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October 3, 2002
Volume LIV, Number 6
Serving UNC Wilmington since 1948
U.S. and Iraq spark array of opinions
Student views
do not all
agree with
Bush plan
Taya Owens & Matv Handler
Staff writers
While President George W.
Bush continues to rally support
for military action against the
Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq,
other countries and the UNCW
community have their own opin
ions and ideas.
British Prime Minister Tony
Blair has Jbeen Bush’s foremost
ally but Germany and other coun
tries have pronounced a clear
objection to military action out
side of United Nations decisions.
Bush recently called Jacques
Chirac, the president of France,
with the intention of persuading
France to lobby for a United
Nations resolution calling for the
threat of military action against
Iraq.
The Bush administration states
that even if the Hussein regime
will honor the latest resolution of
allowing U.N. inspectors in the
country, the country will continue
to be a threat.
A decade ago, the U.N.
Security Council ordered Iraq to
cease all weapons manufacturing
and allow inspections. The Iraqi
government did not follow these
policies, forcing the United
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President George Bush addresses the United Nations General
Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York.
However, Penny
Luft, a non-traditional
student, believes that
the United Nations
doesn’t have too much
authority and operates
on a non-decisive,
middle ground.
“Bush taking action
would lead to a break
down in U.S. relations
with other countries,”
said Marielle
Seastrom, UNCW stu
dent. “This implies that
the U.S. is a superpow
er and acts solely for
its benefit.”
“It’s a money
thing,” said UNCW
student, Robert
Johnson. He believes
this situation, as well
as the Gulf War, was
and is about oil and
Nations to impose trade sanc
tions.
Due to these past actions, the
Bush and Blair administrations
want military action in addition to
weapons inspections.
Military action would entail
the deposition of the Hussein
regime. This would leave an obli
gation to aid in restructuring the
Iraqi government, said Milan
Dluhy,, chair of the UNCW polit
ical science department. These
obligations, as well as the ques
tion of weapons threats, are being
kept in mind when U.N. nations
such as France oppose a war.
However, Dluhy cited eco
nomic concern, rather than fear of
weapons, as the foremost issue
for most European countries.
These nations cannot afford to
take part in a war, or deal with the
consequences a war would bring.
One would be higher oil prices.
Robert Toplin, professor of
history at UNCW, says that those
who are for mihtary action are
those who question Hussein’s
connections to Al-Queda and
other terrorist organizations.
U.N. inspectors are trying to
determine whether there is evi
dence of the existence of biologi
cal weapons.
Chad Corey, a student at
UNCW, believes that the United
States and Britain should not act
outside the Security Council. Any
international military action
should be within the frameworks
of United Nations measures.
money.
In the event of a war, some
Wilmington students do not
believe that their daily lives
would be directly affected.
However, students and faculty
who are old enough to remember
the Gulf War are of the opinion
that there will be a visible change
in their lives, especially economi-
On Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., UNCW
professors and other experts are
participating in a panel discussion
called Teach-In: War with Iraq.
There will be a discussion of var
ious topics, such as possible polit
ical and economical conse
quences of a war with Iraq. The
event will be held in the Warwick
Center Ballroom.
Evian Patterson
Fulbright
awarded
Alisha Gore
Staff writer
Evian Patterson, a 2002 UNCW
graduate, is the third UNCW stu
dent to receive the prestigious
Fulbright award. The award funds
graduate research at universities
abroad.
According to Raymond Burt,
the Fulbright advisor for UNCW
students, Patterson was one of 13
UNCW students and one of 4,500
U.S. students to apply for the
Fulbright grant last year. Out of
900 recipients, three were UNCW
students.
Patterson, a Durham native,
received a bachelor’s degree in
philosophy and religion and will
use the award to study Arabic cul
ture. He is scheduled to leave the
U.S. in mid-October to spend a
year studying Arabic language and
culture at the International
Language Institute in Cairo,
Egypt.
He said he eventually hopes to
earn a doctorate in Islam and inter-
See Award , Page 4
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