U. students ready legs, opinions for war protest
Sakina Namazi / Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/19/07 Section: Page One
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Tomorrow's walk out will urge students to leave classes and participate in an organized anti-war protest.
"The reason why we organized this walk out is to give the Rutgers community an opportunity to express their feelings against the war in their local community instead of making the long trek to Washington D.C," said Suzan Sanal, an organizer for the protest and a member of Rutgers Against the War.
Ian Chinich, a Rutgers College senior, said the reasons for participating in the walk out are obvious.
"The war will be going into its fifth year soon and most Americans, Iraqis and soldiers are sick of it," he said.
"The only thing we have done in Iraq is allow for the government to subjugate the Sunni minority, create death squads, re-open torture chambers, while we kill hundreds of thousands of Iraqis deliberately or in 'collateral damage,' while over a million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes," Chinich said. "We are taking a stand and reinvigorating the student antiwar movement."
Many students feel that "walking out" amidst a class is a waste of education and is disruptive towards other students.
Sanal, on the other hand, feels that this protest will inspire colleges across the nation to take similar action.
She said that many ask why the protest is taking place in New Brunswick and not in Washington D.C.
"I want to say that this war does not just affect the Washington D.C. and New York City communities, where national protests have been held, but here too," Sanal said. "We are bringing the anti-war message to a community and a university that needs to hear it."