Kenapocomoco
Newsnotes

This Month: 

• November Calendar
• Weekly Reminders
• The Election
• Upcoming Events
• Photos
• Opportunities for Action
• Christmas Shopping Ideas
• Summer Opportunities
• News, Headlines, and Interesting Info

November 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: Thursdays at 10 PM @ The Peace House (across Wayne St. from Helman Hall)

• MSAS (Manchester Students Against Sweatshops): Wednesdays at 6 PM in The Oaks

• Amnesty International: 9 PM @ The Peace House (across Wayne St. from Helman Hall)

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The Election:

There's a lot of reaction, analysis, prediction, wondering, and humor out there about the election.  I don't know about you, but I find all of it pretty overwhelming.  In this section of the Kenapocomoco Newsnotes, I've selected a few of my favorite websites and articles.  Stay tuned - I'll keep adding things as I find them.

Statements:

• Howard Dean

Reactions:

• The Kids Are Alright by Michael Moore

• Top Ten Reasons Not to Move to Canada by Sarah Anderson

Analysis:

• Democrats Need New Electoral Strategy by Mark Weisbrot

• The Elections - My Two Cents by John Cory

Humor:

• Guide to Recovery by Mark Fiore

• Sorry Everybody - Messages to the World

Electoral Map Fun:

Voting Irregularities:

• Black Box Voting: Consumer Protection for Elections

• An informally produced compendium of vital irregularities

• Kerry Won by Greg Palast

• Democrats Launch Investigation of Voting Problems In Ohio - AP

• Challenges Planned to Ohio's Presidential Vote Totals - AP

• 20 Amazing Facts about Voting in the USA by Angry Girl

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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

–Eugene Debs

Upcoming Events:

Things to look forward to:

• IPFW Institute for Human Rights Annual Conference: Guantanamo Bay and the Judicial Treatment of Aliens   December 10-11
• Kenapoc Study Breaks    December 12-15

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Photos:

MSAS Taco Bell Action:

Plowshares Conference at Earlham:

What a Cutie!

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Opportunities for Action:

• Tough Questions for Ashcroft's Replacement  Alberto Gonzales, the President's pick to fill the Attorney General cabinet position, has carefully cultivated a moderate reputation, but he may prove to be even more radical than the man he is replacing. His nomination should be anything but a rubber stamp. In fact, senators should vote "no" on his confirmation unless he is able to provide satisfactory answers to a number of tough questions. These questions – first put forth by the Center for American Progress – must be asked of Mr. Gonzales at his confirmation hearing.
  
  http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?ItemId=18077
• Support Funding to Help Stop Violence Against Women.  UNIFEM, the women's fund at the United Nations, promotes women's human rights and equality in more than 100 countries. Urge your Senator to sign on to a letter circulated by Senator Mary Landrieu addressed to other members of the Appropriations Committee on the Foreign Operations Subcommittee in support of funding for UNIFEM and the UNIFEM Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

         http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=11249

• $5.15 is Not Enough!  Support an Increase in the Federal Minimum Wage!  No one can live on $206 a week or $10,712 a year.  And they shouldn't have to.  But, that is what a full-time minimum wage worker earns --- $5,000 below the poverty level for a family of three.  Legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.00 an hour.  Please contact your congressional delegation today.  Let them know that it is time for a raise for low-wage workers.
  
  http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/minwageseiu

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Christmas Shopping Ideas:

Avoid the crowds, support fair trade products, and whatever you do don't you dare set foot in Walmart!

• One World Handcrafts Shop, 226 E Main Street, N. Manchester

• http://www.serrv.org/

• http://www.shopunionmade.org/

• http://store.gxonlinestore.org/

• http://www.peoplink.org/EN/

• http://www.novica.com/

• http://www.marketplaceindia.com/

• http://www.feminist.org/store/

• http://www.tenthousandvillages.com

• http://www.fairtradefederation.org/memol.html

• www.wovenlegends.com

• http://www.seva.org

• http://www.alibris.com

• http://www.northernsun.com/  (Orders of large quantities are discounted - let's get together and buy a bunch of t-shirts, bumper stickers, and buttons!  Stop by the peace studies office to browse through the catalog and place your order.)

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Summer Opportunities:

• Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service

  ...a dynamic summer program for undergraduate students interested in volunteerism and careers in the nonprofit sector. This face-paced Institute offers a rigorous combination of professional experience, academic learning and service projects that will provide students with an unparalleled experience in the nation’s capital.

  www.dcinternships.org/ipvs

   

• Union Summer

  Union Summer is a five-week educational internship to participate in and develop skills useful for union organizing drives and other campaigns for workers' rights and social justice.  Heidi is a graduate of this program, and would be happy to share with you about her experiences during one of the best summers of her life.

  http://www.aflcio.org/aboutunions/unionsummer/

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News, Headlines, and Interesting Info:

Harper's Index from Harpers Magazine (September 2004):

• Funds allocated for Iraq’s water programs to be spent on U.S. embassy operating costs : $85,500,000
• Estimated total number of protesters at the June G-8 conference in Georgia : 310
• Estimated number of police per protester : 10
• Minimum number of Americans who registered to vote at strip clubs since May : 4,000
• Percentage of college students majoring in the humanities who say politics are relevant to their lives : 72
• Percentage of students majoring in computer science who say this : 36
• Number of the 50 airstrikes targeting Iraq’s leadership during the invasion last year that hit their target : 0
• Number of Afghanistan’s 33 provinces with no NATO peacekeeping presence : 24  
• Number of HealthSouth executives charged with conspiracy, fraud, money laundering, or lying since March 2003 : 20
• Number who have pled guilty : 17
• Number of these now in prison : 0
• Number of words in the first sentence of Bill Clinton’s memoir and in that of George W. Bush’s, respectively : 49, 5
• Secret access code to the computer controls of the U.S. nuclear-tipped missile arsenal between 1968 and 1976 : 00000000

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 If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

-- John Lennon

 [Peace Studies Website]