2008 Woodie Awards
Speaker challenges current war policy
Drew Dorner
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Campus
his message.
"This is a guy who worked for John Kerry, so he's got a perspective," Haney said. "But I don't think his perspective is particularly out of the mainstream. This is a guy who has served the Republican and Democrat presidencies in the National Security Council staff."
Beers visited campus as part of the Marian Finch Endowment and Ernest G. Siefert capstone in political science - two programs which bring in speakers annually.
According to Haney, political ideology is not a factor in determining who is invited.
"It's a yearly thing and (ideology) runs a range," Haney said. "There's no attention paid to bias."
Kevin Shkolnik, a junior strategic communication major at Miami, with Beers' message.
"The reason the current administration has brought up the link of terrorism and Iraq has been to gain public support," Shkolnik said. "Today, (Beers) said with us being in Iraq, we are not furthering those interests. In some respects, our presence there is counter-productive."
Shkolnik, who attended the College Republican-sponsored lecture by John Bolton April 10, said Beers was Bolton's complete opposite.
"It's about as different philosophically as you can get," Shkolnik said.
"This is a guy who worked for John Kerry, so he's got a perspective," Haney said. "But I don't think his perspective is particularly out of the mainstream. This is a guy who has served the Republican and Democrat presidencies in the National Security Council staff."
Beers visited campus as part of the Marian Finch Endowment and Ernest G. Siefert capstone in political science - two programs which bring in speakers annually.
According to Haney, political ideology is not a factor in determining who is invited.
"It's a yearly thing and (ideology) runs a range," Haney said. "There's no attention paid to bias."
Kevin Shkolnik, a junior strategic communication major at Miami, with Beers' message.
"The reason the current administration has brought up the link of terrorism and Iraq has been to gain public support," Shkolnik said. "Today, (Beers) said with us being in Iraq, we are not furthering those interests. In some respects, our presence there is counter-productive."
Shkolnik, who attended the College Republican-sponsored lecture by John Bolton April 10, said Beers was Bolton's complete opposite.
"It's about as different philosophically as you can get," Shkolnik said.
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