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Volume CXXXII, Number 17 |
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A Resolution Condemning Preemptive Military Action in
Iraq
The text of the petition signed by 924 members of the Bowdoin
College community over the past week. [read
the resolution]
BSG should represent majority
We brought the resolution to the Bowdoin Student Government
this past Tuesday, hoping that BSG would recognize that a majority of
Bowdoin students signed their names in support of the resolution and that
BSG would represent their constituents by passing the resolution on behalf
of the majority of the student body. [read
the letter]
Policy should protect human rights
Much of the discussion about the "potential war"
in Iraq has ignored the human rights issues at stake. [read
the letter]
Poll: have you been turned down?
Last week we wrote to you about several issues concerning
class accessibility. As promised, we bring you a poll to define the scope
of this problem. [read the letter]
No time for idle chatter, this is war
I think we're either missing the point, or we're as slimy
and underhanded as our Representatives in Washington. That petition is
not about Bowdoin's constitution. [read
the letter]
Partisan issues are not BSG's business
I remain clueless as to the usefulness of a BSG stamp on
the anti-war petition. If the BSG wants to continue to be regarded as
a non-partisan organization, it needs to run far, far away from the Iraq
resolution and other resolutions like it. Thank goodness they did. [read
the letter]
What about the minority opinion?
While I applaud the recent efforts of a group of students
on campus to
raise their voices against the impending war in Iraq, I question their
methods and I would suggest that their attempts to have their viewpoint
certified by the Bowdoin Student Government is indicative of a much more
serious problem on this campus. [read
the letter]
Now is the time to take a stand, BSG
Democracy…democracy…d-e-m---oh, here it is, in
Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary: "1 a: government by the people;
esp: rule of the majority." [read
the letter]
