Iraq Archives - News and Media /news/tag/iraq/ Augsburg University Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:00:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Andy Aoki answers WCCO ‘Good Question’ on ISIS /news/2014/08/14/wcco-good-question-answered-andy-aoki/ Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:17:20 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=4316 Professor Andy Aoki spoke with WCCO-TV about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, for the news station’s Good Question. Aoki, who teaches in the College’s political science department, explained to television viewers that ISIS is an extreme militant group that has been disavowed by Al Qaeda. He commented that this relatively young organization ...

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]]> WCCOProfessor Andy Aoki spoke with WCCO-TV about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, for the news station’s Good Question. Aoki, who teaches in the College’s political science department, explained to television viewers that ISIS is an extreme militant group that has been disavowed by Al Qaeda. He commented that this relatively young organization is rare, in part, because unlike most of history’s other horrific killers, this group isn’t trying to hide any of its actions. “It’s rare to find a group like this that’s not even embarrassed. Even the Nazis were denying some of the things they did. If you look at some of the most horrific killers the last 30 or 40 years, they’ve got to be in the top 5 so far,” he told viewers. Watch “.”

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]]> Veterans exhibit in Christensen Center /news/2009/02/10/veterans-exhibit-in-christensen-center/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:32:38 +0000 http://inside.augsburg.edu/news/?p=1937 The multimedia exhibit, “Warrior To Citizen: Stories of Minnesota’s Most Recent Veterans,” will be on Augsburg’s campus through Friday, Feb. 13. The exhibit is on display in the glass room next to the Student Art Gallery in the Christensen Center. This exhibit was designed by Kristin Farrell of the Center for Service, Work, and Learning ...

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]]> vet_exhibit The multimedia exhibit, “Warrior To Citizen: Stories of Minnesota’s Most Recent Veterans,” will be on Augsburg’s campus through Friday, Feb. 13. The exhibit is on display in the glass room next to the Student Art Gallery in the Christensen Center. This exhibit was designed by Kristin Farrell of the Center for Service, Work, and Learning at Augsburg.

The “Warrior To Citizen” exhibit features personal stories and artifacts gathered from 30 service members who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The exhibit captures an important piece of Minnesota history and offers a public space for thinking and talking about the ways military service impacts individuals and communities, and what veterans have to contribute.

The exhibit features four thematic listening/viewing stations as well as personal artifacts. “This exhibit is designed to move beyond the sound bite, the splashy image, and attention only on the heroes and the dead. Thousands of Minnesotans have quietly been creating contemporary history, engaging in acts of personal courage and selflessness. Yet we don’t know this, and we certainly don’t know them,” says Tim Kamenar, a member of the Minnesota National Guard and an instrumental organizer of the oral history project.

The oral history project that yielded this exhibit grew out of the Warrior to Citizen Campaign, a statewide grassroots effort to provide enduring support to veterans and their families. The campaign is organized by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

The exhibit will move on to Farmington, Minn., after its week at Augsburg College.

 

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