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November 30, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 7A
Central America Intervention
Amherst, Mass - On the occa
sion of the first anniversary of the
U.S. invasion of Grenada, over
forty student body presidents
from some of the nation’s largest
and most prestigious universities
issued a 4 point statement of
principles opposing U.S. military
intervention in the affairs of
Central American nations. The
student body presidents repre
sent both public and private
universities from every region in
the country.
The effort by these student
body presidents was accelerated
by a campaign by right-wing
student organizations, com-
merating the U.S. invasion of
Grenada. Organizers of the
right-wing campaign include the
College Republican National
Committee, the USA Founda
tion, and the American Oppor
tunity Foundation.
“I think many student leaders,
mayself included, are appalled at
the blatantly partisan and well-
funded effort to misrepresent
student opinion as pro-
interventionist,” said Manuel
Gonzalez, student body presi
dent of Princeton University,
“The College Republicans are
dead wrong if they think they are
speaking for a majority of
students celebrating a
resurgence of gunboat
diplomacy.”
The four principles included in
the statement are that: (1) no
U.S. troops should be sent to
Central America, (2) U.S. aid to
the Nicaraguan “contras” should
be halted entirely, (3) the U.S.
should not quarantine
Nicaragua, and (4) financial
assistance to the military in
Central American nationsshould
be conditioned upon improved
respect of human rights by their
governments. The statement also
calls for both presidential can
didates to abide by these prin
ciples if elected to office.
“The majority of students are
against intervention in Central
America,” declared Richard
Patrick, student body president
of the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. “Our
lives would be sacrificed in
unjustifiable military adventures.
We, more than anyone else,
know that diplomacy, not force,
must reign.”
One student body president
saw the issue in relation to
America’s military intervention
in Vietnam. “This so-called “Stu
dent body president at Emory
University, “If we learned
anything in Vietnam, it should be
that first resort to military in
tervention and a failure to
negotiate is a hopeless, morally
bankrupt policy for encouraging
democracy in a place Central
America.”
The Student Leadership Pro
ject is an ad-hoc group of
student body presidents con
cerned about policy issues.
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