Campus Comment:
What is your opinion of the argument that we need to act
now to prevent greater tragedy later?
Campus Times
March 19, 1999
"It's hard for me to say how can you solve this; we're going to war
for peace. That's kind of an oxymoron statement. We'll have to see what
happens."
-- Candice Bryant, junior, political science and sociology major
"What would happen if ethnic cleansing was happening in the U.S.? Would
you let it happen? It's not just a U.S. action; it's a NATO action."
-- Cres Gonzalez, assistant soccer coach
"Somehow the world community must step in. I don't necessarily think
that bombing is the best way, but something must be done."
-- Dr. Alfred Clark, assistant vice president of academic affairs
"I honestly don't know much about the atrocities, but there are conflicting
stories. In theory I support it, but I don't really know enough to say whether
that's really what's going on."
-- Keith Lord, art studio manager
"Once we bomb, we don't know where the bombs end up and they might
kill innocent people, but on a political perspective it is possible to make
war to have peace."
-- Quyen Nguyen, senior math major
"Anytime we unload, unleash the kinds of weapons that we are doing
in Kosovo, there's the question of whether the tragedy that the people of
Kosovo are now suffering is significant."
-- Phil Hofer, director of international student services
