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April 2, 2003 8:54 am
United Nations Flag causes Flap on College Campus

A group is asking the University of Southern Indiana to remove a United Nations flag from its Evansville campus.

The newly formed U-S Sovereignty Coalition says the U-N flag has no place on a state-funded campus.

The group's president Larry Young says the Sovereignty Coalition was formed in response to community concerns about the presence of the flag at U-S-I. Y

Young says his group has the support of area Veterans of Foreign War posts, the U-S-I College Republicans, Tri-State Men's Ministry and the Indiana Purple Heart Veterans.

University President Ray Hoops says he understands the group's frustration, but he has no plans to remove the flag.

The U-N flag has been on the campus since 1969.

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