UofM-Dearborn ALL anti-war?

[PM_Mama00]

My chapter wasn't very happy about this one.

One of the Arabic associations on the University of Michigan- Dearborn campus is trying to get students to sign a petition that will allow them to say that the whole campus is anti-war.

That means they will flat out advertise and promote the fact that "University of Michigan-Dearborn is Anti-War".

They had a student government meeting about this and the whole campus was invited to attend. I guess the argument got pretty heated, so it was "tabled". They are going to have an emergency student forum about it next week.

I don't understand how an organization can do this without the regents of UofM or whoever ok'ing this, or without total approval of the student body. Even if I were anti-war, I don't think I would want this association to go around promoting it. We were informed at our meeting by a fellow Greek who is a member of student government. If this petition wins, there could be protests and rallies, which could get extremely ugly. Another factor is that in the nation, Dearborn has the most populated Arabic city. Also, it could effect people getting a job, because let's say that someone applies for a governmental job, sees that this person went to UMD-- the anti-war school. I must add that this organization each month pretty much puts up about 40 blown up pictures of bloody children and adults-- victims of the war on Terrorism.

In terms of this petition, how would you feel about an organization gettin the OK to say that your WHOLE university is anti-war, and are any other campuses experiencing this?

I know that this is a touchy subject for some, but please keep the subject matter on the above question.