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2/25/2003 01:14:00 PM | Anonymous Why there won't be an anti-war resolution First of all, the anti-war resolution, in the form offered by Cornell and other universities, would simply not pass in this assembly. Too many people, including left-wingers, have issues with making a normative statement that would alienate large pockets of the campus without accomplishing anything except adding one small voice to the fray. If 20-50% of the campus (depending on how you read that poll) disagreed with our Dorm Improvement Campaign, we would still do it- a) because we are more informed than other people on campus with regards to that issue b) because their is a positive product coming out of our resolution. Neither is the case with a normative anti-war statement. Instead, we tried to put together something that would continue campus discussion about the war. This sounds bland and neutral, but the idea of broadcasting Al Jazeera and the BBC in Collis is clearly not a Republican idea, but rather the product of some progressive brainstorming about how to make a difference in the way the war is felt at Dartmouth. There is a token contribution to a non-partisan aids group, and 400 dollars (yes, not a huge amount) that could go to the random groups on campus who would need funding to put on worthwhile events. Anyone who thinks about this for even 30 seconds will realize that most of the groups on campus seeking this funding will either be anti-war or questioning, as opposed to pro-war, so in that sense it could be read as an anti-war resolution, very subtely. Finally, a nail in the coffin to the anti-war resolution was what came out of my meeting this weekend withthe other Student Body Presidents of the Ivy League. Brown and Cornell have passed resolutions, but NO OTHER school will. This wrecks any illusion of a unified Ivy LEague front against the war, which i think would have at least drawn a tiny bit of coverage. Yale Columbia and Princeton told me that they would not let an anti-war resolution even come to the floor. I did, and what you'll see tonight is what came out of committee. Im sure there will be an amendment to add a normative clause, but it will likely fail. The reality is that anyone for the war, most people undecided about the war, and a sizeable number of people against the war don't think its SA's place to take a normative stance, nevermind the usefulness of doing so. And there is my first post ever. perma link |
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