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Show r Ti'fsDAY. Hum THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE OF FENS NO - Adam Benson ' Chronicle Feature Columnist try IH, 2 'A y ' 3 Q I If -- - 4.... - ' , ' . ' j .... V..-- . i f I War: What Is It Good For? Not vat For a Laugh 'O ' ' S - ,J, fjJ 'r:n Jesus Christ! I'm hit' he said; and died. Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed, The Bullets chirped 'In vain! vain! vain!' Machine-gun- s chuckled, 'Tut-tut- ! Tut-tut- !' And the Big Gun guffawed. Another sighed, 'O Mother! Dad!' Then smiled, at nothing, childlike, being dead. And the lofty Shrapnel-clou- d And the Leisurely gestured-'Fool- !' tittered. falling splinters 'My Love!' one moaned. seemed his mood, Love-langu- id Till, slowly lowered, his whole face kissed the mud. And the Bayonets' long teeth grinned; Rabbles of Shells hooted and groaned; And the Gas hissed. Wilfred Owen, The Last Laugh -- I guess in the end, war is simple. It's either right or wrong, noble or accursed. Wilfred Owen died one week before the Armistice that ended WWI, and his parents received a telegram of the news of his death the day the bells were ringing in Shrewsbury, England, his hometown, to signal the end of the war. He was I 25. guess in , Mother, the end, war is right. You're cither with us or against us, and damn the torpedoes! Wilfred Owen enlisted in the British army in September of 1915 after visiting a hospital for wounded soldiers. He decided to honor those men by fighting for their cause, and by the end of his short time on Earth, he still didn't know why he was fighting. Call me what you will, but I'll not read any more poems by any more Wilfred Owens. I'll not support this war for this President for these reasons: First, no war is simple, and the actions of our president are far from noble. Second, no war is right, and no matter the fighting spirit, the torpedoes always damn us. but you'll Call me not find me taking up arms or supporting this war cause. Blood always runs thicker than oil, and when a child's mother dies, she can't be replaced. Weapons of mass destruction do indeed exist, but the only nation to ever have used them is the United States. Ask the Japanese in Nagasaki and Hiroshima what it's like to battle cancer to this day, as poison gases mingle in the same atmosphere with the very oxygen necessary for life. I wish there was a joke to be told in these lines, on this page. But I find nothing funny about marching our men and women off to war to fight for an impossibly unjust cause. be must Hussein Saddam defeated. be He must deposed. But, if might makes right, then how can the pen ever be mightier than the sword? Wilfred Owen, rest in peace. I must say the same to the. future Owens this war will produce. abensonchronicle.utah.edu tmmmmmmtmmm tni7 1' ,.,w-.-- -- "''"'"'" X mmhwiwih .Mit..i.flin.iii-irfciairaTrisha Jorgensen makes cards with other residents during a service project in the Heritage Center. . Givin g Credit Wh ere Credit Is Due. National Residence Hall Honorary President Makes Sure U Staff is Recognized for Their Hard Work. "She models what she wants people to be, she Is like a beacon that people follow." college students can do more than just party." Even with all the recent improvements in her chapter, Jorgensen says she has no intention of slowing down. "I've been a member of the honorary since my sophomore year, I don't think I should stop working now," Jorgensen said. "Wc have strong programs like 'Veteran's Valentine' coming up in the next few months. We arc always looking to take one step forward." ' The upturn of the U's the honorary's chapter has been so substantial that Jorgensen has put in an application for the honorary Building Block award, given to the chapter which exhibits the most improvement over a period of 12 months. "All of our programs have improved over the past year. We've emphasized all aspccts...wc deserve to win, and wc still have a lot to offer," Jorgensen said. ing to Rocdcr, this is directly linked to Jorgensen. "Trisha has done a great job of getting everyone involved. Trisha has really focused on the recognition of campus leaders," Rocdcr said. Whereas Rocdcr attributes much of the success of the Utah honorary chapter to Jorgenscn's tireless effort, jorgensen herself is quick to attribute it to hard work and publicity. "I think last year, not many people knew about the honorary. Over the summer, wc really tried to boost awareness Jorgensen said. As president, Jorgensen works diligently, and according to Todd Justcscn, resident director for Chapel Glenn, her efforts have produced visible results. ERYN GREEN Chronicle Staff Writer Trisha Jorgensen has plenty of reasons to smile these days. With the completion of her psychology major looming, and the prospect of medical school looking bright, it would be logical to see Jorgensen, a U senior, happy. Today, though, Jorgensen says she is smiling for a different reason. As the president of the U Chapter of the National Residence Halls Honorary, Jorgensen has witnessed her organization grow and mature. The honorary is a subsidiary organization of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls, which focuses on recognizing outstanding student leaders and employees. Since its inception in 1964, the honorary has become one of the largest student government organizations in the country with 170 chapters. LaDon Roedor, assistant director of Residential Living at the U, said, "The honorary and the national honorary are important parts of campus life because they recognize the accomplishments of student leaders, many of whom are volunteers, and promote awareness of the great things being done , The honorary's chapters are restrictpercent of the student population and usually arc composed of, "Student those who have contributed extraordinary amounts of personal time and energy in order to make the residence halls more than a 'dorm'," ed to a maximum 1 lcad-crs...a- according to the national office of the honorary. Jorgensen ran for president of the U's honorary chapter in May of 2001. She ran unopposed, and says that kind of apathy was typical of the U's honorary last year. "Last year, we had six inactive members who begrudgingly attended meetings," Jorgensen said. "Awards were weak, service projects were few and far between and a lot of residents didn't even know what the honorary was." Tired of the lack of attention student leaders and U employees were receiving, Jorgensen decided to act. "I saw the honorary as an organization with a lot of unused potential. I wanted to get involved and see what this organization could really do," Jorgensen said. The U's chapter is experiencing a substantial increase in productivity and involvement. Accord Trisha uses leadership by representation," Justcscn said. "She models what she wants people to be, she is like a beacon that people follow. Since she's been around, the honorary has gained focus, lead ership and respect on both national egreenchronicle.utah.edu 1 1 and local levels." ' '" In August, the U's chapter won the Regional Chapter of The Month award for the Intcrmountain Affiliation of College and University Residence Halls, and Jorgensen won the intermountasn affiliate Residence Halls Association Executive Board Member Award of the Month for September. "I think is just took a little work to find good student leaders on campus," Jorgensen said. "They have always been here, wc just had to get them motivated." Motivation has been an effective g a once fledgtool in Last ling organization. year, regional winners for the honorary's employee or leader of the month totaled three. Jorgensen says that there have already been nine this year. "Its great to sec the impact recognition has on people. Last month we honored a maintenance worker who almost cried when he got his award. It's amazing." ' ' '( f i ' f i: f , II . . ... k ,y .. f - V ' ' ; - - ' t i"w ! . '.'V f1 Student leaders appreciate the recognition, too. Heidi Nelson, president of Chapel Glenn and an honorary affiliate, said, "Recognition is motivating, and it's good to sec students suddenly get interested in office posi- t ,4 tv 't , jump-startin- tions." Jorgensen says that while the ; W "mM-- ' "' ' . ' I - - hon- orary is primarily a service and recognition based organization, the recognition provided by the organiinfluences. zation has "Sometimes you hear about students causing trouble, or the greeks not getting along with their neighbors," Jorgensen said. "Sometimes university organizations get bad publicity. I think its important for the community at large to know that ... 5 u . 'I 5 ' h Jf Jorgensen is president of the U's national Residence Halls Honorary. "I wanted to get involved and see what this organization could really do," she says. f |