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December 9,2002
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Protest questions war
By George Schulz
gschulz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Demonstrations against President George Bush's call for war with Iraq continued Saturday in Topeka.
About 175 people, according to police estimates, gathered first at the capital building and then marched to the Frank Carlson Federal Building.
Braving frigid weather, the protesters chanted and carried signs reading "Peace is patriotic" and "Question authority while it's still legal."
The event drew protesters from cities throughout the state including Wichita,
"As a vet, I don't believe the government has used the military for defense in the last half century."
Chris White
Chris White
Fresno, Calif. graduate student and Veterans for
Peace member
Kansas City, Tonganoxie and Lawrence.
Chris White, Fresno, Calif., graduate student and member of the international group Veterans for Peace, said he was concerned about the Bush administration's foreign policy decisions.
"As a vet, I don't believe the govern
ment has used the military for defense in the last half century," White, a four-year veteran of the Marine Corps, said. "Therefore, no credibility exists for the current war stance of the Bush administration."
Not everyone agreed with White, however.
Pat Boyle, a Kansas City, Kan., resident who was in Topeka at the time of the protest, said the demonstrators didn't understand the importance of defending their own country.
"If they ever had to stand up for their country, they wouldn't do this," he said.
Protesters held signs, played songs and gave speeches at a statewide peace rally in opposition of the possible war against Iraq. The demonstration was held on the south steps of the capitol building in Topeka Saturday morning.
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Targeted by America
Story by Molly Gise Art by Chris Burkett
International students at the University of Kansas must keep their passport and other identification papers up to date. This is one of several regulations that international students must follow as a condition of remaining in the United States.
Foreign students face tough security laws
He was not a terrorist or a criminal
He was not causing any trouble.
He was just going home last summer
But having the wrong color of skin was all Thanasis Saouros needed to be randomly selected and searched at nearly every check point in each airport on his way home to Cyprus.
It was inconvenient, annoying and a little embarrassing, but Saouros said he didn't blame airport security members
"You try to excuse them," he said, "because everyone who was part of Sept. 11 looked just like me."
International students like Saouros, a junior from Lymbia, Cyprus, have had to deal with more than being searched in airports in the post-Sept. 11 world.
In the war against terrorism, a wave of new laws and harsher enforcement of existing laws have targeted international students in ways that touch many aspects of their lives. International students must carry special 1D cards at all times; they cannot work off campus; they must report changes of address and field of study; they must be enrolled in at least 12 credits hours each semester. Starting next month, the University of Kansas must report violations immediately to the government via an Internet-based program. These violations could end, or at least postpone, a student's plans for an American education.
International students like Saouros aren't making a fuss about the new laws,
Adjusting to a new world
calling them expected and understandable after the horror of Sept. 11.
Few people made a fuss, in fact, over the need for stricter security measures. For example, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act was introduced to Congress about three weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. On Oct. 26, President Bush signed into law the PATRIOT Act, as it's commonly known.
But how this act achieves security has caused debate.
The scope of the PATRIOT Act is as extensive and ambiguous as its name. It made about 100 changes to the law, said Jo Hardesty, director of KU Legal Services for Students.
The act increases governmental powers to investigate potential terrorists, from allowing federal officials to more easily tap phone lines and record e-mails, to monitoring circulation records at public libraries and keeping a closer eye on international students.
The act also gives the government the right to arrest and detain noncitizens based only on suspicion and allows the monitoring of communication between detained noncitizens and their attorneys.
"It's not a bad thing to make things safer. But in trying to make it safer, some rights are getting trampled on," Hard-
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Events offer an occasion to de-stress for students
By Vonna Keomanyvong
vkeomanyvong@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Although there are only two weeks left in the semester, students are still busy working on projects,papers and final exams.
With those exams and projects comes physical and mental stress. This week Student Union Activities and the Meditation Club want to relieve that stress.
At 7 p.m., Dec. 11 at the Hawks Nest in the Kansas Union, massage therapists will give free five-minute upper-back and neck massages to students as part of "Stress Relief Night."
Fallon Farokhi, Lawrence junior and president of SUA, said the event would allow students to relax and study.
"This helps students get out of the studious realm," Farokhi said. "We know during finals and stop day, it's going to be even more stressful."
The SUA and the Meditation Club will serve hot chocolate and set up tables for students to study. Farokhi said.
"Even if 50 people get to experience it, we helped those people because we have 50 less stressed students." she said.
For more information about this event, log on to suaevs.com.
At 5:45 p.m., Dec. 12 at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union, the meditation club will have a session where students and faculty can come and meditate.
When the members meditate, they shut the door, turn off the lights in the
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Cadets witness refueling
By Erin Beatty
ebeaty@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The freshmen and sophomore cadets left the University Friday morning with Col. Mike Lee and Sgt. Tim Himes for Forbes Field, Topeka, the home of 190th Air Refueling Wing.
Nine Air Force ROTC cadets from the University of Kansas had the opportunity to observe first-hand the refueling of military aircraft from a KC-135 Stratotanker last week.
The 190th ARW flies 11 KC-135s, known as aerial gas stations. The KC-135s hold up to 180,000 lbs. of fuel and can refuel military aircraft while in flight.
For most of the cadets, the flight was their first time on a military aircraft. For Emily Waln, the flight was her first time ever on an airplane.
Commander Col. Michael O"Toole welcomed and briefed the group before its KC-155 flight.
"This is one of those field trips when you can actually have some fun," O"Toole said.
Upon arrival at Forbes Field, Wing
During the flight, the cadets were able to sit in the cockpit with the pilots and ask questions of the flight crew. They also watched the refueling of four A-10 jets from the rear of the plane, where an
"I'd been really wanting to go flying for a long time but never had the chance, so it was really exciting," the Eudora freshman said.
operator controlled the flying boom, or fuel nozzle.
Lee said the flight was a valuable opportunity for the cadets to observe Air Force operations first-hand.
The A-10s, which each received 8,000 lbs. of fuel, were going to Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Pennsylvania and would later fly to the Middle East.
"We're trying to get them some training where they can actually see what they're going to be doing, instead of just reading about it in a book," he said.
Sgt. Chad Bellquist, recruiter for the Kansas Air National Guard, said he organized KC-135 orientation flights for ROTC cadets and other groups about
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Contributed photo
The boom of a KC-135 extends to refuel an A-10. Nine Air Force ROTC cadets watched the refueling Friday with the 190th Air Refueling Wing, which is located in Topeka.
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