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APRIL 1, 2004 - Page 8 COMMENTARY Free Press Staff Mac & ()o,nielle 02004 Co-Editors-in-Chief , Circulation Katie Martin '06 Ashley Ramos Brian Patterson '05 Michael Vyskocil '05 Betel Ztgale Art Director Liz Matthews '06 Writers Joe Adelizzi '07 News Editors Ken Bertkau '05 Fruzsina Nagy '04 Tori Butler '07 Heather Weisse '04 Jeff Cabiness Kirlstina Cheek '07 Features Editor Katrina Culley '06 America needs to aid third Laura Petersen '06 Bayley Fannin '05 Lindsay Graham '07 Commentary Editor Brad Groover '05 world countries like Haiti Rob Goeke '07 Joe Horrocks '04 Kim Lowry '05 Sports Editor Lawann Nelson '06 While working in Pat OToole '07 Kelly Rampmeyer :07 Haiti for the Peace Corps, my and Europeans are aghast Artiside was removed from of- when they hear about such fice. America left Haiti alone Bryan Renbaun '06 a u n t primitive living conditions and problems continued. Copy Desk Chief Robbie Saville '04 A rn y simply because they know of The most impoverished Ashley Hoover '05 Michael Seff '07 Goeke a better alternative. of Haitians had little education. Amahs Shaffer '07 would For poor Haitians, this As a result, ignorance, which is Copy Editors often sit life is all they know. The de- Melissa Gallo '07 Advertising Manager outside pressing Creole proverb a great enemy of democracy, [enlfer Evans Iarney Ayers '04 at night, "Once you go over a moun- ensued. When elections were held in November of 2000, vot- Deshawn McNeil '05 taking tain, there is another moun- ers were either scared to vote Lauren Wilson '04 Advertising Reps in the tain in front of you" applies against Artiside or paid to vote Rachel Bryant '06 warm, to everyday life. layout Design Emily Funk '07 humid for him, which resulted in a Katie Champion '04 Courtney Norris '07 night She and her Creole- Artiside's With Jean-Bertrand profoundly fraudulent election. recent removal Courtney Norris '07 Dirk Sempselle '06 speaking friends would often from power, Haiti has re- "People [in Haiti] were Katie Lyons '04 enjoy the respite from the un- not informed enough to make Beth Mcl.ane '07 Ad Design forgiving Caribbean sun. But cently been in the news. The a choice. It was common Katharine Strong '04 Erin Duffy '04 all was not idyllic; she often US government should use knowledge that the election this event to change its for- Erin Romanski '04 Jeff Goeller '06 received questions that dis- eign policy to one more fo- was a farce. As long as your vote can be bought, how can Liz Matthews '06 heartened her, cused on aiding the entire Photography She learned how Hai- world, you have a democracy?" said Sarah Black '07 tian children's hair some- Since 9/11, much ef- Goeke. When citizens do not Sham Sun times turns orange because of Indira Gonzales '07 malnourishment and a fort has been put into reform- know what the moon is, the ing the Middle East This is problem is lack of adequate steady diet of dirt. with _good reason. Terrorism teaching. Be it schooling or She remembers her is the largest threat to demo- learning job skills, Haitians are friend Dimi coming to ask cratic society since the rise of lucky to receive little. The McDaniel Free Press is published biweekly. The opinions her for food, often saying that expressed do not necessarily represent those of The McDaniel Free Press he had not eaten in a few the Soviet Bloc. But one of the America and the devel- staff, the faculty, or the administrators of McDaniel College. days. And she was aston- detrimental effects of the War· oped world must decide The paper welcomes free-lance sent the phoenix@mcdaniel.edu ished to learn that Haitians on Terror has been the tunnel whether it is best to simply sup- The editors reservethe right to edit for clarity, length, and libel and 10 publish were so buried by poverty vision of U.S. foreign policy. ply aid, or teach Haitians to be- as space permits. Please include a name and phone rumberfor verification. So much effort has been put come self-sufficient. A combi- Names will be withheld only by the discretion of the Editors-in-Chief. and hardship that nature's into "The Region" that coun- nation of both is best. The McDaniel Free Press does not discriminate based on age, simple beauties didn't exist tries like Haiti, which is in People must understand race,religion,gendcr, sexual orientation. national origin. condition of for them. America's backyard, and that these tales of woe are not handicapormarital status. "My friends would ask other third-world nations limited to Haiti. Third-world me things like what the moon have not received the just nations in Africa, Asia and was," said Goeke. "Two-hun- amount of attention. South America are in the same dred years after indepen- America is the modern Mail 10· dence, [the people of Haiti] predicament. TheMc[){miei Free Press Roman Empire. Its domi- Now that the coup is McDaniel College, 2 College Hill are just as oppressed as they nance is without question. Its over, America has the chance to Westminster,MD21157 were before they won their influence knows no barriers. change policy It is correct to (410)751-8600 freedom." 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