I clicked on the link you supplied. I read the article in the Idaho Statesman Newspaper. I was appauled. I wrote a letter to the editor of the paper that read:
21 Gun Salute
Submitted by xxxxxxxx on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 10:53am.
1. Remind me never to go to BSU.
2. What do the school shootings have to do with a 21 gun salute to our fallen heroes?
3. As a retired Air Force Officer I am ashamed to know that Boise State University exists and wonder if we could pack up the entire staff and give them a 6 month vacation in downtown Bagdad.
4. Our soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and veterans deserve more than this.
5. Tell them this for me please: Take you University and ...
William B
100% Disabled Veteran and Proud of it.
Then I found the Boise State University website and looked up the office of the President. I called him. I got his secretary and explained for about 15 minutes how I felt about BSU and their treatment of veterans and those brave men and women serving their country in Iraq. The entire time I was talking she was typing a memo to the president about what I had said. I also directed her to the newspaper article but to this post as well. I gave her my real name, phone number and email address. I have not heard back as yet. But I am disgusted that this still goes on after what we went through during the Vietnam War. Thank God I live in Georgia and not Idaho.
EDIT: I just called the Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper and gave them the story and the link. Maybe we can get nationwide editiorials and articles about Boise State.