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Rally draws hundreds for Ward Churchill By Thomas Coghlan, News Assistant March 28, 2005 EWU's community rally March 10in support of controversial speakerWard Churchill's appearance April 5.(Photos by Tom Peacock/Easterner) Over 300 students and faculty gathered in the Mall on March 10 to attend the rally in support of Ward Churchill and academic free speech. Martha Toolie, a Native American Student Association member said, “I invite every single one of you to our April 5 keynote speaking address that will be delivered by Mr. Ward Churchill. We are brining him here, and I encourage every one of you, if you...

A federal bill that shields high school students from military recruiters is gaining both local and national support.

<p>The Marines didn't have to recruit Greg McCullough. He signed a promise to enlist last year, while he was still in high school. But now McCullough has had second thoughts, and he's talking to a different kind of recruiter.</p> <p>Jim Murphy is a "counter-recruiter," one of a small but growing number of opponents of the Iraq war who say they want to compete with military recruiters for the hearts and minds of young people.</p>