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The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. ... ~ First Class U.S. Postage PAID Permit #35 New London. cr PUBUSHED WEEKLY BYTNE STUDENTS OF CONNECTICUT COLLEGE VOLUME XXXI • NUMBER 11 FRIDAY,DECEMBER 8, 2006 CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, NEW LoNDON, CT Visiting Vet Discusses Need For US Policy Change In Iraq BY DASHA LAVRENNIKOV position and began to speak openly Iraq and provoked sectarian vio- against the war. He noted that it was lence. Iraqi casualties have reached newswrlter also at this time that the administra- 655,000, more than 500 people a tion of the United States announced day since the United States led inva- In a lecture organized by CC its lack of evidence of weapons of sion. Furthermore, this war has Left on Tuesday December 5th in mass destruction in Iraq. given the Iraqi people a common the Ernst Common Room, Charlie Anderson discussed the govern- enemy: the United States. There is a Anderson of Iraq Veterans Against ment's failure in properly preparing major confusion between the war the War spoke about his experiences soldiers for combat. Rather than and the occupation-the occupation in Iraq, the United States' treatment desert and urban training, they began as soon as the war ended and of Iraq veterans, the impacts of the received jungle and woodland com- is regarded as unnecessary and ille- war both at home and abroad, and hat tactics that left them ill equipped gitimate by the Iraqi nation. his personal plan for troop with- for what they encountered. Vehicle The impact of this war on the drawal from Iraq. He emphasized and weapons training was mini- United States has resulted in 2,903 that to deal with these issues, the mal- Anderson's second time firing casualties and $350 billion in rnili- United States needs an alteration in a gun was in Iraq. Although consid- tary spending on the war. Anderson policy, rather than a face change. ered the medical expert in his battal- discussed the ways in which money "The problem is that we are ion, Anderson had never practiced spent towards the war could be put looking for a military solution to a anything needed specifically for to use elsewhere, including the cov- ~;ltiical problem that has both glob- combat. Cultural training was non- erage of 200 million children's at:)nd regional implications," he existent; U.S. soldiers went into Iraq health insurance policies or the hir- ~a~"The cycle of violence must be with no knowledge of the Arabic ing of 6 million teachers. iirterrupted. Where I am concerned language, history, population, or The other major effect on is what happens next; if there is not social standards. He noted that American society, Anderson said, substantial investment in Iraq, it many soldiers considered the Iraqi related to Iraq and Afghanistan vet- will continue to he a failed state people to be backwards, inferior, erans. He explained that veterans destabilizing the region." On Tuesday, December 5, "Iraq VeteransAgainst the War"member CharlieAnderson gave a !ecture in Blaustein (Mitchell). and incapable of controlling their are regarded in the same manner as Charlie Anderson was born and own destiny. disposable utensils, the phenorne- raised in Toledo, Ohio and currently medical reasons. With strong patri- up." He said that these views have serving in Iraq I realized that we "As a result of a lack of training non of the "disposable veteran." lives in Hampton, Virginia. He otic sentiments, he joined the mili- now shifted. were not defending freedom, but there was very little that the U.S. Moreover, educational benefits are joined the navy in 1996 and went on tary in search of educational bene- "Patriotism is a very elusive taking orders and fighting for the soldiers could do beyond superfi- to serve in Iraq from March to May fits and skilled training that was thing," he added. "Growing up, I government." cially impacting lives," he added. SEE VETERAN of 2003, after six months of train- offered, as well as for the notion that thought of U.S. soldiers as the ulti- It was around January of 2004 Anderson explained that the Continued on page six ing. He· then retired in 2005 for it provided "somewhere to grow mate defenders of freedom, but after that Anderson shifted to an anti-war impact of the war has destabilized Conn Students Host Neuroscience Fair Camels Around The Children From Local Community Service Organizations Participate World Alyson Ricker '07, Government Major BY PAUL DRYDEN BY GREGORY SOWA A&EEditor out to be true. It can be 2 in the news writer morning, with no cars coming, but if Candy brains, smashed bicycle the hand on the crossing sign is up, helmets and optical illusions filled College Voice: So, where did you they won't cross the street. They're the 1941 Room in Cro on Saturday, go? really serious about the rules, and Dec. I, as behavioral neuroscience everything's very ordered. students hosted elementary school Aly Ricker: I studied abroad in children for the 2nd annual "Kids Germany in the fall, and I did an CV: How did you get your Judge" neuroscience fair. internship in Greece in the summer. internship? The youngsters from various local community service organiza- CV: How did you decide to study AR: I knew I wanted an intern- tions and Boy and Girl Scout troops in Germany? ship abroad, and I didn't really care participated in 11 interactive demon- strations, crafts and games designed AR: I actually had a really hard to help them learn about brain func- time deciding. Professor Patton rec- tions. ommended a program that focused The elementary school students on the European Union. served as judges for the college stu- dents' fair projects. Following a for- CV: What kind of living arrange- mat that originated at UCLA eight ments did you have? years ago, the fair has since been enthusiastically implemented at AR: I shared an apartment with . numerous colleges across the coun- three German students and one try. American student. They were all Last year, Joseph Schroeder, vis- pretty well-educated, so they knew iting assistant professor of behav- English, and I knew only elementary ioral neuroscience. decided to bring German, so we helped each other out Aivson Ricker '07 (heiair to Connecticut College. The with languages. r~iiwas sponsored by OVCS, the f101i'eran Center, the CV: What kinds of classes did where. I applied to the State Multiculturalism and Diversity you have to take? Department for an internship in an Committee, the psychology depart- Caitlin Baptiste '08taIl<swith excited New London community students at the 2nd annual Neuroscience Fair in Cro (Staff). embassy. I picked Eurasia - they ment and the neuroscience program. AR: I took all govemment class- wouldn't give me a choice of coun- "From the childrens perspec- "Ir's a very simple concept - this es, except for one elementary tries. I had talked to my CELS advi- tive. it is an opportunity to learn is what happens if you do wear your German class. My classes all sor before I left, because the dead- about brain function and get inter- helmet, tltis is what happens if you u Holida Concerts At Conn focused on the EU. lines were pretty early. ested in science ," Schroeder said. do not," Schroeder said. "Its really a "From the college students perspec- take-home message - you get to cre- CV: Did you get out much while CV: So, where did you intern? tive. it is a community service proj- ate your own bike helmet." you were there? AR: I worked at the U. S. December 10: Connecticut College Orchestra's Winter ect r service learning - which is a Schroeder attributes his interest embassy in Athens, in the Economic focus for the college. If these stu- in science to his own childhood, Concert, 7:30 p.m., Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Building. AR: Yeah. The program actually Department. I wrote a lot of cables dents are able to communicate these which may explain why he is so had two lO-day trips and a lot of to Washington, helped organize con- very complex brain functions to interested in sharing science with December 11: Connecticut College Jazz Ensemble pres- weekend trips. We went to Estonia, ferences, and went to a lot of recep- children at a fourth to sixth-grade children. Bratislava, Prague, and a couple of tions and meetings. On my second ents "Jazz The Halls with Duke and Coltrane," 7:00 p.m., level, then that means they can "My Dad was a biology profes- new EU countries. We learned about night in Greece, I got invited to the understand the subject matter that sor at Gettysburg College and he Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Building. each government and what kinds of biggest party of the year, the much better. It always tried to interest me in what adjustments they had to make once Posidonia at the Astir Palace. It was The activities ranged from he was doing," Schroeder said.