Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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76 CUSTOMERS SENIOFRS 18-year-olds face draft Students reach adulthood, chance of combat as boys protest based draft and girls agree to enlist by Patty Kennedy When a young person reaches the age of 18, he or she is recognized as an adult. That recognition brings with it the privileges of vo- ting, buying beer tunless Kansas changes to 195, and being able to rnarry without parental consent. To be 18 also means, for men, the requirement to register for the draft. Al- though the United States is not currently en- gaged in a formal war, young Americans are forced to submit their names to a list of possi- bilities to serve in the Armed Forces in case a draft is re-established. When you first register you think, l hope there isn't a war, ' said senior Kasey Kirk- wood. But you forget about itafter a while. lt's probably unnecessary because if there's a war, everyone would be drafted anyway, senior Art Thomas said. One controversy about registering is the fact that only men must register and women are exempt. 'Alt only seems fair that women should reg- ister too, said Daron Howard senior. Most women agree that, although they don't really want to, it is fair that both sexes should register together because they all live in America and they should all work to de- fend it equally. lf they'd ask me, l'd be willing to go, said senior Michele Engleken. Senior Angela Roberson added, lf women did have to register, I would. If it came down to it, l'd go. The idea of making registration a require- ment of 18-year-old males could be seen by other countries as a negative factor where negotiations are concerned. These nations may see the draft as an act of mobilizing our armed forces. lt would be difficult to talk of peace with the United States when her citi- zens are ready to become soldiers at a mo- ment's notice. This, in itself, should be enough motivation for government officials to at least make registering a voluntary thing - not a requirement. Then and only then would United States citizens, especially 18-year old men, really have the rights guaranteed to them in the constitution. Declaration of Independence. Helping to keep our country free, 18-year-old males register for the draft. Photo by Patty Kennedy. Exif'-fw vfflfl ,, 'tree -em... . 'fm' '-,r,,.,,.,,f Q ', 3Wermrf.1r..,..t a www' , 'Wt eww, W, .. , www .1 ,M raw . aww-4m r 'MW-45, CWWMV ,,., M, ,M ey-4n,,,,M,r , - M44 r 'r-3rm.,fjj7'-W Q W H'-'41-bf ., 1 , ' -I-fa 4 , .M , Andrew Kelly Lewis John Frank Peel Angela Marie Roberson

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