Ithaca College staff member withdraws request for funding anti-war trip

The Ithacan ^ | January 28, 2003 | By Caitlin Connelly and Ellen R. Stapleton - Chief Copy Editor and Editor in Chief

[BlackAndGold]

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Maura Stephens, editor of the Ithaca College Quarterly, has withdrawn her request for $2,000 in funding from the college to pay for her trip to Iraq.

Four college offices had committed last week to give $500 each for her humanitarian and activist mission with the women’s peace delegation Code Pink: Women’s Pre-Emptive Strike for Peace.

"I withdrew my request for support," Stephens said Tuesday afternoon. "I don’t want the college to be under any kind of cloud over this. I will be funding it myself."

The Ithacan Online published a story earlier Tuesday that raised questions about the nature, funding and legality of Stephens’ trip.

Stephens responded to concerns about whether her trip would illegally violate State Department restrictions by saying she will not use her American passport to gain entry to Iraq. She had previously told The Ithacan she would be using her passport.

"I wouldn’t be going if I thought it were illegal," Stephens said. "What I understand is that there’s some illegality if you have your American passport stamped in Iraq, but we’re not going to have ours stamped."

Further coverage will appear in Thursday’s print and online editions of The Ithacan.

[BlackAndGold]

This is a follow-up to an earlier post. Click on the link in this story for the original Ithacan article.

[bulldogs]

Hey, I'll send her a donation. Let's make sure she get's to go.

[mewzilla]

Why didn't you fund it yourself in the first place, sweetie? So much for princple, eh?

[Tacis]

Make sure someone puts one of the regular miniature transponders in her stuff before she goes.

[Redbob]

Don't need a transponder with laser targeting!

[dennisw]

"I withdrew my request for support," Stephens said Tuesday afternoon. "I don’t want the college to be under any kind of cloud over this. I will be funding it myself."

A freaking lie!!! Some peacenik church outfit will pay the freight is my bet! Or she will ride for free some other way!

[Redbob]

You could always send her a quick note to let her know how you feel:
mstephens@ithaca.edu

[Mr_Magoo]

I am willing to donate funds towards the 500 pound JDAM that is dropped on her sorry ass . . .

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[Soaring Feather]

I am willing to donate funds towards the 500 pound JDAM that is dropped on her sorry ass . . .

I'm with Mr. Magoo today BLL
Ithaca is the City of Evil!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Hey, I'll send her a donation. Let's make sure she get's to go.

Meet her half way. Send her a one-way ticket, let her stay there.

[vannrox]

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IMAGINE That...

A Liberal paying for something with their own money!

Indeed, the world is an amazing place.


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[nicmarlo]

IMAGINE That...

A Liberal paying for something with their own money!

Truly, I cannot imagine this....she will find other idiots to fund her idiocy.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

"I don’t want the college to be under any kind of cloud over this. I will be funding it myself."

Turning on liberal translator 2003: "We got caught again, dammit."

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Truly, I cannot imagine this....she will find other idiots to fund her idiocy.

The Green Party, the Catholic Worker, the Socialist Party, etc.

[Sacajaweau]

Hope she knows that sometimes Saddam's door only swings one way. Foolish Youth......has not learned the lessons of appeasement.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

I'm feeling a dire need to protest American war policies from some nice beach somewhere. I'll send back pictures of the protests, I swear. On a beach with a drink, drawing a sign in the sand.

Maybe some leftie orgs will give me money to do that.

[lawdude]

"A freaking lie!!! Some peacenik church outfit will pay the freight is my bet! Or she will ride for free some other way!"

More than likely, whe understands she would be used by the Saddamites and is now reluctant to go. Of course she doesn't want to admit to her concerns (one of which is that she will end up VERY, VERY DEAD). I would guess that she will decide she has raised the necessary money about a day AFTER the bombing begins.

[nicmarlo]

yes, and it's a very long "etc." : )

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Foolish Youth......has not learned the lessons of appeasement.

Foolish youth, my butt.

This is some forty-plus year old woman who works at Ithaca College.

Ithaca is full of these aging hippie types, which is why it is the City of Evil.