Campuses Split Over Afghanistan http://college2.nytimes.com/guests/articles/2001/10/15/875583.xml
One of the things I found interesting was the glimpse at the internal conflict. One student in the coop house with the long-haired, vegetarians (!) said "If we don't drop bombs, there's still no peace." And at least at Michigan there does not appear to be any problem with both sides expressing their views: "The Michigan Daily Tom Hayden, author of the Port Huron statement and founder of Students for a Democratic Society, was once its editor has been critical of the military campaign, but a divided Michigan Student Assembly passed a pro- war resolution on Tuesday. "For every co-op house with a peace banner there is a fraternity with a flag hanging from its window. At each antiwar gathering, a handful of counter demonstrators show up with flags and soon swell to a modest crowd. "Instead of being a conservative organization with these conservative views, we've all of a sudden become the hub of patriotism on campus," said Peter Apel, a senior, whose Young Americans for Freedom chapter has been coordinating the pro-war protests." I'll end with this quote: "Being American does not mean blindly supporting the American government," said Fadi Kiblawi, 20, a Kuwaiti-born Palestinian who went to high school in St. Louis and is among the peace group leaders. "It means using your civil rights to say what you think America should be." Brenda please forgive any screwy formatting....
