1982 Yearbook
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1982 Yearbook
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INCREASE
PEACE!
Both St. Ambrose College and its students participated in efforts to demon-
state their concern about the arms
build-up going on within the U. S. Out
of the many events that occurred, five
were of great importance and demonstrated a growing number of students'
concern for this issue. Although these
five events were unrelated to each other, they all possess a common theme:
the U.S. must stop the senseless nuclear
arms escalation that is taking place in
America today. These events included a
speech given by former U. S. Senator
Dick Clark, the invitation of World
Peace Marchers to SAC by St. Ambrose Students for Peace, the presentation of the Pacem in Terris Peace and
Freedom award to George Kennan, a
petition for a nuclear armaments
freeze, and a sitdown protest on the
Arsenal bridge.
The message of Dick Clark was that the
U.S. under the Reagan administration
has taken a shift in the direction of
foreign policy. A shift which if left unaltered, can only have disastrous results. Clark said, "We are now experiencing a reversal in United States
foreign policy. No longer is talk of any
cooperation, conciliation or negotiation
heard." When this is combined with
Reagan's statements about the possibility of limited nuclear warfare, the imminence of the anonymous terror becoming a reality becomes truly frightening. Clark called for college students
to demonstrate their support for nuclear limitation, since in the past two decades, it has been the college students of
America that have brought about the
major political changes such as occured
in the Viet Nam war.
Professor George Kennan, Pulitizer
prize winning author, and former U.S.
Ambassador to Russia and Yugoslavia,
received the Pacem in Terris Freedom
and Peace Award, given by the Quad
Cities Peace and Justice Coalition. The
award celebration took place in the Al-
laert Auditorium. Kennan urgently
feels that the U.S. should commit themselves to a "no first strike" pact, with
the ultimate goal being a freeze and
eventual reduction of nuclear weapons.
All of these proposals were rejected by
the Reagan administration. Of the anti-
nuclear movements taking place around
the world, Kennan says, "It strikes me
as being a nonpartisan movement,
founded in a very real, growing awareness of the terrible dangers these nuclear weapons present."
The World Peace March carries this
same idea. The march was originated
by the Japanese Niponzan Myohaji Order of Buddhist monks and nuns. The
purpose of the walk is to call attention
to the growing disarmament movement
around the world. It is a call to people
everywhere to listen. This international
march has routes in Europe, Japan, and
four routes in the U.S. The 25people in
the route passing through SAC gave an
urgent message at Christ The King
chapel before a 200 person Audience.
The message was clear: "the nuclear
arms race is the preparation of ultimate
global war."
St. Ambrose Students demonstrated
their willingness not only to listen to
peace proposals, but also to act for
them. More than 200 SAC students
signed petitions calling for a nuclear
freeze. Six SAC students blocked the
path of a tank crossing the Arsenal
Bridge for a display at the Moose
Lodge in Davenport. The six were arrested, charged, and barred from the
Arsenal for one year.
While these incidents do not by any
means represent the entire student body
at SAC, they do show that there is a
growing number of students who are
moving out from under the Oaks, looking realistically at what's going on in
the world around them, and saying
"stop it".
PEACE!
Both St. Ambrose College and its students participated in efforts to demon-
state their concern about the arms
build-up going on within the U. S. Out
of the many events that occurred, five
were of great importance and demonstrated a growing number of students'
concern for this issue. Although these
five events were unrelated to each other, they all possess a common theme:
the U.S. must stop the senseless nuclear
arms escalation that is taking place in
America today. These events included a
speech given by former U. S. Senator
Dick Clark, the invitation of World
Peace Marchers to SAC by St. Ambrose Students for Peace, the presentation of the Pacem in Terris Peace and
Freedom award to George Kennan, a
petition for a nuclear armaments
freeze, and a sitdown protest on the
Arsenal bridge.
The message of Dick Clark was that the
U.S. under the Reagan administration
has taken a shift in the direction of
foreign policy. A shift which if left unaltered, can only have disastrous results. Clark said, "We are now experiencing a reversal in United States
foreign policy. No longer is talk of any
cooperation, conciliation or negotiation
heard." When this is combined with
Reagan's statements about the possibility of limited nuclear warfare, the imminence of the anonymous terror becoming a reality becomes truly frightening. Clark called for college students
to demonstrate their support for nuclear limitation, since in the past two decades, it has been the college students of
America that have brought about the
major political changes such as occured
in the Viet Nam war.
Professor George Kennan, Pulitizer
prize winning author, and former U.S.
Ambassador to Russia and Yugoslavia,
received the Pacem in Terris Freedom
and Peace Award, given by the Quad
Cities Peace and Justice Coalition. The
award celebration took place in the Al-
laert Auditorium. Kennan urgently
feels that the U.S. should commit themselves to a "no first strike" pact, with
the ultimate goal being a freeze and
eventual reduction of nuclear weapons.
All of these proposals were rejected by
the Reagan administration. Of the anti-
nuclear movements taking place around
the world, Kennan says, "It strikes me
as being a nonpartisan movement,
founded in a very real, growing awareness of the terrible dangers these nuclear weapons present."
The World Peace March carries this
same idea. The march was originated
by the Japanese Niponzan Myohaji Order of Buddhist monks and nuns. The
purpose of the walk is to call attention
to the growing disarmament movement
around the world. It is a call to people
everywhere to listen. This international
march has routes in Europe, Japan, and
four routes in the U.S. The 25people in
the route passing through SAC gave an
urgent message at Christ The King
chapel before a 200 person Audience.
The message was clear: "the nuclear
arms race is the preparation of ultimate
global war."
St. Ambrose Students demonstrated
their willingness not only to listen to
peace proposals, but also to act for
them. More than 200 SAC students
signed petitions calling for a nuclear
freeze. Six SAC students blocked the
path of a tank crossing the Arsenal
Bridge for a display at the Moose
Lodge in Davenport. The six were arrested, charged, and barred from the
Arsenal for one year.
While these incidents do not by any
means represent the entire student body
at SAC, they do show that there is a
growing number of students who are
moving out from under the Oaks, looking realistically at what's going on in
the world around them, and saying
"stop it".
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