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Show Page 2 DIXIE SUN January, 25 1 991 What was your reaction to seeing the captured American pilots on T.V. and cfid it affect your opinion about the war? ' "It made me upset and mad. I ! i think we Hussein does what he thinks if it is against the Geneva Convention or not, he does what he thinks is right."Brad Wilson "It's war. should go and toast him after that." is right in war, Derek Segle. r V "More than anything else Hussein has done, it made me wonder about his sanity... he has almost served his own i - death warrant, because he will be prosecuted as a war criminal after the war. He must of thought that he was finished one way or another, so as long as the war continues he will survive. Phil Willliams, Associate Professor of Sociology. rS,J change my mind, as much as hate war, think we should be there. It did make me upset... and worried about what they might be going through!' Johnell Swan "It didn't I I I i still think we should be there, it made me madder than ever." Tera Williams "I Information On Possible Draft Reinstatement handled Matthew A. Turvey Staff Write As basis." the first allied bombs dropped on Baghdad last Wednesday the lives of several Dixie College students changed. The war in the Gulf has already taken five Dixie College students that were serving in the National Guard and the Reserves said Loya Garret, Veterans Administrator Coordinator. There are about 25 Reserve members and 10 National Guard members attending Dixie College that can still be called up for active duty ,said Garret. If a Guard or Reserve member is called up and is unable to finish the quarter they will either receive their grades or have their money refunded depending on the time of the quarter in which they leave, said Max Rose, Dixie College Academic Vice President. "If they leave in the eighth week or beyond, they will receive their grades as such, he said. "Anything beyond the first week and before the eighth week will be At on a case by case Dixie College students are expressing concern over the possibility of a draft. "I'm concerned because my plans for the future could he put on the backburner," said Derek Segle, a sophomore from South Carolina. In a statement issued Jan. 22, Samuel K. Lessey Jr., National Director of the Selective Service System said a reinstatement of the draft is not being considered at this time. "There is no indication a draft is needed," said Lessey. that Neither Congress, the White House, or the Department of Defense indicates a draft is under and the consideration, President has said that a draft is not necessary, said a statement issued by the Selective Service System. In the event that the draft is needed, it would take an act of Congress to reinstate the draft, said Barbi Richardson, Public Affairs Specialist of the Selective Service System in Washington DC. ' Selective that time the Service would conduct a lottery drawing in order to determine the order in which men would be called. The first priority group would consist of men ir the calendar year of their 20th birthday. If the draft began this year, men born in 1971 would be the first drafted, said Richardson. The lottery would then take men in the calendar year of their 21st birthday, and so on, until their 26th birthday. Once men reach 26 years of age, they generally are over the age of liability for the draft, said Richardson. All men registered by Selective considered Service are "available for service" unless they are given a different status by the Selective Service. If a registrant believes that he cannot or should not report for duty as directed, he may request a postponement, deferment, or exemption by filing a claim and sending it to the Selective Service. Receipt of such a claim delays the been processed registrant's induction until his claim has investigated. and College students are no longer deferred from Students of the Quarter service. College deferments were abolished in 1971 and under the new bill students can finish the quarter or semester they are in, or if they are a senior they may finish out the year. Valid deferments include ministers, certain elected public officials and a few other categories. Hardship deferments are available for men whose induction would result in hardship to persons who Student of the Quarter Each quarter the faculty nominates students for an award called the Outstanding Student of the Quarter. Each faculty member submits a name of a student who has excelled in their class to their division Dean. The Dean then makes the finial decision and the students are recognized at special luncheon each quarter sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The students honored fall quarter were: depend upon them for support. Conscientious objectors Brian Jocelyn- are not deferred from military Business Carl Sullivan- - Trades service, but only from war service, said Richardson. and Industry Donna Lewis- Regular Army has Humanities remained recruiting Mike Reed- - Social relatively constant since the outbreak of the crisis, said Science Wilson-HomMarilyn M. Thompson, Public Shauna Affairs Specialist at the Army Economics J.D. Thode- - P.E. Recruiting Battalion in Salt Lake City. Frank Christiansen-Natura- l Science "Nationally, since the first of October, we have Krista Jensen- - Fine exceeded our recruiting goal Arts by five percent," Thompson Karl Petty- said. Performing Arts e |
