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Special Edition United States and Iraq: The Resolution, The Reaction, The Issues an JfhmristD Jfnnhnnt University of San Francisco VOL. 99 ISSUE SEVEN FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS OCT. 17, 2002 USF Students Arrested for Civil Disobedience GUADALUPE CHAVEZ/FOGHORN Police officers lift senior politics major Sara Suman offthe ground. She was later jailed and fined $100. "I chose to act in the civil disobedience because I felt like my voice wasn't going to be heard otherwise...you redefine what it means to be arrested when you are being treated as a criminal for fighting for something that you know is right and needs to be done GUADALUPE CHAVEZ/FOGHORN USF senior Sarah Silva was arrestedin front ofthe Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House. Silva and 44 other protestors were jailed after they blocked off the budding, preventing employees from going to work and delaying the courts for three hours. VICTORIA LEON GUERRERO "siaff'Wr'it'er ■ Sarah Silva took three deep breaths as she thought of the innocent Iraqis who may soon be bombed. The USF senior sat linked arm in arm with fellow students and other peaceful demonstrators in front of a federal building waiting to be arrested for civil disobedience last Friday morning. "I chose to act in the civil disobedience because I felt like my voice wasn't going to be heard otherwise," she said. "I felt it was effective because you redefine what it means to be arrested when you are being treated as a criminal for fighting for something that you know is right and needs to be done." Silva and a group of six other USF students traveled to the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House at 450 Golden Gate Ave. early that morning to join the nearly 200 demonstrators who crowded the building's main entrance in protest of the congressional approval of military action in Iraq. 'Silva recalls looking between the legs of San Francisco police officers stationed in front ofthe protestors who chanted, "Two- four-six-eight stop the violence stop the hate." She and two other students were later arrested for preventing workers from entering the building. Manv of the demonstrators were there since the night ii —Sarah Silva Senior before. They were responding to the announcement that the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution Thursday afternoon granting U.S. President George W. Bush authorization to "use the Armed Forces ofthe United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq." The House voted 296 to 133 in support of the resolution, which was then approved Friday morning by the Senate, who voted 77 to 23. Despite the passing of the resolution, many representatives and senators, including House Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) are asking the president not to use military force until all other options have been explored. In an article on CNN.com, Bush said he has not yet decided to use military force, but there have been suggestions from his office to plan an "Iraqi government-in-exile" before an invasion so the country is ready for take-over sooner. "Saddam Hussein and his outlaw regime pose a grave threat to the region, the world and the United States," Bush said in the article. "Inaction is not an option, disarmament is a must." Three USF students arrested At 7 a.m., groups of protestors joined hands to create human chains blocking off all the main entrances to the building and preventing federal employees from going to work. About 30 minutes later, police armed with thick black wooden batons, began forcefully arresting protestors who refused to move away from the building's entrances. Silva was one of the first to be arrested as two officers lifted her up from where she was sitting, pulled her arms behind her back and tied her hands together with string. Esther Timberlake, spokeswoman for General Services Administration, the government agency that owns and operates the Federal Building, said the police were asked to make arrests when it was determined that demonstrators were acting in civil disobedience. "People are being arrested for the civil disobedience of trying to block an entrance and trying to prevent federal workers from coming in, but as far as them gathering, they have every tjght to be here and we acknowledge that," she said. "From what I have witnessed, and I have been here since about 7 a.m., I think the law enforcement community, made up of the local and federal law enforcement, have been very flexible and have been very good about allowing the demonstrators to do what they came here to do." Two other USF seniors, Sara Suman and Ana Hermosillo were arrested shortly after Silva was brought into the building. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.PAGE 2 Campus Reacts to Anti-war Posters JESSICA ROBLES and.KAJRINAJSEATON StaffWriters Rudy Lucatero said he supports USF students who are organizing in an anti-war effort against the possibility that U.S. President George W. Bush might declare a war on Iraq. "I admit we have to handle the problems [in Iraq], but why such a violent approach?" Lucatero, a freshman nursing major, asked. He said he has been keeping up with the anti-war efforts at USF and in San Francisco and he admires the students who placed signs across campus last Thursday night. After learning that members of the United States Congress approved of a resolution granting U.S. President George W. Bush authorization to use military force in Iraq, a group of about 20 USF students decided to make a statement on campus. Infuriated by Congress' vote, theyx made large posters that read "No Oil War, " and "No War on Iraq," and took boxes of colorful chalk and wrote similar messages on University sidewalks and pavements. When they finished hanging the posters in visible areas like the arch above the Lone Mountain stairs, the group was confronted by Public Safety officers who warned them that posting the signs was illegal because they had not sought approval from ASUSF. "I tried to proceed to explain to STUDENT REACTIONS: PAGE 3 inside oct17th news USF students have ^_ mixed feelings about r J the possiblity of war ^T with Iraq. p opinion University President Stephen A. Privett, A S.J., reflects on the /I impending war. ^mm^F' C&C USF Center for the P™ Pacific Rim presents a ^^ concert blending 1 Eastern and Western ^^r ideas. scene Foghorn interviews _, the director of the ^T new movie, "Punch- *«^^ Drunk Love." I 1 sports The World Series is going to be wild as f^k the Giants and %_ _g Angels square off. *W
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Transcript | Special Edition United States and Iraq: The Resolution, The Reaction, The Issues an JfhmristD Jfnnhnnt University of San Francisco VOL. 99 ISSUE SEVEN FREEDOM AND FAIRNESS OCT. 17, 2002 USF Students Arrested for Civil Disobedience GUADALUPE CHAVEZ/FOGHORN Police officers lift senior politics major Sara Suman offthe ground. She was later jailed and fined $100. "I chose to act in the civil disobedience because I felt like my voice wasn't going to be heard otherwise...you redefine what it means to be arrested when you are being treated as a criminal for fighting for something that you know is right and needs to be done GUADALUPE CHAVEZ/FOGHORN USF senior Sarah Silva was arrestedin front ofthe Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House. Silva and 44 other protestors were jailed after they blocked off the budding, preventing employees from going to work and delaying the courts for three hours. VICTORIA LEON GUERRERO "siaff'Wr'it'er ■ Sarah Silva took three deep breaths as she thought of the innocent Iraqis who may soon be bombed. The USF senior sat linked arm in arm with fellow students and other peaceful demonstrators in front of a federal building waiting to be arrested for civil disobedience last Friday morning. "I chose to act in the civil disobedience because I felt like my voice wasn't going to be heard otherwise," she said. "I felt it was effective because you redefine what it means to be arrested when you are being treated as a criminal for fighting for something that you know is right and needs to be done." Silva and a group of six other USF students traveled to the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Court House at 450 Golden Gate Ave. early that morning to join the nearly 200 demonstrators who crowded the building's main entrance in protest of the congressional approval of military action in Iraq. 'Silva recalls looking between the legs of San Francisco police officers stationed in front ofthe protestors who chanted, "Two- four-six-eight stop the violence stop the hate." She and two other students were later arrested for preventing workers from entering the building. Manv of the demonstrators were there since the night ii —Sarah Silva Senior before. They were responding to the announcement that the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution Thursday afternoon granting U.S. President George W. Bush authorization to "use the Armed Forces ofthe United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq." The House voted 296 to 133 in support of the resolution, which was then approved Friday morning by the Senate, who voted 77 to 23. Despite the passing of the resolution, many representatives and senators, including House Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) are asking the president not to use military force until all other options have been explored. In an article on CNN.com, Bush said he has not yet decided to use military force, but there have been suggestions from his office to plan an "Iraqi government-in-exile" before an invasion so the country is ready for take-over sooner. "Saddam Hussein and his outlaw regime pose a grave threat to the region, the world and the United States," Bush said in the article. "Inaction is not an option, disarmament is a must." Three USF students arrested At 7 a.m., groups of protestors joined hands to create human chains blocking off all the main entrances to the building and preventing federal employees from going to work. About 30 minutes later, police armed with thick black wooden batons, began forcefully arresting protestors who refused to move away from the building's entrances. Silva was one of the first to be arrested as two officers lifted her up from where she was sitting, pulled her arms behind her back and tied her hands together with string. Esther Timberlake, spokeswoman for General Services Administration, the government agency that owns and operates the Federal Building, said the police were asked to make arrests when it was determined that demonstrators were acting in civil disobedience. "People are being arrested for the civil disobedience of trying to block an entrance and trying to prevent federal workers from coming in, but as far as them gathering, they have every tjght to be here and we acknowledge that," she said. "From what I have witnessed, and I have been here since about 7 a.m., I think the law enforcement community, made up of the local and federal law enforcement, have been very flexible and have been very good about allowing the demonstrators to do what they came here to do." Two other USF seniors, Sara Suman and Ana Hermosillo were arrested shortly after Silva was brought into the building. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.PAGE 2 Campus Reacts to Anti-war Posters JESSICA ROBLES and.KAJRINAJSEATON StaffWriters Rudy Lucatero said he supports USF students who are organizing in an anti-war effort against the possibility that U.S. President George W. Bush might declare a war on Iraq. "I admit we have to handle the problems [in Iraq], but why such a violent approach?" Lucatero, a freshman nursing major, asked. He said he has been keeping up with the anti-war efforts at USF and in San Francisco and he admires the students who placed signs across campus last Thursday night. After learning that members of the United States Congress approved of a resolution granting U.S. President George W. Bush authorization to use military force in Iraq, a group of about 20 USF students decided to make a statement on campus. Infuriated by Congress' vote, theyx made large posters that read "No Oil War, " and "No War on Iraq," and took boxes of colorful chalk and wrote similar messages on University sidewalks and pavements. When they finished hanging the posters in visible areas like the arch above the Lone Mountain stairs, the group was confronted by Public Safety officers who warned them that posting the signs was illegal because they had not sought approval from ASUSF. "I tried to proceed to explain to STUDENT REACTIONS: PAGE 3 inside oct17th news USF students have ^_ mixed feelings about r J the possiblity of war ^T with Iraq. p opinion University President Stephen A. Privett, A S.J., reflects on the /I impending war. ^mm^F' C&C USF Center for the P™ Pacific Rim presents a ^^ concert blending 1 Eastern and Western ^^r ideas. scene Foghorn interviews _, the director of the ^T new movie, "Punch- *«^^ Drunk Love." I 1 sports The World Series is going to be wild as f^k the Giants and %_ _g Angels square off. *W |
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