Articles from Draft NOtices,
April—June 2008

California Bill Would Limit Military’s Access to Data on Students

— Rick Jahnkow

A new bill in the California legislature could, if passed, set a major precedent at the state level for protecting students from aggressive military recruiting. Assembly Bill 2994, the Student and Family Privacy Protection Act of 2008, was introduced on February 22, 2008, by Assembly members Sally Lieber (D-Mountain View) and Loni Hancock (D-East SF Bay).-Full Article

New Studies Show Most Military Veterans “Not Career Ready”

— Jorge Mariscal

“It's really hard to make the things you were doing in Iraq relevant to what an employer is looking for today.”
— Army Cpl. Vicki Angell

It is a commonplace of American working-class culture that military service is a pathway into the middle class. The experience of World War II veterans fixed the myth of upward mobility in the national consciousness. Military service came to be seen as the way out of the “ghetto,” the “barrio,” and every other class-determined location where poverty and limited economic opportunity block hopes and aspirations.-Full Article

“The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez”

Movie Review:

— Shelley Gutiérrez

“The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez” is a 2006 documentary that begins with Gutierrez's birth in the highlands of Guatemala during its civil war and ends with his death as a soldier in the U.S. invasion of Iraq.-Full Article