Mother speaks in memory of soldier
Jessica Durando / Editor in Chief
Issue date: 3/21/07 Section: Page One
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From the onset of the Walk Out rally, Sue Niederer was vocal about her opinions on the Iraq War. She continuously pursued students at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus about their feelings on the subject, debated supporters of the war and offered her own views on the conflict.
At the root of her vigilance and impassioned demeanor is the fact that the war hits close to home. Her son, Ceth Dvorin, who graduated from Livingston College in 2002, died at age 24 in Iraq.
In speaking to the crowd, Niederer started her speech with the lyrics of Edwin Star's song, "War." She chanted "what is it good for, absolutely nothing."
Among the opinions she expressed in her speech was her belief that Iraqis want freedom, "but want us the hell out." She also said she would personally take supporters to any recruitment station to enlist if they felt strongly about the war. "You want to go and I'll have you sign on the god damn line," she said.
But her main emphasis rested in answering the question: What is sacrifice?
"Sacrifice is the young men over there fighting for a non-war because this war has not been declared a war it is a fucking occupation," Niederer said.
She went on to briefly describe her son's enlistment into the armed services up to his death.
"My son was a Rutgers graduate. My son went here. My son paid the ultimate sacrifice. He was 24 years old and he had just been married," Niederer said. "And the recruiters were on this campus and all the other campuses around and they got him by their lies, deceit and deception."
Recruiters had been pursuing Dvorin for enrollment since his junior year in high school, Niederer said. "I actually physically had the recruiter in my home," she said. "[The recruiter] was out of the East Brunswick recruiting and he pursued him and got him."
When a person in the crowd interrupted Niederer's speech to say that it was her son's choice to go to war, she replied by saying, "let him have his piece, that's what democracy is."
At the root of her vigilance and impassioned demeanor is the fact that the war hits close to home. Her son, Ceth Dvorin, who graduated from Livingston College in 2002, died at age 24 in Iraq.
In speaking to the crowd, Niederer started her speech with the lyrics of Edwin Star's song, "War." She chanted "what is it good for, absolutely nothing."
Among the opinions she expressed in her speech was her belief that Iraqis want freedom, "but want us the hell out." She also said she would personally take supporters to any recruitment station to enlist if they felt strongly about the war. "You want to go and I'll have you sign on the god damn line," she said.
But her main emphasis rested in answering the question: What is sacrifice?
"Sacrifice is the young men over there fighting for a non-war because this war has not been declared a war it is a fucking occupation," Niederer said.
She went on to briefly describe her son's enlistment into the armed services up to his death.
"My son was a Rutgers graduate. My son went here. My son paid the ultimate sacrifice. He was 24 years old and he had just been married," Niederer said. "And the recruiters were on this campus and all the other campuses around and they got him by their lies, deceit and deception."
Recruiters had been pursuing Dvorin for enrollment since his junior year in high school, Niederer said. "I actually physically had the recruiter in my home," she said. "[The recruiter] was out of the East Brunswick recruiting and he pursued him and got him."
When a person in the crowd interrupted Niederer's speech to say that it was her son's choice to go to war, she replied by saying, "let him have his piece, that's what democracy is."