By Melanie J. Knox, Opinion Editor Campus Life and the Students' Association will be co-sponsoring a forum on war in Hart Auditorium Monday at 7 p.m. The forum will be called, "War: Things to consider." Brad Carter, director of Chapel programs, said it is important for students to hear a Christian view of war from professors who have studied it ... [Read More…]
Offensive into Iraq intensifies: Attack rushed to hit Hussein
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The war in Iraq intensified throughout the day Thursday, as U.S. Marines and British troops entered southern Iraq and bombs and missiles continued to rain on Baghdad. Further information also was released involving the start of the war, which was moved up after CIA director George Tenet told Pentagon officials ... [Read More…]
Bush juggles war, economy
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief As Washington prepared for war in the days and hours before missiles and bombs struck Baghdad, the tone was businesslike And inside the White House, President George W. Bush showed no signs of wavering as he marched America to war, said Kasey Pipes, class of 1995 and associate director of the White House Office ... [Read More…]
War hits near home for some: Middle Eastern students’ concerns extend abroad
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The United States' impending invasion of Iraq has sparked international protest for months, and with attacks currently underway, students from the Middle East have mixed opinions. Salah and Sarah Taweel are seniors from Aleppo, Syria, a country that directly borders Iraq. Salah said the siblings' town is near the ... [Read More…]
Peace a possibility within ourselves
By Melanie J. Knox, Opinion Editor As I Wish During Sing Song week, I wrote an anti-war column. But I have always been pro-Bush and pro-American, and so my stance has changed. We have been at war with Iraq for less than a day, and I already find it hard to remember what peace felt like. There is so much turmoil and chaos now, and there will only ... [Read More…]
‘We will prevail’: Bush orders pre-dawn Iraq invasion
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief With dawn about to break over Iraq, President George W. Bush launched an air assault on Baghdad last night that he said would end with the nation's disarmament and its leader's removal. "Operation Iraqi Freedom" began at about 8:30 p.m., when planes began dropping "bunker-buster" bombs designed to bore into the ... [Read More…]
Twelve years later, Iraq still an issue: ‘Iraqi Freedom’ launching as ‘Desert Storm’ did
By Kyle Peveto, Arts Editor The spring semester had just begun. Sing Song preparation was underway and students were preparing for Wednesday night worship services. Twelve years ago, when the United States began an air attack on Iraq, campus life was very much the same. Photographs from the Jan. 17, 1991, special edition of the Optimist, also ... [Read More…]
We must unite for our troops
And so it has come to this. We are at war. For all the pre-event sniping and debate, one thing must be paramount in this war of our generation: we must stand together. Our brothers, sisters and friends are on the ground, and some won't come home. The protests should stop, the bickering should cease and the anger should melt away to prayer and ... [Read More…]
Column Like I See ‘Em: Applaud small-scale strike to kill Saddam
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor The booming sounds and faint flashes of light that came to television viewers at about 8:30 p.m. CST signaled the "opening stages" of the United States' attempt to unseat and disarm Saddam Hussein in Iraq, President George W. Bush stated Wednesday night. It wasn't, however, the beginning of the all-out war. The early ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: War will stop torture invoked by Saddam
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The nation's vocal minority has been an ever-present, ever-comical sidelight in our nation's media for the past month. Drowned out has been the classic "silent majority," the recently polled 72 percent who support a war with Iraq sooner rather than later. Sometimes that majority holds pro-war marches. But ... [Read More…]