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MATT ENTENZA THE COLLEGE YEARS: ENTENZA AND THE DRAFT
By Michael Brodkorb | June 20, 2006
Matt Entenza, as president of the Community Council (student government) at Macalester lead the charge to support the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group's (MPIRG) fight against a law requiring "recipients of federal financial aid to prove the they have registered for the draft."
Click here for articles from covering the lawsuit.
Back in March, Eva Young wrote a post about Matt Entenza and the draft. I was critical of Entenza being called a "draft-dodger" when there is no substative proof the he failed to register for the draft. Until evidence is presented to prove otherwise, I believe Entenza registered for the draft.
But Eva did ask the right questions:
"The question is: Did Matt Entenza ever register for the draft as he was required to do by law at the time? Or does he remain a draft dodger who wants to be the state's top law-enforcement officer?"
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June 20th, 2006 at 1:16 PM
The Vientnam war ended in 1975, did it not? Entenza was at Mac in the early 1980s, correct? How does one go about “avoiding” a draft for a war that is no longer being fought?
Next you’re going to come out and say “Matt Entenza jay-walked accross Snelling Avenue in College!”
June 20th, 2006 at 1:33 PM
Hmm, I didn’t see anything about war in this post, just about draft-dodging. The law requiring registration for the draft didn’t end with the Vietnam War, and the question here is: Did Matt Entenza ever register for the draft as required by law, or was he a draft dodger? He could answer that simply by providing proof of his registration, and veterans and law enforcement supporters ought to be asking for that.
June 20th, 2006 at 1:40 PM
[...] This is a follow-up to this post. [...]
June 20th, 2006 at 1:57 PM
Finnigan:
You are correct, the law requiring registration did not end with Vietnam. But if there is no draft, how can one be accused of being a “draft dodger” (symanticly that is).
As for providing proof, that would be the simplist way. However, I know that I have moved once or twice, and to be honest, I have no idea where my selective service card is any more. Most likely at the bottom of a dump site with some old folders of mine or something. How easy/hard is it to get a copy of your card? Is it just a phone call, or like most government things, takes a ton of time and energy to just get someone on the phone?
June 20th, 2006 at 6:02 PM
Concerned:
If there is no draft, how can there be draft registration then? If you didn’t register for the draft, whether they were drafting people or not, you were considered a draft dodger.
How hard is it to verify you registered for the draft? Not hard at all, if the person requesting the information is the same as the person they’re seeking the information on. In other words, if Entenza requested that proof from the Selective Service himself, he could get it easily.
Go here:
http://www.sss.gov/RECORDS2.HTM
Records of registrants who were born on or after January 1, 1960
Registration Card: Shows a registrant’s name, date of birth, home address, phone number, Social Security Number, and Selective Service Registration Number.
How to Obtain a Copy: Must be the registrant for whom the card is requested, or show written permission from the registrant, or provide proof that the registrant is deceased. A caller may verify that a man is registered and/or obtain a registrant’s Selective Service number and the date he registered by calling the Agency at 847-688-6888 and providing the registrant’s Social Security Number and date of birth. The information may also be obtained by writing to:
Selective Service System
Data Management Center
P.O. Box 94638
Palatine, IL 60094-4638.
As for it taking a “ton of time and energy,” certainly a lot less time and energy than Entenza is spending running for the office of top cop in Minnesota pretending to be “Minnesota’s Watchdog” or the “Prosecutor for the People,” or whatever his cute little nickname is this week. It might be worth it for him to expend a little of both to clear up this little cloud over his campaign before it starts to rain a little harder.
June 20th, 2006 at 6:28 PM
How does one “dodge the draft” when there is no draft in place?
June 20th, 2006 at 7:53 PM
I think it is funny that Finnigan thinks this site has the horsepower to create a cloud over a campaign. The only reason people read this site is to update their rankings on who is the worst poltical commentator between Mr. Brodkorb and Mr. Towle.
I consider all the time I spend here to be volunteer community service because so frequently I am counseling the mentally challenged.
June 21st, 2006 at 8:03 AM
Finnigan:
Thank you for the information. I honestly had no idea if it was hard or not, and it is obviously not.
In another thread, it was pointed out (by me) that Entenza has stated in the past that he went through college on financial aid.
Someone then pointed out that financial aid was not granted to students who did not register for the selective service.
Therefor, if A then B. If Entenza got financial aid,then he did register with selective service.
Seems prety clear to me.
June 30th, 2006 at 6:38 PM
You can view anyone’s selective service registration online with the last name, SSN, and date of birth. If someone wanted to prove he had registered, this would be a good start. There is also a process for ordering a certified statement of registration.
https://www4.sss.gov/regver/verification1.asp
July 8th, 2006 at 3:54 PM
[...] I have reported here in the past that Matt Entenza was a leader in an effort during his time at Macalester to help students avoid registering for the selective service (in other words, dodge the draft). This is not to say anything about Entenza’s own selective service record, because we simply do not know. . . yet (developing). [...]