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Posted on 10/09/2003 6:38:29 AM PDT by Dbdaily
Less than a month after the controversial installment of American flags in UCF classrooms began, UCF Police are investigating the vandalism of several flags throughout campus.
On Tuesday, at least nine flags in the Communications, Visual Arts, and Math and Physics buildings were torn down and stolen. Most of the damage occurred in the Math and Physics Building, where flags were missing from every floor. All but one flag had been replaced before students arrived for classes on Wednesday, maintenance supervisor Wanda Daberko said.
The flag installation project, with a goal of putting one flag in every classroom on campus, was about 97 percent completed when the vandalism took place, Buzz Clark, a maintenance engineer for the UCF Physical Plant, said.
Rebuilding on a Conservative Kornerstone, or ROCK, the student group that donated the flags, raised enough money for the original flag purchase to cover the cost of extra flags. "We were given so many extra [flags] that we take them out as needed," Clark said. "Because of the surplus, they have enough to replace the damaged ones."
Professor John Cannon was angered to learn the flag in Room 405 of the Math and Physics Building, where he teaches his Calculus III class, had been torn from its staff.
"The person that did it ought to be punished. If he's a U.S. citizen, then we should prosecute the sucker for defacing the American flag. If he's a foreign student that's a guest in our country, then we should ship him right back to where he came from and we should say, 'Since you hate our guts, go join your foreign policy or your war department, and we'll kill your ass.'"
Professor Thomas Morgan said while he did not notice the flag in his classroom - Room 101 of the Communications Building - was missing, he was disappointed that someone would damage such a symbol. He said that as a person who has lived through a number of wars, he hopes that once the vandals are caught, the law and the university prosecute the suspect or suspects accordingly.
"My daddy was born on the Fourth of July and served World War II in the Army Air Corps so needless to say I'm very committed to the country and to the flag and I do not look kindly to anyone who desecrates the American flag," Morgan said.
"I don't know if it's still a felony to deface the American flag, but I believe if you have a problem with anything, be it hanging the American flag or be it the color of the walls, there are proper procedures to go through to make those objections known. It is not necessary to break the law to voice your opinion in this country."
The installment of the flags gained national attention this summer when ROCK proposed that the Student Government Association fund a project that would install flags in every classroom at UCF. Critics and proponents of the project debated the issue for months.
After an SGA Senate vote that denied funding for the flags, ROCK raised funds for the project on its own with financial backing from controversial local radio personality Shannon Burke. The group eventually purchased and donated 250 flags that the Physical Plant, with the endorsement of UCF President John Hitt, installed free of charge.
Burke said he is angered that people would have such disregard for the American flag.
"It's obvious that there are un-American, unpatriotic, flag-hating people who live on that campus," Burke said. "I think it's a shame these people would resort to vandalism of state property, and I hope President Hitt does the right thing when he discovers who did it and expels them."
Emily Ruff, president of Campus Peace Action, endured a torrent of criticism during the debate over flag funding which lasted much of the summer, though her group never took a stance either for or against flags in the classrooms. "None of us have any idea who it is that vandalized the flags," she said. "We certainly would not support or condone destruction of state property."
Hitt sent out a campuswide e-mail on Sept. 11 defending his decision to allow ROCK to install the flags. He said the flag was a symbol of unity. Then, during an open forum last month at which several students asked what the consequences of removing the flags would be, Hitt said anyone caught doing so would be guilty of vandalism.
According to UCF Police, the matter is still under investigation.
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'The person that did it ought to be punished. If he's a U.S. citizen, then we should prosecute the sucker for defacing the American flag. If he's a foreign student that's a guest in our country, then we should ship him right back to where he came from and we should say, 'Since you hate our guts, go join your foreign policy or your war department, and we'll kill your ass.'"
I wonder what he really thinks about the situation -- LOL! I'm glad to see this professor standing up for America.
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you forgot the [/sarcasm] tag.
"The person that did it ought to be punished. If he's a U.S. citizen, then we should prosecute the sucker for defacing the American flag. If he's a foreign student that's a guest in our country, then we should ship him right back to where he came from and we should say, 'Since you hate our guts, go join your foreign policy or your war department, and we'll kill your ass.'"
Dr. John Cannon, the last non-liberal university professor left in America. (with the possible exception of Dr. Morgan too)
Said in the crocidile hunter's voice: CRIKEY, don't scare 'im.....he's one of the LAST of a DYING breeed don'tch u know? Aye, he's a beaute too!
You forgot your [sarcasm] tag...
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