2008 Woodie Awards
Truman to cut link to Darfur
Scott, Sarah
Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: News
Student Senate wants to keep Truman out of Darfur.
Senate Representative Junior Chris Miller wrote the Darfur Divestment Resolution, which asks the Board of Governors to investigate any assets Truman might have in order to determine if the University has connections with any scrutinized companies operating in Sudan. Miller said he wants to persuade those companies to take action. Senate approved the Darfur Divestment Resolution on Sunday.
"Even students at Truman State can send a message to Darfur and the Sudanese government," Miller said.
Miller said Missouri Representative Jeff Harris inspired him to write the resolution. Miller said he worked with Harris last summer. In the last Missouri House legislative session, Harris attempted to pass a bill with the same goals at the state level. Miller said he wrote the resolution for Truman after talking to members of GlobeMed, a campus organization working toward global health, about Darfur Week. GlobeMed hosted Darfur Week last spring to educate the campus about problems in Darfur.
"I've always seen Truman as being a forward-thinking university," said senior Paul Rotert, former president of GlobeMed. "...This would be a great opportunity for our University to take a stand against, in my opinion, a moral issue."
Hana Khidir is a GlobeMed member who planned and ran Darfur Week. Khidir said Americans, including University students and faculty, might contribute to the problems in Darfur without realizing it.
"We invest in them, they invest in Sudan, Sudanese government invests in genocide," Khidir said.
Darfur is a region of Sudan where the Sudanese government is engaged in genocide, according to Miller's resolution. It is carrying out this ethnic cleansing through its own military and through armed militias called janjaweed. This has not been labeled as genocide by United Nations, but the United States has called it that, according to the resolution.
During Darfur Week last spring, John Ishiyama, professor of political science, spoke about the conflict in Sudan.
Senate Representative Junior Chris Miller wrote the Darfur Divestment Resolution, which asks the Board of Governors to investigate any assets Truman might have in order to determine if the University has connections with any scrutinized companies operating in Sudan. Miller said he wants to persuade those companies to take action. Senate approved the Darfur Divestment Resolution on Sunday.
"Even students at Truman State can send a message to Darfur and the Sudanese government," Miller said.
Miller said Missouri Representative Jeff Harris inspired him to write the resolution. Miller said he worked with Harris last summer. In the last Missouri House legislative session, Harris attempted to pass a bill with the same goals at the state level. Miller said he wrote the resolution for Truman after talking to members of GlobeMed, a campus organization working toward global health, about Darfur Week. GlobeMed hosted Darfur Week last spring to educate the campus about problems in Darfur.
"I've always seen Truman as being a forward-thinking university," said senior Paul Rotert, former president of GlobeMed. "...This would be a great opportunity for our University to take a stand against, in my opinion, a moral issue."
Hana Khidir is a GlobeMed member who planned and ran Darfur Week. Khidir said Americans, including University students and faculty, might contribute to the problems in Darfur without realizing it.
"We invest in them, they invest in Sudan, Sudanese government invests in genocide," Khidir said.
Darfur is a region of Sudan where the Sudanese government is engaged in genocide, according to Miller's resolution. It is carrying out this ethnic cleansing through its own military and through armed militias called janjaweed. This has not been labeled as genocide by United Nations, but the United States has called it that, according to the resolution.
During Darfur Week last spring, John Ishiyama, professor of political science, spoke about the conflict in Sudan.
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brick johnstone
posted 2/14/08 @ 11:58 AM CST
Excellent article, good to know TSU is doing the write thing. Very well written, concise and straight forward. Keep up the good work.
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