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WAR BREAKS OUT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Midnight peace vigil held on
the eve of Persian Gulf war
By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER
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With the midnight deadline for an Iraqi with­drawal
from Kuwait fast approaching, more than
150 activists rallied at Fifth and Jefferson streets
for one last attempt toaven war as they protested
the United States' military involvement in the
Middle East.
"We've been vigiling here for 24 hours, we
think it is really imponanttostand up for peace,"
said Carla Wallace, a coordinator of the Coalition
for Peace in the Middle East, the name for the
wide variety of activist groups participating in
the peace effort which began at midnight] an. 14
and continued for 24 hours.
like John Lennon's "Imagine" and "Give Peace
a Chance" and chant slogans like "War in the gulf
must go!" and "No blood for oil!"
"The group as a whole feels we should not be
spending lives of G.I.s to fight for the oil com­panies,
said Socialist Wodc.ers Party member
BronsonRoziu. "Everybodyhereatleastdocsn't
want G.I.s to die unnecessarily."
Rozier added he personally did not think the
U.S. should determine who governs foreign
countries. "I think the U.S. government simply
wants to set up the government of its choosing in
Iraq ... like they did in Panama," he said. "I don't
think it is the business of the United States to say
who should rule over there."
"We believe it is much more in this country's
interest to deal with the problems of the world in
a peaccf ul mannu instead of playing the world
policeman," she said.
Many University of LouisviUe faculty and
students, including members of the Progressive
Student League, participated in the vigil along
with representatives from local high schools and
elementary schools. Some came on their own and
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In spite of differing opinions on the particu­lars
of the crisis, members of the 25 or so groups
comprising the Coalition united to sing songs
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Page 2 The newly formed Coalition for Peace In the Middle East gathered to protest U.S. Involvement In the Persian Gulf crisis.
Peace demonstrations across the U.S. gather
momentum as hope for peaceful solution ends
By ROCHELLE SHARPE
Apple College Information Network
WASlllNGTON - Outside the White House,
anti-war activists passed body bags around the
crowd this weekend and asked protesters to stuff
them full of cash.
With the money, they said, they would wage
a full-scale campaign for peace.
''There will be two wars," declared a massive
bannu at the rally.
As the Bush administration prepared for war
in the Middle East this weekend, thousands of
protesters across the nation demonstrated that
the president could also face a war at home: a
grass-roots fight against military action in the
Persian Gulf.
Phillis Engelberg, coordinator of the Wash­ington
Peace Centu, already was giving orders
for the fii'St day of battle.
"If a war stans, come here at 5 p.m.," she
urged the hundreds of people gathered in the cold
rain outside the White House. "Come out strong."
bois out of construction paper and listened to war
veterans say President Bush was sentencing
thousands of humans to "death without due pro­cess."
In Fon Collins, Colo., more than 1,600 people
chanted "No More War" and sang"Give Peace a
Chance."
In Little Rock, Ark., protesters carried signs
outside the state Capitol, asking, "How Many
Deaths Per Gallon?"
In Louisvillc,protestcrsgatheredat the World
War II memorial for a 24-hour vigil.
In many cities, protesters passed out leaflets
advenising nationwide peace marches scheduled
for Jan. 19 and Jan. 26. They urged swdents to
boycott classes on Jan. 15, not only to com­memorate
the deadline for Iraq to withdraw from
Kuwait but also to remember the birthday of
Manin Luthu King Jr.
Many black students, already upset that about
22 pel'Cent of the military troops are black, ex­pressed
outrage that fighting could begin on
King's birthday.
White House Monday.
In the nation's capital, protests and anti-war
speeches erupted almost everywhere this week­end.
Milicant Bacz, 20, of Dallas, stood in a circle
of women outside the Capitol Saturday, holding
a sign declaring "Bring My Hubby Home Now."
"He doesn't think it's right," said Bacz, eight
months pregnant, referring to her hushand, VizcnL
"Everybody says, 'He's over there because he
joined the Navy. But he joined to defend the
country and uphold the Constitution. Invading
Kuwait is no threat to our national security."
Baez stood with more than 100 women, all
dressed in black, as pan of the "Emergency
Mother's Day Women's Call for Peace in the
Correction
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STAFF PHOTO BY CHAD RESS
Two Interested U of L students look at the Martin Luther King ExhlbH sponsored by
the Office of Minority Affairs. The exhibit will continue through 6 p.m. Jan. 18.
In many places, it looked more like 1969 than
1991.
In Olympia, Wash., activists cut peace sym-
Dozens of military families from across the
counuy have descended on Washington, D.C.,
and plan to hold a flashlight vigil outside the
Due to a reporting error U of Lstudent Tim
Bratcher waslncorreetly kfentlfled as a Alr
Force ROTC member. He Is a member of the
U.S. Anny reserves.
FIESTA BOWL REACTIONS
Hotel employee at Fiesta Bowl party encounters racism
By MELODIE STACY
StaffWritu
After the Fiesta Bowl, the
Louisville Cardinal football team,
its ponsors and fans attended a
Victory Pany Jan. I at The Pointe
of Squaw Peak in Arizona. Ac­cording
to MicheUe Marquez, a
hostess at the pany, not evuyone
was looking forward to the up­coming
evening.
While briefing waitresses and
ho tesses on what was expected
from them at the pany, Marquez
said, assi stant beverage manager
Mike Thompson told them "I'm
not looking forward to watching
those Sarnbos j•g all night."
Outraged by her boss' racist
comment, Marquez wrote a letter
asking that he be fm:d and sent it
to hotel manager Dan McCarthy
and mailed copies to others con­cerned,
including the University
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of Louisville president, coach and ath­letic
director.
"Ciosetraciststhatoperatebusinesscs
cannot possibly do their jobs without
letting their personal opinions come into
play," she said.
As of Jan. 15, 1991, Thompson was
still employed at The Pointe; however,
he was unavailable for comment.
According to McCarthy, the hotel
has taken disciplinary action against
Thompson but he would not disclose
details .'-1a.rquez said she was not aware
of any such action.
In addition to Thompson'sdismissal,
Marquez also said she would like the
management of The Pointe to publicly
apologize to the minority community
and the University of Louisville. She
said U of L spent a great deal of money
at the hotel and did not desuve to be
treated in such a manner.
Marquez said McCarty told her the
hotel would not apologize because 'The
Pointe was in no way responsible."
She responded, "When you clothe
someone in a Pointe unifonn you're
responsible."
U of L President Donald Swain, a
recipient of one of the copies of
Marquez's letter commented, "Anyone
who is subjected to innuendo that's
negative has a right to object. I would
not want to tolerate soch behavior or
condone it."
Swain does not plan to respond to the
letter, but he said, "There ought to be
some disciplinary action taken, if indeed
what was reponed he said was true."
Arizona loses money over King holiday
By FRANCINE KNOWLES
Apple College Information Network
lUCSON, Ariz.- Despite atten­dance
at the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl by
the University of Louisville and the
University of Alabama, voter rejec­tion
of a paid state holiday honoring
the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has
dealt an economic blow of a1 least
S 11 million to the Tucson and Phoenix
areas.
And that figure is expected to rise.
Convention bureaus here and in
Phoenix rcpon that 25 groups repre­senting
more than 16,000 delegates
have canceled meetings and conven­tions
since the November election.
All cited the rejection of the holiday
as their reason.
In Tucson, at least 19 groups rep­resenting
5,800 delegates have can-
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Cards wash
over the
Crimson Tide
See SpeclallnMrt, Inside
STAFF PHOTO BY HARRY SANDERS
Coach Howard Schnellenberger and the C8rdlnal football squad
hold the Fiesta Bowl trophy moments after victory over Alabama.
The dream is
still alive at
King exhibit
See Story, Page 4