| Summary: | THE ONCORDIAN Friday, February 21, 2003 Volume 13, Issue No. 19 Inside. News. Aftermath of the Peace Prize Forum. Page 2 World. Bush will not be deterred by protests. Page 5 Opinions. Abortion takes a final bow. Page 9 Features. Images of Peace. Page 6 Sports. Women's Rugby takes off. Page 11 Correction Policy We at The Concordian strive to bring you accurate news each week. However, when we make mistakes, it is our policy to correct them. If you feel an error has been made, please contact The Concordian staff at 299-3826 or by email t concord@cord.edu. Chowdhury: harmony, not hate Heidi Erickson Concordian Reporter Photo by Amy Nell Chowdhury doing his thing!!! Signing autographs or something. Maluhia, Solh, Pax, Wetaskiwin, He- Ping, Salmu, Patz, Dahiyi, Fifa, Siochain, Heiwa, Duslik, Talwit, Uxolo, Peace. Peace was the central theme of the Fifteenth Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, and from where the audience sat, peace was a prevalent force. Words mean-ing "peace" in dozens of languages were woven together to form a patchwork quilt, blanketing the backdrop of the stage where United Nations Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury gave the opening address of the forum. But before Chowdhury could speak, a long list of distinguished guests took to the podium. Jens Eikaas, Norway's deputy chief of mission; Robert Flaten, chair, Nobel Peace Prize Forum Executive Committee; and Dr. Geir Lundestad, direc-tor of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, all delivered greetings. At the beginning of his address, Chowdhury joked about the number of speakers before him, stating that he felt "well backed up." But when the laughter faded Chowdhury began his speech titled, 'The U.N. Humanitarian Intervention." Chowdhury, former president of the United Nations Children's Fund, expressed great concern for children throughout the world, some of whom, caught up in ethnic warfare in modern civil war, have commit-ted atrocities. He said it is essential for them to feel part of a global community. "My heart goes out to these young boys and girls, and makes me tell them please don't ever feel disconnected with the inter-national community," Chowdhury said. Chowdhury suggested that humans can work towards peace by utilizing intellect. "For aJl the advances made, the human mind has played the pivotal role," he said. "It's made the world a better place to live." He said that the other side of the human mind can breed intolerance. "We have seen a culture of war and vio-lence threaten what's good," Chowdhury said. 'The [twentieth] century has been the most violent for mankind." Although Chowdhury was weary of recent conflicts, he pointed out messengers of peace from the recent past, stating that they strove for peace in the midst of chaos. "We need to remember that in the hate and violence of the [twentieth] century we have seen the power of non-violence in Muhammad Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.," Chowdhury said. He outlined four steps the global com-munity must take in order to achieve the dreams of fallen heroes like Gandhi and King. Chowdhury said the first step to world peace is acknowledging interdependence. For example, he said, the United Nations needs the support of the global community and to focus on peace. "The U.N. needs to be more than a fire brigade rushing in to put out conflict," Chowdhury said. He stressed the importance of harmony over hatred, pointing out that if we do not succeed together, we will perish. •SEE CHOWDHURY ON PAGE 3 Late petition sparks S A debate Abbi Telandcr Editor-in-Chief There are only two teams left running for SA President/ Vice Presidential today, even though there was no primary election yesterday. Due to petition problems and consti-tutional debate, there was a chance last week that there would be no primaries. But after a Judicial Council decision Feb. 12. everything seemed to be going to plan n):ain. However, even after a second chance, the team of William Sanow and Matthew Lucht still will not be on the ballot, and the teams of Liz Connor and Aaron Eckhoff and of Jonathan Welch and Katie Borgen are Concordia's choices for 2003-2004 Student Association President and Vice-President. The story begins on Feb. 6, the offi-cial due date for president/vice president petitions. According to Brian Treece, political affairs commissioner and elec-tion marshal, Sanow brought his petition to the SA offices at 5:20 p.m. twenty minutes past the official deadline. Treece said that Sanow said he had a class that ran over, which was why he was late with his team's petition. "My first instinct was to say, 'I'm sorry, you can't participate in the elec-tion," Treece said, but he agreed to look into accepting the petition lafe. "Basically, I went right off the consti-tution," he said. Article V, section 1, clause 4 of the Student Association Bylaws states that the decisions election marshal makes regarding rules and regulations of elec-tions are "final and binding." Also, in article V, section 1, clause 7 of the Student Association Bylaws, the election marshal is given permission to change the due date of petitions with 4/5 approval of the Judicial Council. Based on these clauses, due to what Treece referred to as "extenuating events," he proposed to the Judicial Council on Feb. 10 that the deadline be extended to include the late petition from Sanow-Lucht, and a fine of $20 be levied upon them. According to Jason Mangelsen, who was at the time waiting to be approved as the new Chief Justice of the Judiciary Council, the justices were informed of the situation and they came to their own conclusions before they had a formal meeting. At said meeting, "we con-curred that the constitution allowed Brian [Treece] to make such decisions." However, at the same time, Senate chair Joseph Currier and senior Senator James Martens were coming to conclu-sions of their own. On Feb. 12, Currier and Martens submitted a brief of amicus curiae to Mangelsen and the Judiciary Council, stating that they "believe[d] that the extension of the due date . is in clear violation of the Election Rules as stated in the Concordia College Student Association Bylaws and in the Student Association 2002-2003 Campaign and Election Handbook." They went on to cite specific instances in the Student Association Bylaws that they interpreted to prevent Treece and the Judicial Council from having the power to extend the petition deadline. Currier said that he objected because Treece accepted the petition under the assumption that he would get the exten-sion approved. "How can you get approval to extend the deadline after the deadline has already passed?" Currier asked. Martens indicated that he was protest-ing because, among other things, it isn't fair to let one set of candidates have an extra twenty minutes, and that this inequality can't be rectified by a SA-tmposed fine. "Judicial Council and Election Council will try to pass this off with a $20 fine," he said. "What benefit does that give everyone else?" Mangelsen said that he called an emergency meeting of the Judiciary Council on Feb. 12 in response to what he referred to as the "uninvolved opin- + SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 12 Professors are Fulbright scholars Kristin Holtz The Concordian Don't look for Concordia professors Lisa Sethre- Hofstad and Rune Engebretsen around campus next year. Both professors have been awarded 2003-04 Fulbright Scholar Awards and Concordia College sab-batical leaves and plan to spend the school year in Norway. When Sethre-Hofstad, an associate professor of psychology, received a letter from the Council of International Exchange of Scholars in January, she was pretty excited. And upon reading the letter informing her that she was awarded a six-month Fulbright Scholar Award, her reaction: "I was relieved." That's because although she had already planned to spend her sabbatical in Norway, receiving the Fulbright means she'll have more funds for her research. Now, she is busy preparing for her yearlong research opportunity in the psychology department at the University of Troms0 in Norway. The University Photo by Amy Nell o f Troms$> w n i c n f a l I s i n the Arctic Circle, is the most Photo by Amy Nell Lisa Sethre-Hofstad, associate professor of psycholo- n o r t h ! m u n i v e r s i ty. i n the world. Because of its loco- R u n e Engebretson will use his time as a Fulbright gy, plans to do research in Norway next year.while on Uon- T r o m s 0 npentnees 24 hours of sunlight and 24 S c h o l a r a w a r d ^ n m b y d o i n g research m N o r w a y sabbatical as a Fulbright Scholar. • SEE F U L B R I G H T O N P A G E 1 2 next year. www.cord.edu/dept/concord
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