Schools block peace group

So recruiiters can get on campus, but not peace activists? Interesting...--Dictynna

Board says students, but not activists, can hand out anti-war material on campus

By JENNY LEE ALLEN
jenny.allen@heraldtribune.com

BRADENTON -- Paul Waters-Smith, 17, said military recruiters call students sissies and say things like "It's time to be a man" to try to get them to enlist.

On top of the harassment, recruiters target the weak and "promise things that will never happen," the Pine View High School senior said.

Waters-Smith was one of nearly 20 people who urged the Manatee County School Board on Monday night to let groups on campus to counter the messages of the recruiters.