November 27, 2006

Atrios is correct...

...when he says "I'm sure there are college students for whom Iraq is very real." He mentions that war was real when he was a student at IUP, but notes that students at Bryn Mawr and Weslyan (CT) do not feel the same way. IUP, like our fine institution just down the road, differs substantially in class background and region from those other two. The war is real for kids at IUP and WVU because they are more likely to be in the military, mostly for economic reasons, though not solely.

I've looked for statistics on National Guard from PA and WV as a proportion of those serving in Iraq, and been unable to find them, but my sense is that the number is high. One former student of mine who was in the service told me that there was only one WV unit that has not been sent, and that unit was the band.

Posted by binky at November 27, 2006 09:08 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Iraq | The Academy


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