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Reacti on am Students voice fj \\/nr nnininriQ rr vii v/jk/nxi v/iiu By GORDON MANTLER News Editor _ | The first anniversary of the seven-week Desert Storm Operation, an alliance of the United States, various Arab countries and other United Nations countries against Iraqi forces, will mark a year of change on Thursday. Although mired in recession, the United States still looks back at q the Persian Gulf War as a positive a ^ achievement, meeting the objective swiftly and accurately. "We did achieve our essential objective," said USC professor wa James Roherty. "It was to reduce Saddam Hussein as a militarv ..... J vvt threat in the region and to clear up jnv the mass destruction weapons he had. And that's what we did." Student reactions to the anniver- a ^ sary were mixed. ch< "It was for the best and it helped George Bush," said math major h INNOCENT BYSTANDBL ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES. nvi - u3jjo 3i/\iu aaniain | ISLAND TAN| month % if $29 * 4 794-9100 | O 1/4 mile past Gervais St. Bridge q Z| 2 minutes from USC tan coupon-limited time : : =a11 1 Pies ' LIZARD'S 1 2 CORNELL ARMS I g buy ONE meal and get S o (Does not i OFFER G FOR EA1 Exp ?1 I The Inter Excfc gives students the oppc for little more than it c academic yi Application deadline for th For more informat at International Pre Internationc ons mixed liversary ,,ai^u ilul" puwer aiso, Kon W ;'|; "The elimination of him f power was not an objective,'1 said. "It would have been a i i'::?|::;;-1 ^ .1 M take to overthrow him through k r tmM itary action- Thal would have \ AuWAITf to a lot of chaos and ill-will." n. Roherty suggested, insteac ^s*||||g military action, the best way to hm minate Hussein would be thrc intelligence and covert action* aig Jordan. "As wars go, it was ^racl' lnlernal politics. *ood war." He also added, "A lot of Business sophomore Candace military doctrine was tested Pauley .said, "I don't think it our military performed well. It s worth it. It was a war between an impact on other militaries ddle Eastern countries; not us, around the world." > should not have gotten olved." But the one opinion every agreed upon was chemistry jui "It's hard to believe that its been Natalie Franz's statement, " r'ear," said Christine Barnhart, a glad its over." imical engineering sophomore. ? ? ? Assistant News Editor Kim Ev< 4anv DeoDle after the war felt contributed to thix rpnnrt E, GET ONE FREE! *se bring this coupon to "HICKET, 921 SUMTER STREET BUILDING (across from HORSESHOE) ECOND meal of equal or lesser value FREE! include beverages or desserts) iOOD EVERY DAY 4PM-10PM -IN ONLY. NO CARRY OUTS. ires January 31,1992 I national ^xuaent mge Program irtunity to study at sites around the world osts to stay at (JSC. Semester and full sar placements are possible. e 92/93 academic year is January 22,1992. ion contact David Ross or Heidi Barry )grams for Students, James F. Byrnes il Center, Suite 100, 777-7461. How to find a roommate at a school with 26,000 students? It would take thousands of fliers to reach as many students as you can in just one issue of The Gamecock. For only $1.00 a line you can tell nearly 29,000 readers just what you're looking for in a roommate. For more details call 777-4249. USC psycho effect of sole From Staff Reports imi- It has been a year since the first shots were fired in erty the Persian Gulf War, and many of the soldiers have returned home to the families they had to leave behind. rom Surprisingly, the war's massive destruction built > i Stronger tics hetween A mpripQnc u/hr\ ?/Ar? HnnlAirorl - 0-- ? *r aekj rrviv VAi njs. and family members who were left at home, according to two University of South Carolina "J1" psychologists. Frederic Medway and Thomas Cafferty are compiling telephone and mail surveys from the spouses of deployed S.C. Army National Guard members. ? To the surprise of Medway and Cafferty, the data ; e ~ shows that in the first weeks after the reunion, relaUS tionships that were described as very good before the war remained strong, while those described as good \ had improved. I It's important to note the group being studied our should have been affected by the war more ad- I and versely, Cafferty said. I had "National Guardsmen are civilians for the most J all part, and career military are expected to hold up bet- i ter during war," he said. s "There were cases of individual problems, but to a one large degree people went through a euphoria and a f nior greater appreciation or a honeymoon phase after I I'm reunion," Medway said. "Thie fP 111 m / rvf* tha Aiif MV-ck f JL IUU &VI.UA11 yui UIV UUVJjJOJ V/UlllV VUI. IUVV/ pvupit L . fantasized it would. It met expectations, and expectations were high. Experts predicted things wouldn't F go this well," Medway said. ti ? Medway and Cafferty said their findings are indi- g cative of what's being experienced by most of c America's returned soldiers. They said the positive fi BUCXU mm . mm Things to Th ClCCElO Over 35 milli UliiLLiU 1^ IWPUG'S Pg \/ li/ l ^ Learn about a profession tt in the lives of children and adults v Time: Tues & Thurs 11:00 am-12:15 For Further Information contact logists study liers' return findings are largely because of the way Americans reached out to soldiers before and after the war. "During the Vietnam experience, soldiers were not appreciated for their sacrifices. People bent over backwards to 'make sure that this was not another Vietnam," Medway said. Reunions went well because families were prepared. Formal and informal community groups were in v place to provide information, emotional support and fill in gaps for families of the deployed soldiers, Medway said. Now with the honeymoon period over, Medway ? and Cafferty will examine how the relationships have weathered the past six months. It would be unrealistic to think that they have improved without sufferring post-traumatic stress, Caffertv said "The data coming in now may be different. We are ' Ending some problems among familes who are now ooking for assistance," Cafferty said. "There is more 1 ;tress now than at the time of the reunion and the \rmy National Guard is concerned about how wide;pread it may be." s The National Guard supports Medway's and Caferty's work, presenting them with the S.C. Palmetto 'atriot Certificate. The two also received $31,000 for their research rom the National Science Foundation. Med way and Cafferty will study the effects of the *ersian Gulf War on military families until June. 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