National support goes down for war

Iraq, page 1

We have soldiers over there dying and for what reason,” Matt McKinney, a sophomore English and communication major, said. “We are trying to enforce a government on another country, and I don’t think that it is right.”

Beau Nickerson, a sophomore business administration major, said, “I think we did the right thing by entering Iraq because there were things that had to be done. As of right now, I guess I still feel the same way, but there are some areas that you can argue with. Right now the Iraqis are voting on a proposed constitution that will bring democracy to Iraq which is a step in the right direction for that country and could hopefully limit our involvement over there.”

Many Americans are angry over the fact that soldiers are in Iraq, risking their lives for reasons that are not valid.

As of right now, it looks very certain that the proposed constitution, which the Iraqi people voted on during the weekend of Oct. 15 and 16, will be passed, considering over 60 percent of eligible voters came out to cast their ballots, despite the widespread threat of violence from insurgents.

For all that want the war to be

A proud supporter of the war in Iraq salutes the United States.At this point,the nation has mixed emotions on whether or not the war in Iraq is justified. over and for troops to start returning home, the voting on the constitution is a crucial step in that process. If passed and insurgency is tamed, it will enable the 150,000 U.S. troops to begin to withdraw, which will please a majority of Americans, if recent polls are correct.

According to Hedtke, this may be easier said than done. “No matter what happens, insurgency

KRT is going to continue. It is a vicious cycle that we cannot get out of. The easy thing was entering war; the hard part is leaving,” Hedtke said. the money to. Colahan does, however, require a 2.0 grade point average for a student to be considered for the funds, and the Trust asks that the students be from the Philadelphia area.

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Private funding, like the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust, is distributed to financial aid students after all the government money and academic scholarships are applied and they still qualify for more money. Colahan said that it is “subjective decision making,” and there is no favoritism in deciding who gets the funds. It is simply based on need.

Students are required to write thank you notes to the Trust, and no student is allowed to have the

As indicated on the Trust’s website, they have awarded, as of September 2005, $1,033,000 to c ancer research, $516,000 to AIDS research, and $728,000 to area nonprofits, including the Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey and the Child Abuse Prevention Effort.

Also, over $2.5 million is given annually to 29 universities and colleges in the Delaware Valley for the scholarship program.

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