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Newsnotes

The worst thing that can happen to you is to cut yourself loose from people. And the best thing is to sort of vaccinate yourself right into the bloodstreams of the people. . . to feel that you know the best and the worst of folks that you see everywhere, and never to feel weak, or lost, or even lonesome anywhere. . .There is just one thing that can cut you from the people and that is any brand or style of greed. . .There is just one way to save yourself, and that's to get together and work and fight for everybody.

--Woody Guthrie

This Month: 

• September Calendar
• Weekly Reminders
• Upcoming Events
• National Young Women's Day of Action (October 23, 2003)
• Cuba, Anyone?
• Other Opportunities
• News, Headlines, and Interesting Info

September Calendar:

Note: This Calendar will be updated throughout the month as new events and activities are announced.

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Weekly Reminders:

• Kenapoc: Mondays at 9 PM @ Ken's House (702 East 9th Street)

• United Sexualities: Wednesdays at 9 PM in the Chapel Lounge

• Movie Nights: Usually Thursdays at 8 or 9 PM @ The Peace House (across Wayne St. from Helman Hall)

• MSAS (Manchester Students Against Sweatshops): every other Wednesday at 5 PM in the Oaks

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Upcoming Events:

Things to look forward to:

• October 13 Michael Moore speaks in Indianapolis (tickets available from Julie Garber)

• October 17-19 Plowshares Peace and Justice National Student Conference, Manchester University

• October 25 Bring the Troops Home Now! Mass March on the White House and Pentagon, Washington, DC

• November 21-23 Close Down the SOA! Vigil and Nonviolent Direct Action, Ft. Benning, GA

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National Young Women's Day of Action (October 23, 2003):

The 2003 National Young Women's Day of Action is a call for women to unite in solidarity, across movements, to feel our power and secure our freedom. Because the Bush Administration is having such a devastating impact on so many of our rights, this year NYWDA will focus on the political arena.  If you are interested in creating a way for Manchester University to take part, please let me know!    --Heidi

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Cuba, Anyone?

If you're interested in going to Cuba for January Term 2004, please be in touch with Ken Brown.  He'll publicize cost information as soon as he has it.

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Other Opportunities

• Applications for Plowshares grants for January and Spring terms are due on October 1.  If you're interested, see Julie Garber in Calvin Ulrey.

• If you have ideas for future Kenapoc topics/speakers/activities, please let Heidi know.

• Neil Wollman is looking for one or several students to do some research on statements made by the Bush administration before, during, and after the war on Iraq; compared to the actual events and timeline.  It might be possible to construct this as an independent study research project for academic credit.  See Neil or Heidi if you're interested.

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News, Headlines, and Interesting Info

Harper's Index from Harpers Magazine (August 2003):

• Amount the Defense Department has lost track of, according to a 2000 report by its inspector general : $1,100,000,000,000
• Ratio of this amount to the rest of the world's military budgets combined : 2:1
• Approximate number of accounting systems in use at the Defense Department : 2,300
• Number of students who have earned Emory University's joint M.B.A./divinity degree since it was first offered in 1990 : 3
• Number of countries to which the U.S. sent troops between 1900 and 1993 for the purpose of establishing democracy : 14
• Number that were democracies ten years after the withdrawal of U.S. forces : 4

No Comment from The Progressive (October 2003)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld grew testy when a reporter from Al-Jazeera asked him if the Bush Administration was bent on empire building. “We don’t seek empire,” he snapped. “We’re not imperialistic. We never have been. I can’t imagine why you’d even ask the question.”

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Every society honors its live conformists and dead troublemakers.

--Mignon McLaughlin

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