going to
do Whatever l can do to get out
of thu U.S
ODE: So are you going to go
back to Europe, or where are you
going next’
Andy: No. 1 think I'm railing it
quits as far as as these trips go
ODE: These trips"?
Andy: Yeah, these trips in par
ticular
ODE What can you snv about
"these trips" to Europe?
Andy 1 molly ran't say. but it
involved the import/export busi
ness — and it wasn't drugs. We’ll
just leave it at that, if that's all
right 1 hope it's not too much of
a disappointment.
ODE I understand. The tope
recorder's on.
Yeah, when I came back from
Mexico. I got all my bags
searched at I AX. but when I went
to Mexico City. I had no idea
what was going on and they were
still really friendly.
And that whole thing coming
bar k from Mexico through LAX
really just makes me think about
this country, the attitudes and
things that go on here sometimes.
1 realize that we have a lot of
advantages living here, but it's
just the attitudes.
Andy: Yeah, honestly, I don’t
like most Americans. Of course.
I am from the U.S. and I can’t
escape that — that makes up who
I am — out l can I wait to got mu
hull out of here
ODE- Then where would you
like to eventually end up7
Andy: I liked FI Salvador a lot.
and I liked Guatemala, hut there's
gritting to tie too many Americans
there I liked parts of the Mid
dle Fast, and I've been up to Israel
and the West Bank — I like that
area, but it's just too intense
ODE What do you think of the
peace talks that have gone on
about that area recently?
Andy: Actually, I've followed
that issue for quite some time. I
had a girlfriend that was Pales
tinian. and I've spent some lime
on the West Bank. I think it's a
step in the right direction; how
ever. I think any Palestinian that
just settles for some sort of auton
omy — collecting their own
garbage or whatever — is selling
themselves short
At the same time, Israel is one
of the most powerful countries in
the world — definitely the most
powerful country in that area.
They're there, they're not going
anywhere: the liest thing they tan
do is make peace lietwoen Israelis
and Arabs.
ODE: What other kind of
national issues have you been
keeping up on7
Andy: Somalia seems like kind
of a quagmire right now.
ODE: Can you compare that to
what went in the Persian Gulf?
Andy: I think a lot of times the
U.S. goes some places where they
have no business going to. I think
people are sometimes over-ide
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