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" The Sewanee Purple JANUARY 28, 1991 VOLUME 170, ISSUE 1 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SEWANEE, TN 37375 ?£?£?«* Alumnus Among Missing Pilots " ~ in " Gulf r "^ """& V™ when something 1 News , like this Staff ! jT~ ^ ^ —& happens to someone, but I thought Tom was one of the nicest, most Navy Lt. William Thompson genuine people you'd ever meet. we Costen, C'85, is among the ten were pilots freshmen shot together." down in Iraq during a night mission Dr. over Francis Xavier Hart, one of Kuwait or southern Iraq on Friday, Costen's January physics professors at Sewanee, 18. Currently Costen is listed as said of Missing Costen,"He was very conscien- in Action along with three other tious and hardworking. pilots. [he was] al- ways interested in the Navy as a career Costen, age 27, was flying an and A-6 wanted to be a pilot. attack bomber on the mission. He "Tom was the first student had taken off from the to aircraft carrier make friends with Zeke, the big Labra- Ranger, where he was a member of the dor Retriever on campus. Tom and Zeke VA-155 squadron, which had been in the would go running a lot in the woods," Gulf for about ten days. Hart remembered. Tom Costen, C '85, at his graduation. "He saw himself as the arm of Photo by Lyn Hutchinson Costen wrote to the class the president, " the top of his Navy flight notes and he was ready to go, training class in Louis, Missouri native, was an active in The Sewanee News in Dr. Pensacola, Florida, May of 1990 William S. Costen, his father, said'to as its regimental member of the community. He with the following the commander. was a report: "Still flying Associated Press. "If [his plane] was member of the Phi the A-6 and Gamma Delta Frater- loving it. Hey, it's not just hit by a surface to air "I remember Tom missile, then he's always nity, the University ." Choir, the Order of a job. gone. But if he were wanting to fly Navy jets, ever since able to eject, then I met Gownsmen andjhe Cross Country and As friends and family await he's down somewhere." him. He was very excited about serving Track teams. word on his status, Barbara Costen his country, " said Freeman Wilkins, his joined the Navy in 1985, Jelks, C'85, Allen Strand, C'85, currently a mother, said, "I'm surc he's going after graduating from a fraternity brother of Costen's. to get Sewanee with a professor in the biology department, said, back into that cockpit and fly again." B.S. degree in physics. While at Sewanee, Costen, He graduated at a St. "I know this sounds like one of those' (Compiled from AP press reports) Student Reaction to Gulf War Mixed The Sewanee Purple in the Gulf. I think our government News Staff wanted to get in there and was just wait- ing for the deadline to arrive. We should The reactions of Sewanee stu- have waited a little longer." dents to United States and United Na- "We're doing more than just tions involvement in the war in the Per- protecting oil interests," said freshman sian Gulf have run the full gamut of Deanna Cooper. "We're showing that possible responses, with most students our ideals are our top priorities and that taking a moderate approach which en- a strong country shouldn't be allowed to dorses U.S. policy in hopes that it will run over a smaller one." bring about a resolution of the conflict as Visceral responses to the news soon as possible. While some students of Jan. 16 varied as widely as opinions of believe any war is a horrible waste which the bombing raids. will not solve anything, others think the "My first reaction was disbe- Allied governments have simply begun lief," said sophomore Susan Mueller, something they had no choice but to do. "even though I knew the deadline had "I thought the UN. should have tried sanctions longer," said Jay Starks, Nancy Ward, another sopho- a junior in the College of Arts and Sci- more, was not surprised at all, and she ences, "but once Iraq failed to meet the believes the war will not become a pro- January 15 deadline (for its withdrawal longed affair. from Kuwait), the UN. had to follow "I was surprised we didn't do through on its promise to use force to something on the 15th, actually. I think resolve the situation." we've got enough power to keep this Anti-war banner outside Cannon an example of student concern about the war Alec Badenoch would have short. Photo by Lyn Hutchinson. been more hesitant to send in US. planes Sophomore Catherine Edwards the and bombs. first days of war. what's going on in the world while we're was able to find some good among the "It's so easy to escape from up here," noted "I don't agree with U.S. Edwards, "but perhaps policy distressing events and frenetic pace of this will jar people into keeping up." Page 2 The Sewanee Puiple January 28, 1991 NEWS Convocation Marked by Fear of Impending Gulf War by Ann-Elise Lewallen this, the lives of individuals, family on Charles Metcalf Crump and Ruby trout was awarded the Quintard Profes- News Staff members, and the fate of countries are Middleton Forsythe and Doctor of Di- sorship, while Hatchett was granted the "This is a special day in the life of involved. There is a great chasm be- vinity degrees on the Rt Reverend Robert Benedict Professorship of Theology. the United States, of the world, and of the tween peace and war, and the crossing of Jefferson Hargrove Jr. and the RL Rever- A new prize to be awarded for the Sewanee family," said Vice-Chancellor it constitutes one of the essential exer- end Edward L. Salmon Jr. best essay appearing annually in the Samuel R. Williamson in his opening cises of statecraft and power by leaders Bishop William E. Sanders, upon Sewanee Review, the Monroe K. Spears address at the Easter Semester convoca- whether in this country or abroad." announcing his decision to retire, was Prize, was instituted in honor of Spears, tion in All Saints' Chapel Jan. 15. Williamson also noted that three awarded a Resolution of Appreciation who served as Professor of English and Williamson noted the irony that undergraduates, Richard Grissim (Dee) for his service of 29 years to the Sewanee Editor of the Sewanee Review from the date was both the anniversary of Anderson, Sharlene Louise (Shari) Gar- community. The convocation was also 1952 to 1961. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and ner, and Ramsey Reardon McGrory, have the last for W. Brown Patterson as Dean "Whatever happens during the the deadline set by the United Nations been called to active duty and are serving of the College of Arts and Sciences and coming days," Williamson concluded, for Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait. our nation in the Persian Gulf. for Child, who have announced their "this University must remain a univer- "This nation and the world have During the service, the Aiken plans to retire from their present posi- sity, that is, a place where ideas are reached a crossroad in which, whatever Taylor Award for Modem American tions. Williamson expressed his appre- exchanged, where learning takes place, the outcome, something will be irrevo- Poetry was presented to John Frederick ciation for the tremendous work and and where differences of opinion and cably changed. It is well to remember Nims (see related story), and 72 new dedication of both men. views about whatever might ensue are that vigorous debates over the issue of members of the Order of Gownsmen Williamson also announced the respected. Our task will be one of educa- war have been common in the history of were inducted into the Order. awarding of new professorships in the tion about the issues, calm and thought- this country. The Rl Reverend Charles Judson School of Theology to Donald Armen- ful reflection about their meaning, and, things "And unfortunately, few go Child, Jr., Chancellor of the University, trout, Associate Dean for Academic above all, continuing concern and prayers right and many things go wrong. In all of conferred Doctor of Civil Laws degrees Affairs, and Marion Hatched. Armen- for those intimately taken from our midst" Vigil Commemorates King Birthday by Michael Cass on longer, but we took the violent route integration of the University community lent protest given Jan. 12 by Fred Cloud, Associate Editor instead." with residents of the Mountain," said a Nashville veteran of the civil rights The vigil began at All Saints' Hart, "and I think we showed we are movement, and a showing of the civil Members from every part of Chapel, from which participants marched committed to those ideals." rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize" the University community joined to- to the University Art Gallery to view Related events on campus this at the Ayres Multi-Cultural Center Jan. gether Jan. IS to commemorate the birth- Makonde, an exhibit of African sculp- month have included a class on nonvio- 21. day of Martin Luther King Jr. at a candle- ture, on their way to a program in the light vigil hosted by the Sewanee Peace Bishop's Common. Fellowship and the Franklin County Cunningham's speech, which Editorial Policy The Sewanee Purple chapter of the National Association for discussed King's role as a "good shep- The Sewanee Purple is owned and Editor.