Article: COLUMN: Conscientious Objector Day?

Bill McMorris
University Wire
11-14-2007
(Cornell Daily Sun) (U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. -- There was a federal holiday -- arguably the most important one -- just three days ago. Some Cornell University students only recognized this because Nov. 12 was no ordinary Monday. Senior Simma Reingold summed it up pretty well: "Of course I knew it was a holiday -- we didn't get any mail." But sadly, many Cornell students were unaware that Veterans Day occurred this past weekend.

And one cannot blame them; the University administration also seemed unaware of the occasion. There was no campus-wide observance of Veterans Day; no forum discussing the history behind Veterans Day or the contributions that our ...

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