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Oct. 11,2001 News Page 5 War Continued from page i U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says that internal pro tection needs to remain the fore most concern. “You cannot defend every place, at every time, against every conceivable, imaginable - even unimaginable - terrorist at tack.” With the recent fear of biologi cal warfare after one man died and one is in critical condition in West Palm Beach, Fla. from anthrax poisoning, the research-based company BioPort is attempting to make enough vaccines to cover the more than 2.2 million mem bers of the National Guard. Attorney General John Ashcroft denies a connection be tween the terrorist attacks and the recent anthrax poisoning cases. “We regard this as an investiga tion that could become a clear criminal investigation,” he said Monday. “We don’t have enough information to know whether this could be related to terrorism or not.” As preventative measures con tinue to be implemented, America and the rest of the world are pre- T HE "tZJ ( ^ paring to take whatever actions necessary to bring down bin Laden and give terrorists around the world a fatal blow. Back in Pakistan, however, the feeling is one of fear and confu sion. Gangs and anti-American protesters fill the streets, with es timates as high as 15,000 people involved in the Quetta riots. Stu dents number highly among those present in the destruction of vir tually all buildings selling West ern products. Many young Muslims say that they support any action that harms enemies of Islam. “Mus lims do not do terrorist acts,” one Afghan rioter said. “[The United States] has infuriated the Muslim world. Their war against Islam may take one month or one year, but our revenge will last until the end of time.” Extremist sentiments like this worry many Americans. At this point, it is too early to make pre dictions about the future of this war, but one thing is clear: Nei ther the terrorists nor the Muslims will allow Allied forces to defeat them without putting up a fight. for Peace A i m ANY SALON SERVICE With Coupon Students Only $16.00 minimum service "yoted Best Salon In Alamance County'" Offering: * Body Wraps * Facials * Hair * Nails * Tanning * Color * Perms * Waxing 336.229.4247 Monday & Friday -9-6 Tuesday thru Thursday -9-8 Saturday -9-4 1066 s. Church St. Burlington, NC Stud Speaker from Colombia Tn u. stice liost Rady Large Reporter On Wednesday, Oct. 3, Students for Peace and Justice sponsored a speaker from Colombia named Marino Cordoba. Cordoba is the president of The Association of Dis placed Afro-Colombians. He spoke on the situation that Afro-Colombi- ans are experiencing within the coun try and the role America is playing in their troubles. The speech was mainly an educa tion about what is happening to Afrodes or Afro Colombians. Most of the 16 to 17 million Afro Colom bians live on the Pacific Coast. They represent almost 25 percent of the to tal population of Colombia. Many of them have been driven off of their land, beaten, tortured or killed by paramiUtary groups in the region. Cordoba shared his personal ex periences of terror. His village had beeii driven from its land by force and many of his community members were gunned down or bombed from helicopters. The same paramilitary group had shot Cordoba on a later date. Colombia has been in the depths of a civil war for nearly 40 years. During this civil war, two million Colombians have lost their homes and an estimated 200,000 innocent civilians have been killed. Both sides of the confrontation have perpetuated the violence. The Colombian mili tary, the right-wing paramilitary groups and the leftist guerrillas are responsible for actions against inno cent civilians. Colombia ranks third on the list of countries the United States gives military aid to. At the same time, the Colombian military is well known for being prone to human rights viola tions. Recently the United States Congress approved a $ 1.3 billion as sistance package to Colombia to fight the “war on drugs.” Cordoba said on Wednesday evening that 70 percent of the money the United States gives Colombia would be used for the purchase of weapons. The rest will be used to ward activities like crop dusting, which will not only kill the cocaine producing vegetation, but the food crops of the region as well. 6AL0N China Continued from page 1 Shanghi is a city that mixes the old and the new “without skipping a beat,” Gisclair said. Brown, assistant professor of his tory, did not know what to expect from China, but what he soon found was a deep contrast between old and new, modem and traditional, and an outstanding awareness of globaliza tion. In Nanjing, he said, children play basketball constantly. At the time Uie NB Aplayoifs were taking place, and each child knew the names of the players. Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonalds restaurants are common place and a welcoming sight, accord- ing to Brown, was the familiar Starbucks he found in a historic dis trict of Shanghi, “The West and the East are coming together in so many -ways,” he said. Brown also noticed the dual economy present in China, with wealth and poverty existing side-by- side. In Beijing, newly constructed shopping malls are characterized by constant bargaining. Street vendors are patronized by a certain sector of the population, as are modem stores. “In Nanjing, people who are pros perous and those not nearly as pros perous live in close quarters,” Brown said. When asked whether globaliza tion was a positive or negative aspect of the modem world, the panel agreed on its positive benefits and over whelming acceptance. “The Chinese love it, and by allowing globalization to occur they have prospered,’ ’ Gisclair said. “The United States does not ex port a lot except culture,” Grady, as sociate professor of communications, said. The faculty recognized basic dif ferences between Elon students and the students at Southeastem. “They are, in a way, a professor’s dream,” Grady said. The lectures, which were not required, often boasted more than 350 students. They requested no break during their three-hour lectures. Elec tricity is cut off in the dorms at 10:30 p.m. The lack of power causes students to work efficiently during the day and go to bed early or seek light elsewhere. Much of the students’ late night hours were spent reading American novels, according to Gisclair. “They would read anything written in English,” she said. “American students are late to class,” Gisclair said. On the rare occa sion students in Nanjing are tiU'dy, they stop in the doorway, apologize and ask permission to enter the room. This is a striking difference. The professors adapted their teach ing methods to accommodate Ihe lan guage barrier. According to Gisclair, she had to slow the rate of her speech, change her, vocabulai^/ and writp on the board more. The students often implemented electronic translators into lecture sessions. “They are fascinated by Ameri cans,” Brown said. The students asked many questions about Ameri can college students, “In a sense, there is no differ ence” between Elon students and Chinese college students, Gisclair said. Both are concerned with the worid and what is taking place around them. Steve Braye, who moderated the forum, said “the cata strophic events of the past month” have helped the worid realize that each citizen of every nation is part of a global society. The faculty members took part in a few American traditions while in China. For example, they judged a karaoke competition. They also recorded English language CDs, which became audio companions to books. The students, who are tradi tionally accustomed to hearing En glish spoken in either a British or Australian accent, now have the op portunity to hear American accents. “One of the problems with trav eling is that it ends,” Brown said. Grady summarized his trip to China as “wonderful.” The group discov ered the fast-paced, richly-textured lifestyle of China and its people and saw first-hand the effects of global imperialism and globalization on the modem world. “The Middle Kingdom is exactly where you want to be,” Gisclair said.
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