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The Prospector (Helena, Mont.), 19 March 2003, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/TheProspector/2003-03-19/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
% T h e ' Carroll College Student Newspaper Helena, M ontana NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Students take sides about our football team. See their opin ions on page 9. MCCRAY: Find out where you can catch a glimpse of Professor Linda McCray’s art work at Carroll College. Turn to page LIBRARY: The library is updating their tech nology. Look for the details on page 5. Carroll students & Helena residents deployed ■As a potential war with Iraq draws closer, Carroll is witness to deploy ment of students and family. Find out how you can make a difference. In recent weeks, several students and many Helena residents have been deployed for mili tary service relating to the situation in Iraq. The missing faces and stories of family and friends sent overseas has brought the idea of war closer to home and made the situation in Iraq much more real. Deployed soldiers from Carroll or those related to Carroll students include: Julia Curtis, wife of Chris Curtis (student) deployed to the 172nd Medical Division Curtis is computer science major, communi cation minor from Helena. Mike Churchill (student) deployed to the 172nd Medical Division. Churchill is a unde clared freshman from Helena. Morgan Brown (student) Brown is a nursing major from Helena. Benilde Howlett (mother o f Angela Howlett) Angela is a high school senior from East Helena. If anyone else is aware of students, commu nity members or family members related to Carroll students who have been deployed, please contact the Prospector at 447-4521 or prospector@ carroll .edu. In fact, most students know a friend or fami ly member who is deployed currently or who faces the possibility of deployment in the near future. Chris Curtis, husband to Julia Curtis, has been organizing several campaigns to support our soldiers from the Carroll and Helena area, as well as all those called into duty. Curtis and his wife have four children, two of which are under the age of 6. Curtis is a student at Carroll and a Gulf War veteran who is also in the Army Reserves. Curtis, with the help of Terri John, Secretary for the Department of Nursing, has been organ izing a Yellow Ribbon Campaign in the last few weeks. As John explains, “We really want to stress that anti-war does not mean anti-soldier.” John also said that these soldiers are “people who work in your stores, they are your attorneys, your fellow students — we’re going to know these people.” Curtis and John’s main focus is the distribu tion of yellow ribbons on campus and in the Helena area. The pair have been handing out yellow ribbons in the Cube the past few weeks, but students are always welcome to make their own. The display of a yellow ribbon is a sign of loyalty to family, friends or loved ones who are coming home soon. Customarily, it is used to welcome home men and women who have been away for a long time under adverse or particularly difficult circumstance such as war or prison, (www.americanfamilytradition.com) The Yellow Ribbon Campaign has been traced to a 19th century Civil War song and was made popular by the “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” song in 1973. Other campaigns sponsored by Curtis and John include “adopt a soldier”, send a Valentine, paperback book drive and care packages. John said that 35 Carroll students have already adopted soldiers in the 172nd Medical Division. The nursing department has specifi cally adopted nursing student Morgan Brown. Other schools in the Helena area are also writing to our deployed soldiers. Broadwater Grade School and Central School have adopted several soldiers from the 172nd Medical Quotes from the “Boards” about War with Iraq... “I do however agree with not living in fear. We shouldn’t give terrorists what they want but we shouldn’t minimize the threat that exists either.” (Saint20) “I live in more fear of my own government than terrorists...I'm called a traitor because I voice my opposition to war” (Dre) “You say that the terrorists have split the American soul, wrong, they haven't. There was support for America against Afghanistan because that was where the attack came from. However the issue of Iraq has split us because it isn't right and too many people are willing to let their emotions of 9-11 get used against them” (Red_Wings) YELLOW RIBBONS!: Chris Curtis sets up for the Yellow Ribbon Campaign in the Cube in support of our deployed soldiers. Logistics Battalion. Blair Williams, Carroll student who works at Spring Meadow Resources, has also organized the seniors to adopted a soldier from Clancy. John encourages all students to participate in this campaign. “There will be more names, especially after they see other soldiers getting mail,” John said. Adopting a soldier requires nothing more than your time in writing a letter to the deployed individual throughout their travels. There will also be a paperback book drive coming up to collect reading material for sol diers overseas. Also, John and Curtis are look ing for donations of money for postage and items for care packages. Appropriate items for care packages include a deck of cards, card games, hackney sacks and other time-filling activities. Donations, or any other type of support, can be organized through Curtis (431-5188) or John (447-5491). “We just want to give it [the war] a personal face,” John said in explanation of their efforts. “For students who haven’t been in the real world, war seems far away and often seems like they can’t help.” These projects, according to John, are a method of brining awareness to the community and campus. The campaigns are also a way for students to help. Remember those are not just soldiers, they are students and friends and family members! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2003 • f VOLUME 86, NO. 5
