http://www.hpmirror.com/opinion080703b.html

The Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War and the Rutgers Walkout Coalition plan to bring a resolution against the Iraq War, similar to the to one passed recently by New Brunswick, to the Highland Park Borough Council meeting on Tuesday, July 15 at 7 PM.

Members of the groups plan to attend to discuss the resolution and issues related to the court case of three Rutgers students who were cited for disorderly conduct by New Brunswick police, following a March 27th Walkout Against the War and protest march.

The Walkout brought together about 600 Rutgers students and supporters for a rally and a march of about 300 through the streets of downtown New Brunswick and on Route 18. For the second year in a row, the protest yielded no injuries, arrests, or property damage, yet the New Brunswick Police Department is charging the three students with "recklessly creating … a hazardous or physically dangerous condition by an act which serves no legitimate purpose."

The Walkout Coalition has initiated a petition demanding all charges against the Rutgers 3 to be immediately dropped. To date, over 1,500 people from across the country have signed the on-line petition including Noam Chomsky; Sue Niederer, mother of Rutgers alumnus Lt. Seth Dvorin, who was killed on March 3, 2004; and Colonel Ann Wright, a 16 year diplomat who helped reopen the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan but resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the Iraq war.

For more information and updates, go to Rutgerswalkoutcoalition.blogspot.com.

-- Karina Wilkinson
Highland Park