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Peninsula | Anti-War

Stanford Welcomes Rumsfeld: NOT!
by Granny B. Good ( info [at] raginggrannies.com )
Thursday Nov 8th, 2007 2:47 PM
***STANFORD SAYS NO TO WAR***
Students & Supporters Rallied Against Rumsfeld appointment to Hoover Institution as a "Distinguished Fellow"
Stanford Campus 11/08/07
Raging Grannies Action League includes alumnae who revisited their alma mater with song and street theater

Event sponsored by *Stanford Says No to War* *Muslim Student Awareness Network* more

New student group STAMP (campus performers) read poems written by Guantanamo prisoners.

*Sweat-Free Stanford* generously shared the lunch hour at White Plaza on this their national day of action.

Faculty including Professor Emeritus Charles Stein and staff from many departments came out in support!

Students distributed bumpstickers "welcoming" Rumsfeld with a mooning shot;
Rally participants found clever ways to wear them~
§Granny Mary sported a Rumsfeldt quote
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§Grannies listen to speakers
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§Students for Sweatshop Free Clothing Against the War
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§Adam led the Rally
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§Grannies join in the street theater
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Weeping about torture, weeping for our country
§hankies
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§Some students choose to look the other way
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Students lining up for free lights for their bikes had come to the plaza for a different reason...some chose to look the other way when confronted with the scene, causing the Grannies to weep anew
§At rally's end a sigh of relief
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The students who wore orange jumpsuits are happy to breathe free and stretch their legs after many minutes of kneeling.
§Iraqi-American Student...
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....speaks of family suffering in Baghdad
§students displayed signs
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§Stanford Welcomes Rumsfeld
by Granny B. Good Thursday Nov 8th, 2007 2:47 PM

NOT!
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Warlord Don should be sent to Gulag GuantanamoDLiFriday Nov 9th, 2007 1:46 AM
what are the names of the participants?PeterThursday Nov 8th, 2007 11:27 PM