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PROTESTS SCHEDULED AGAINST BUSH PSY-OP |
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23 Jan 2006
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Molly Miller, sophomore in biology, left; Shannon Babcock, senior in social science, center; and Leo Falcone, junior at Manhattan High School, paint protest signs to display Monday outside Bramlage Coliseum. Many groups from campus and other groups from around the state plan to protest Bush administration policies starting at 9 a.m.
Christopher Hanewinckel/Collegian
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Protests scheduled for Landon Lecture
Published on Monday, January 23, 2006
http://kstatecollegian.com/article.php?a=8497
Jonas Hogg
Kansas State Collegian
A group gathered outside Sunday to make plans in anticipation of President George W. Bush’s Landon Lecture today.
However, this isn’t exactly a welcome wagon.
A coalition of the Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice, the Manhattan chapter of the National Organization for Women, Ordinary Women, the Flint Hills chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition, the Flint Hills chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays , the K-State Progressive Coalition, Students for Environmental Action and the K-State Alliance for Peace and Justice have come together to protest Bush’s Landon Lecture.
“I want people to know that Manhattan, Kan., is not a soft place for George Bush to land,” said Shannon Babcock, senior in social work and president of Manhattan NOW. “I want him to know that there is opposition here.”
The groups have been collaborating since the lecture was announced on Jan. 18.
Christopher Renner, program assistant to the dean of the College of Education, was on hand to help with the preparations and to assist in the organization of today’s activities.
With limited space available, the protesters hope to arrive early and stake out a claim.
“We’ve been negotiating with Bramlage (Coliseum), and it is sort of first-come, first-served,” Renner said.
Renner also said he does not foresee problems with security as the protest will occur outside, which is being secured by K-State Police.
In addition to the outside protest, some students have chosen to obtain tickets and leave their seats vacant.
Megan Challender, senior in political science and president of Ordinary Women, said there is no one group that has taken this course of action, but that students from Ordinary Women, KSU Young Democrats and Students for Environmental Action were pursuing this initiative.
“Would people find me more offensive if I’m silently protesting by not going there or by showing up and booing?” Challender said. “I think it’s a really good, non-violent way to object to the president’s message.”
Though the activist groups were the driving force of the protest, some students have become involved independently.
“I just went shopping around on the ‘net looking for people that found Bush as incompetent as I do,” said Tim Davidson, senior in civil engineering.
Most said they agreed the purpose of the protest was to bring attention to the fact that although Kansans gave 62 percent of their vote to Bush in the 2004 presidential election, there is still opposition within the state.
“I just really want to see a liberal presence from
K-State,” said Cassidy Creek, sophomore in open-option and president of the K-State Alliance for Peace and Justice.
Candi Dunaway, senior in psychology and President of MAPJ, said the group is ready for the event.
“Everyone is really enthusiastic about it,” she said.
The groups will begin arriving at Bramlage at about 8 a.m. today. Members said they hope to protest through the lecture.
“I would just like to put a face on the America that has been ignored through protest,” Davidson said.
Kansas State University College Republicans refused to comment, and representatives from the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church, which also plans to protest, were unavailable for comment.
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Re: PROTESTS SCHEDULED AGAINST BUSH PSY-OP |
by Chuck Munson
chuck (nospam) mutualaid.org (verified) |
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23 Jan 2006
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Can whoever posted these news items please stop using ALL CAPS in the title of the story? People consider ALL CAPS to be SHOUTING, plus it make it harder to read text. |
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Re: PROTESTS SCHEDULED AGAINST BUSH PSY-OP |
by news you can use
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24 Jan 2006
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"People consider ALL CAPS to be SHOUTING".
HEY, YOU THINK???
Well, we wouldn't want anyone to be SHOUTING or otherwise expressing strong emotion at the visit of a dangerous fiend like George Bush in these parts. It's always best to whisper our comments q-u-i-e-t-l-y lest the Great One be offended.
s.s.s.s.h.h.h.h.h.h.h.h.....
btw: how all caps in the title makes it "harder" to read the actual text which is all in normal case is a source of mystification.
'NUFF SAID!!! |
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Re: PROTESTS SCHEDULED AGAINST BUSH PSY-OP |
by AB
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26 Jan 2006
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I support Chuck's motion. The 'all caps' phenomenon is out of control and, at least with respect to my perception when I encounter it, makes me take whatever is being written significantly less seriously than had 'all caps' not been used. |
