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Volume 104, Issue 123
Group’s
rally will
protest
President
Students for Peace is sponsoring
a walkout and rally on Thursday,
protesting President Bush,
his administration and the war
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
The United States’ military presence
w in Iraq has angered many anti-war stu
dents on campus, and they are rallying
together in protest, a sight that has be
come common since the start of the war
two weeks ago.
Students for Peace is sponsoring a
student walkout at 2:30 p.m. Thursday
to protest war with Iraq and President
George W. Bush and his administration.
A rally is also scheduled for 3 p.m. at
the EMU Amphitheater, which will in
clude student and faculty speakers, po
etry and music. Afterward, protesters
will march at 4 p.m. to the Federal
Building on Seventh Avenue, coincid
ing with the second monthly Bikes Not
Bombs protest.
Students for Peace, a political stu
dent group on campus, is critical of the
war and is not letting up its effort to
protest the conflict. In a recent news
release, the group stated: “George
Bush is a war criminal ... and should
be indicted for war crimes.” The state
ment went on to say that the U.S. gov
ernment is guilty of the same crimes
that Nazi leaders were prosecuted for
during the Nuremberg Trials, and that
the USA PATRIOT Act — which the
government said is meant to rid the
country of possible terrorists — is as
saulting civil liberties.
“Historic figures like Ghandi and Mar
tin Luther King, Jr. could easily be la
beled terrorists,” the statement said.
“Students for Peace refuses to succumb
to the fear these laws mean to instill.”
Students for Peace coordinator Alex
Turn to Protest, page 10
Troops close in near Baghdad
S. Thorne Harper, Juan O. Tamayo
and Martin Merzer
Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT)
NEAR KARBALA, Iraq — The opening
phase of the battle for Baghdad erupted
early Wednesday as thousands of U.S.
Army troops and Marines thundered
into action, approaching Republican
Guard divisions that block the southern
passages to the capital.
Only light mortar fire and other mi
nor resistance was reported in the early
hours of the attack and no reports sur
faced of U.S. casualties. One unit man
aged to travel more than 15 miles
through hostile territory in about
90 minutes.
“There’s an eerie easiness to it,” said
Spc. Timmy Malia of Omaha, Neb. Other
soldiers cautioned that tougher times
seemed certain. On Tuesday, one U.S.
soldier was killed in south-central Iraq,
raising the U.S. death toll to 49 since the
war began.
In another development, U.S. military
officials announced without elaboration
that an Army prisoner of war had been
rescued. The Pentagon identified the
soldier as Jessica Lynch, 19, from Pales
tine, W.Va., who had been listed as miss
ing in action.
In the full-scale ground attack, all
Turn to Troops, page 9
Nuccio Dinuzzo Chicago Tribune
Pfc. Kurt Singer surveys Highway 70 just north of Al Kifl, Iraq, littered
with bombed out vehicles and dead bodies of Iraqi soldiers.
Duck Recycle Mania
The University is currently
in second place in the national
program to increase recycling
awareness on college campuses
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
For more than 3,000 students living
on campus, recycling has become
more than just a chore; it has become
an activity involving free soda, people
dressed as dancing trees and the pos
sibility of winning Recycle Mania — a
10-week event that began Feb. 3.
Recycle Mania started as a friendly
recycling competition between Ohio
University and Miami University, with
the winner determined by whichever 1
school recycled more pounds per on-cam- ^
pus student.
Ed Newman, Ohio University’s recycle and
refuse manager, said he created the recycling
project with hopes of raising awareness and in
creasing participation in recycling programs
on college campuses.
“The fact that we’re getting through another
season of (Recycle Mania) is a success in and
of itself,” he said.
The participants in the University of Ore
gon’s program — which ends April 13 — have
brought the University just pounds away from
taking first place. According to Homing Recy
cling Coordinator Robyn Hathcock, spring
break hurt the University because of the de
Photo illustration: Danielle Hickey and Adam Amato Emerald
creased number of students that lived on cam
pus for the week.
Gabe Kjos, vice president and spokesman
for the Residence Hall Association, agreed that
spring break may have hurt the University,
adding that it was also trouble for the rest of
the competing schools.
RILA has been working closely with the re
cycling program at the University to make Re
cycle Mania successful. Just before winter fi
nals, RHA hosted a recycling awareness activi
ty called “Get Your Pop On,” with 500 bottles
of free soda, water and juice.
“We were trying to get residents (living
on campus) to know what recycling is all
about,” Kjos said.
The number of schools participating in
Recycle Mania has grown from two to
eight since the program began in Febru
ary 2001. The University will be com
peting against Ohio University, Western
Michigan University, Harvard Universi
ty, Ohio State University, Washington
University, Miami University and Bowling
Green State University, the current hold
ers of the Recycle Mania trophy.
Hathcock said she hoped increase recy
cling awareness among students living on cam
pus, but that was only one of three goals Recycle
Mania had set forth. She said the other two goals
were to strengthen the collaboration between
University Housing and the recycling program
and to give students living on campus a chance
to express school spirit.
The University of Oregon is currently in
second place, but Kjos said he has faith the
college can pull forward to win the contest.
“Even though we aren’t in first place, I think
the University and RHA have taken huge
strides,” he said. “I think that in the end, we’ll
come out on top.”
Contact the reporter
at alishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
Senate Seat 2 candidates
report senator know-how
Students seeking the ASUO
Senate Seat 2 position are Colin
Andries, Beth Overgard, Michael
Sherman and Chris Sittner
ASUO elections
Jennifer Bear
Campus/Federal Politics Reporter
University students have the opportunity to
choose who they want to guard their pocket
books in student government for the 2003-04
school year. The ASUO Programs Finance Com
mittee is responsible for allocating approxi
mately $5 million in student incidental fees, and
there are five elected seats that need to be filled.
There are four people running for ASUO Stu
dent Senate Seat 2, a finance senator position
that requires participation in both the weekly
senate meetings and the annual PFC process.
The Emerald asked each candidate four gen
eral questions and also asked two specific ques
tions pertaining to student government to see
how rule-sawy this year’s candidates are: What
two ways can a special meeting of the senate be
called (answer: by the senate president or at the
written request of 1/3 of the Senate), and what is
the most important part of Senate Rules Section
5, which lists senators’ duties?
Colin Andries is a first-year law student who
graduatedfrom the University with a degree in
Turn to Senate, page 16
ASUO candidates discuss
campus safety, spending
Spence/Mantel hope to provoke
student interest in the ASUO;
White/McNeill focus on reducing
incidental fees for students
ASUO elections
Jan Montry
News Editor
The ASUO president and vice president
are high-profile positions on the University
campus, and together they must lead an or
ganization that represents all students. Next
year, the leadership may face the fallout of
increasing tuition and decreasing financial
Vote April 9-11
Read the full transcripts
of candidate interviews
every day on the Web
aid. Today,
the Emerald
presents the
final two can
didates.
Pierre
Spence and Jack Mantel are focusing their
campaign on making campus safer for stu
dents, while Jarrett White and Greg McNeill
plan to institute a student’s bill of rights and
make student groups more accouptable.
Pierre Spence, a sophomore political sci
ence major, is running for president with
Jack Mantel, a sophomore journalism major.
Spence is not involved with any groups on
campus but participates on the spring
Turn to ASUO, page 10
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