Here at K-State we are fully integrated to the military-industrial complex....hehe.
Gen. Meyers is moving here, we have just created the Security Studies MA and are working on the Ph.D, a first in the nation.
We are also home to Agri/Bio-Warfare research. They just sealed off the top floor to one of my favorite buildings. (The floor doesn't even exist in the elevators or stairwells anymore...hehe. It's like it never existed. But last semester when they were doing the work I was asking the guys about it, sure enough, it's DHS.
And yes, we have a steady supply of soldier/students from Riley. We also have a major contigent of Air Force officers on campus here. Some foreign military come, but mostly from developing/Mid-East nations. You'll get Sudanese officers, Egyptians, Jordanians...
As for the Jihadist among us, I'm sure there are some. But there were some before we made the KSU campus "Saudi friendly". (You should have seen the Presidents visit last spring...
But the big push for this came last spring when the Saudi Ambassador came for a visit. These guys drop massive amounts of cash, and it is a little disconcerting to see the well armed Saudi security guys bossing our cops around, but hey, anything for diplomacy and donations.
I was there for the big shin-dig in the Union when the umma came out of the woodwork to visit the ambassador. The universities love int'l student for the cold cash the generate. Many of these students are not jihad material. Some probably are. Most are simply pleased as hell to be in America. This is party time for them....Culture shock is an issue, though.
One funny story-a couple of Saudi students live in my apartment complex here in Manhattan, KS. They didn't understand the laundry room. They had never seen such a thing. And when I explained that they could do their own laundry while watching baseball they were shocked and amused. It seems these guys had never done laundry, or any other housekeeping for that matter. The were mildly preplexed when they realized that as young men in an American colege they would have to take care of themselves.
Within a week they had muslim girls over to clean their apartment, cook for them and do their laundry. I think this is one of the services provided by out big new Islamic Center next to campus...hehe.
Oh well, they pay in cash, and if they never go to class and spend their days in the Islamic Center who really cares, right? hehe
Did you have to explain indoor plumbing and showers, too?
Some foreign military come, but mostly from developing/Mid-East nations. You'll get Sudanese officers, Egyptians, Jordanians...
It's US military policy and has been for almost 40 years that any foreign national attending a US military training course MUST graduate, even if they failed to meet course standards. I had a few in my Infantry Officers Basic Course (IOBC) at Fort Benning in 1980. We had a few from Upper Volta or some place like that. Some of those went to Ranger school and got their tabs. Story goes that waaaaay back when, a foreign student flunked out and when he got home he was summarily executed for bringing national shame by failing.
Oh well, they pay in cash, and if they never go to class and spend their days in the Islamic Center who really cares, right? hehe
I care. If they're in class it can pretty well be certain they're not actively plotting a terrorist attack. On the other hand...in the Islamic center...that's not necessarily the case....right?
Just wait until these young men start dating your American coeds.
Young men from the Middle East have very different ideas as to how to treat women.
Get prepared for some very sad stories. But don't worry about the young ME men getting arrested. They'll be on a plane and heading home before the police report gets filed.
Don't believe me? Talk to university administrators and police in Boston where there are thousands of these guys.