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ROTC Holds 24-Hour Vigil to Honor Veterans SUNNY What to wear? Monday Take a look and what fashion statment students make as scene puts the HIGH 53° campus dress code under the microscope. NOVEMBER12, LOW28° Scene + page 4 2001 THE The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOL XXXV NO. 44 HTTP://OBSERVER.ND.EDU ROTC holds 24-hour vigil to honor Veterans By ALLY JAY News Writer Membr.rs of 1\0TC and the Notre Dame commu­ nity honorr.d prisoners of war and military miss­ ing in action Friday afternoon in a Veteran's Retreat ceremony at Stonehenge Memorial. "Friday afte.rnoon marked the end of a 24 hour vigil that started Thursday," said junior Air Force Cadet Jamie Solis. "For the 24 hours, we had cadets voluntarily sign up for half hour shifts. In the last shift there we had four cadets reprnsenting tlH' Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines which was a nice change from last year when only one cadet stood the last shift," added Solis. Tlw ceremony began with the Air Force Choir singing the Star Spangled Banner including a prayPr by Father Rocca, rector of the Basilica. The ceremony also included an address by keynote speaker, Col. Brian Regan. Regan. a Notrr. Dame graduate and current Adjunct Instructor at the Mendoza College of Business, commented on how the military is important in prPserving the valur.s and rights of the American peopln. "FrePdom does not come with a lifetime guar­ antee . .lust ask anybody standing to my right," said Rr.gan as he motioned to where veterans were seated in the audience. lie also stressed how Notre Dame graduates will contribute to helping solve military and political conflicts in the future. "Our nation needs Note Dame graduates who possess a vision for creating a better world and a value based intellect to make that world better and a finn resolve to keep that world safe and fn~e today and for generations to come." Junior Air Force Cadet Nick Mastronardi found !\egan's speech and the ceremony helped him to reflect on the sacrifices of veterans that had come before him. "I enjoyed the ceremony because even though all of us there were in ROTC and we're all aware AMANDA HUGHESfThe Observer Students of ROTC stand at attention during Friday's vigil to honor men that served in past wars. The vigil celebrates Veterans Day. see ROTC/page 4 Semantics force leaders to call Afghan conflict 'war' "Maybe the language isn't Although President initially coalition to fight terrorism," said "For one, we're using massive By MARIBEL MOREY quite right, but soldiers are sought to end terrorism world­ Lindley. amounts of force compared to Assistanr News Editor deploying and sailors are oper­ wide, he has focused on one There are three levels of pro­ the war on drugs," said Lindley. ating combat missions," he said. region. paganda during a war: white, "Our national security is signifi­ In response to a new type of Daniel Lindley, an assistant "I think the president has gray and black, according to cantly larger. The threats and enemy and a set of circum­ government professor, agrees. been very careful at constrain­ Johnson. means to defeat and defend stances challenging American "I don't think using the words ing [the war on terrorism]," "In the gray world, you say against the threats can be security, the United States has "war on Lindley said. half truths and you leave people defined in much more tradition­ declared an attack on terrorism terrorism" "Now, it's fight­ guessing. White propaganda is al, national security terms." that hardly resembles any previ~ is simply "We're calling it a war ing terrorists truth-now what's truth to us The U.S. government also did ous war - a new war that cen­ propagan­ because we don't know who are going might not be perceived as truth not have the legal jurisdiction to ters on propaganda and an da and what else to call it." against the to them," Johnson said. "Black shoot down possible drug ambiguous enemy. simply to United States." propaganda is outright lies." planes. There were certain "We're calling it a war bring peo­ Since the The use of propaganda is an legalities to follow. because we don't know what ple togeth,: Douglass Johnson United States attempt to gain support against "If we decided to go to war on else to call it," said Douglas· e r , professor, U.S. Army War College needs support terrorists - an enemy that drugs and it was decided to give Johnson, research professor at Lindley from other threatens national security, but the drug czar the authority and the Strategic Studies Institute, said. "In nations, propa­ is difficult to identify. power that have been given to U.S. Army War College. fact, it is a ganda is at the With both wars focusing the U.S. military for this war, However, by naming this a war and center of this American attention on a vague you would see something more war. the federal government has 'war' is the right term to use." war on terrorism. enemy, the war on terrorism like this. war [on terrorism]," legal options that are otherwise Granted that the United States "It's a major propaganda war. has certain similarities with the said Johnson. "You wouldn't closed to it under the constitu­ is facing a legitimate war in We are trying to win the hearts 20-year-old U.S. war on drugs. have to worry about the nicety tion. Making a war declaration Afghanistan, some critics still and minds, not just of the Arab The main difference is that of rules of evidence-those like this authorizes the question the term "war on ter- and Muslim world, but also of American security is at stake President to call up reservists. rorism." the entire world as we build our with the war on terrorism. see WAR/ page 4 page 2 The Observer+ INSIDE Monday, November 12, 2001 INSIPE COLUMN THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday I s-wear I'fll + Lecture: "War, Peace + Free Flu Shots: 9 a.m. to 4 + Free Flu Shots: 9 a.m. to + Free Flu Shots: 9 a.m. to and Imperatives of Justice: p.m., LaFortune 4 p.m., LaFortune 4 p.m., LaFortune really 20· An Islamic Prospective," +Lecture: "Hecognizing and + Event: "Coll'ee at the + Lecture: "Program in 4 p.m., Hesburgh Center Preventing Sexual Co-Mo," 8 p.m .. Heligion, Conflict and + Booksigning: "Royko: A Harassment," 9 a.m .. Lower Coleman- Morse Center Peacebuilding," Ilakan Tonight I walked into The Observer office Life in Print," 7 p.m.. Level Room. Grace Hall Notre Dame wearing a shamrock hat that resembles the +Concert: Yavuz. 12:30 p.m .. one the Cat-in-the-Hat wore and two Hammes Bookstore Choral and Chamber Hesburgh Center Hawaiian leis. And no."l was not under the influence. Orchestra. 8 p.m., Basilie_a This past weekend was one of those weekends that makes you wish you hadn't gotten out of bed Compiled from U-Wire reports oh Friday morning. I BEYOND CAMPUS didn't get one invitation to a dance on Friday night. so I stayed in a Oregon officials take blame for budget shortfall read a philosophical CORVALLIS newly balanced budget, likely next argument for the non­ Katie McVoy existence of the material Oregon State University's redesign week. world. process turned pages on Thursday Faculty worried about only having Saturday morning my night, as the mood shifted from "What we have here is a a week to review and discuss a pro­ car died while I was on Associate mere criticism to constructive criti­ situation where fiscal mis­ posed budget cut that they felt was the way to visit my sister Sports Editor cism after university officials vague and difficult to understand. in Cincinnati in a town accepted responsibility for a pro­ management is rewarded." "What we have here is a situation that made Mayberry look jected $19.1 million budget short­ where fiscal mismanagement is like a metropolis. Saturday night. when I fall. James Foster rewarded," said James Foster. chair should have been hanging out with my sister. While provost and executive vice Oregon State professor of the political science department. I stayed in - again. president Tim White reasserted that Clara Pratt, co-chair of the budget Then. to top it all off. the Browns lost to the it can be easy to look back and pin­ reconciliation committee, said she Steelers in a game I've been looking forward point failures. he said the adminis­ the concession. and conversation understood the faculty's concern. to all season. I live with a Steelers fan. tration was doing what they thought turned toward uniting to find a and that they will have greater say Not quite the weekend I'd imagined. was best for the university at the solution instead of alleging mistrust from now on. However. she said What. you may ask, does this have to do time. of one another. that this year's budget process with wearing a crazy hat and Hawaiian leis? "We all screwed up. We all share The meeting closed a week in needed to be solved immediately. Well. it's pretty simple. Sitting here. looking responsibility," said an emotional which the campus c~ommunity could and larger changes could be made as ridiculous as I do, I sort of feel like a kid White at a _special session of the give input on the 2002 budget.
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