Word: patriotism
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...used as an excuse. It was Jenkins' own actions that led him to the "hell" of North Korea. Deserting the country he was fighting for and then serving as a propaganda tool show his true, cowardly nature. The U.S. has just let a man who is far from a patriot get off lightly - only 25 days of confinement and a loss of pay and benefits. At least Jenkins has decided to live in Japan. The U.S. has no room for traitors. Bradford Paik Beaverton, Oregon, U.S. Man-Made Calamity Illegal logging in the Philippines has contributed to conditions that allow...
...used as an excuse. It was Jenkins' own actions that led him to the "hell" of North Korea. Deserting the country he was fighting for and then serving as a propaganda tool show his true, cowardly nature. The U.S. has just let a man who is far from a patriot get off lightly. At least Jenkins has decided to live in Japan. The U.S. has no room for traitors...
Indeed, from the PATRIOT Act on, the Bush Administration has failed to win the trust of those concerned with the civil liberties of students. Earlier this year, federal authorities in Iowa served a subpoena ordering Drake University to turn over the records of student peace activists. Just last month, the FBI conducted raids on student dorms at North Carolina State University in the wake of a non-student demonstration in another part of town. And immigrant students have been subjected to especially intense surveillance under the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS...
Citizens must guard against any attempt to expand the power of government to monitor their private lives. Under the pretense of collecting better statistics, the Department of Educaton is now seeking one of the most dramatic expansions of this power since the PATRIOT Act. We must not be blind to its dangers. Universities should stand up for their students and keep Big Brother off campus...
Holy Cross will need Hamilton to step up in a big way if they are to reclaim the Patriot League crown it lost last year to Lehigh. The Crusaders, who had been to the NCAA tournament three straight seasons before ending last year at 13-15, were picked to finish fourth in the Patriot League’s preseason poll...