Friday, April 6

A War on Education/An Education on War

From the Press-Citizen

A forum at the University of Iowa with Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, to discuss federal support of student financial aid was met with anti-war protesters saying Iraq war funding is hurting the education budget.

Members of the UI Anti-War Committee, who were kept out of the room except to make a statement, criticized Loebsack's vote for supplemental funding for the war in Iraq, saying it "raises serious questions about your true commitment to education."

"Even though there is not a draft, college students are feeling this war," UI junior and committee member David Goodner said afterward. "The war is pinching and squeezing the funding for education."

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