https://freerepublic.com/tag/leaveourcountry/ en-us Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:07:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/849613/posts NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A college basketball player who turns away from the U.S. flag during the national anthem was jeered by flag-waving students at a road game, even while she was on the bench. Toni Smith, a senior at Manhattanville College, was booed at Mount St. Mary at a game Thursday night. Smith is protesting "that the government's priorities are not on bettering the quality of life for all of its people, but rather on expanding its own power.'' She has turned away from the flag all season. Before Thursday's game, the Mount St. Mary student government handed out small... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/849613/posts#comment Sun, 23 Feb 2003 00:07:45 GMT