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Wednesday, October 12,2005
Rights protester
speaks on campus
By Joan Drammeh
Staff Writer
joanofacc@aol.com
The Rev. Roy
Bourgeois spoke
against the U.S. Army’s
School of the Americas
(5.0.A.) Monday night
to a crowd of several
hundred at the Z-6.
As the founder of
the School of Americas
Watch, Bourgeois
believes the school to be
the muscle for U.S. policy
in Latin America.
Disputing the
S.O.A.’s mission
statement of
promoting military
professionalism,
democratic values
and respect for human
rights, Bourgeois
said, “The school is
not about democracy, it
is about protecting U.S.
economic interests.”
Speaking on his
Vietnam war experience,
Bourgeois raised
several controversial
issues. He compared
Vietnam to the War in
Iraq, communism with
terrorism, condemned
U.S. outsourcing and
Abu Ghraib, and praised
Cindy Sheehan.
“When I got out of
college years ago, I was
a patriotic young man
wanting to serve my
country who believed our
wfcpn they said we
had to gcvdverseas to stop
the spread of communism.
That was the word back
then, communism; today
it is terrorism,” Bourgeois
said. “I came back from
Vietnam no longer wanting
to be a warrior, but rather a
warrior for peace.”
It took Bourgeois
three years after coming
back from the war to
embark on his new mission
in life as a protestor.
“Protesting does not
come easy in our country,”
he said. “Over 130 people
have been taken to prison
from our watch, but this just
energizes the movement.”
Bourgeois spent over
four years in U.S. federal
prisons for nonviolent
protests against the
training of Latin American
soldiers at Fort Benning in
Columbus, Ga.
“I wholeheartedly
Student completes
training at NASA
Johnathan Williams,
a junior at the University
of West Georgia, recently
completed the 2005 NASA
Spaceflight and Life
Sciences Training Program
(SLSTP) at Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.
SLSTP is a highly
competitive program for
college undergraduates
studying life sciences,
physical sciences,
mathematics, engineering
and computer science.
The intense six-week
program offers an in
depth examination of Life
Sciences research and
flight operations.
Students participate
agree with what Father
Roy said about what our
government is doing
regarding the S.O.A.’s
deception and evil violation
of not only international
law, but also of moral law,”
said 18-year-old theatre
major Robert Jenkins.
“But I am concerned
that Father Bourgeois’
protesting group may be
using these same types
of immoral behavior to
fight this evil. Fighting
fire with fire only leads
to a destructive inferno
that benefits no one,”
Jenkins said.
Former Marine
and English major Jake
Vickers, 25, said, “He
took some tough questions
from a few people who
didn’t like what he was
saying. His message is a
good one.”
Co-sponsored by
the UWG Student Peace
Action Network, Latin
American Studies at UWG,
and School of the Americas
Watch, Bourgeois’ lecture
was meant to call attention
to the annual S.O.A.
protest at the gates of Fort
Benning in Columbus, Ga.
Nov. 18-30.
Celebrities such as
Martin Sheen and Susan
Sarandon, who have
attended past rallies, will
surely bring crowds.
People like Rob
Ervin, a long time activist
and a history major at
UWG, will certainly be
ready to protest.
“Hollywood has
more courage and more
accurately represents
the views of Americans
than Capitol Hill,” Ervin
said. “The existence of
institutions like S.O.A. and
our increasing acceptance
of militarism are an affront
to the founding principle
of our nation.”
SPAN student
Marshal Joshua Eaton
said he is looking forward
to the rally.
“We hope to continue
to bring speakers of
Bourgeois’ caliber to
UWG in the future,” he
said. “And we will match
his words with actions
when we join him and
tens of thousands of
sisters and brothers at
Fort Benning to protest
that death school.”
in the conceptualization,
design and execution of
experiments dedicated
to enabling human
exploration of space, as
well as the assessment of
the environmental impacts
of a launch site.
Williams also
recently presented
research in a lecture on
Evaluating a Reusable
Filter for Controlling
VOCs in Plant Growth
chambers at the UWG
lecture series for the
World Year of Physics.
Williams is from
Richmond Hill and is
majoring in chemistry and
physics at UWG.
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MTV’s “Real World” cast members Landon and Shavonda discuss their experiences on national television with
UWG students.
'Real World' couple visits UWG
By Jessica Daher
Staff Writer
jekaoo6@yahoo.com
In an intimate setting
with West Georgia
students Wednesday,
Real World cast members
Landon and Shavonda
were at hand to discuss
life in the spotlight.
The “Get Real”
program was sponsored
by the Student Activities
Council to give students
the opportunity to ask
-their burning Hjprestions
to MTV’s Rttl World
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Landon and Shavonda
filled the lower lev* of
the Z-6 with comic rtiief
From scrap wood to art - students
create tribute to Katrina victims
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Art majors (l-r) Tom Hays of Union, Mo., Lindsay Blackwelder of Woodstock and Jeb Smith of Sharpsburg talk about
their work in progress.
Work to be auctioned off for Katrina relief efforts
UWG Press Release
Hurricane Katrin has become
an inspiration for art majors at the
University of West Georgia.
For several weeks, three 8-foot
high wooden panels have served as a
canvas of tributes for Katrina victims.
The salvaged wood, covered
with oil and acrylic paints.
Madonnas, poignant photographs
while answering questions
from S.A.C. special
programmer, Jessica
Savola. Savola asked
the two uuestions about
their most memorable
moments, what their lives
are like now, and how
excited they were to be or
the show.
Shavonda brought
her private clips from the
show to share. Students
got a sneak peak at how
the house was built, raw
footage of the cast’s
favorite hot spots, and
bloopers in the house.
“I had a great time. It
was so incredible sitting
so close to such a hot
celebrity, [Landon] and
and newspapers, will make its way
to the Department of Art’s Atlanta
gallery show. Inside the Perimeter,
in the Castleberry Hills Art District,
Oct. 7-29.
“The intent is to use the process
of drawing and imagery to create a
v sual tribute to the victims,” said Eilis
C ean-Wojack, associate professor
in the UWG art department.
The piece is open to anyone
getting a feel for what they
are really like in person,”
said senior, Kacy Nelson.
Students discovered
that life on “The Real
World” was nothing
like the audience saw
on television.
“You only saw ,(K)4
percent of everything that
happened to us over 133
days of taping... Everyone
real ly got to see ourhighest
highs and our lowest lows,
and some parts could be
a little embarrassing,”
said Landon.” 1
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Several students
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had the opportunity to
stand up front to ask their
personal questions to the
special guests.
interested in participating in this
communal work of art Oct. 3-7
and is located in the atrium of the
Humanities building. Some materials
will be provided. The panels will be
auctioned off at the closing reception
Oct. 29 with proceeds going toward
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
For more information about the
project and the exhibit.contact the
Department of Art at 678-839- 6521.
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Eyes spa kled after
the show, as students got
to brush elbows with the
celebrities. Students lined up
to have their pictures taken
and memorabilia signed.
“I had a great tins.
It’s always fun to say y ju
met someone famous,
and I even got my picture
taken with them,” said
senior Kimmy Wood.
A raffle immediately
followed the progr m
as well. One student end
a friend won a din er
date with. and
Shavonda, ai >ther student
won a Mini I-Pod and a
third won season one of
“Desperate Housewives”
on DVD.