Students at Northland College in Ashland went to the polls May 2 to vote on a campus referendum on the Iraq war.
The question on the ballot was a simple one, "Do you support the current war in Iraq?"
Of the 123 students who voted, only 18 voted "yes," while 105 voted "no" -- a resounding vote against the war.
Northland College has now joined the ranks of a growing number of campuses around the country that have held similar referendums, and gotten an anti-war answer.
The Northland College Student Association sponsored the referendum. It was held to gauge the campus community's views on the topic. With more and more Americans passionately debating the pros and cons of the war, organizers wanted to give students a chance to add their voices to the debate.
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This referendum comes at the same time as students on other area campuses are also organizing against the war. All this week, for example, students at the College of St. Scholastica and the University of Minnesota-Duluth are holding a week long fast for peace.
And, in Ashland, students and other activists are planning on following up the anti-war vote with a march and rally held May 5. The protest was held to celebrate the vote, and to call on Bush to withdraw the troops from Iraq now. The protest was sponsored by the Northland Anti-War Coalition.
