Harassment from anti-war protesters experienced by Reserve Officer Training Candidate students at the University of Iowa has not been occurring at Iowa State, ISU ROTC students said.

Last week was the first week ROTC members at Iowa have been instructed not to wear their uniforms on campus because of harassment.

Kellen Wells-Mangold, junior in elementary education at Iowa, said he has experienced verbal harassment since the conflict in Iraq began.

Wells-Mangold, a member of the Army ROTC program, said the verbal harassment generally occurs when he is wearing a jacket that reads “U.S. Army.”

“[They are usually] snide remarks, stupid statistics like ‘100 million babies are killed by U.S. bombs,’ ” he said. “It’s disheartening.”

Wells-Mangold said he still avoids anti-war protests because he wants to avoid conflict.

ISU ROTC students said they have not had any trouble.

Justin Pedersen, senior in human resources management and Air Force ROTC member, said he has not experienced harassment from anti-war protesters.

“I’ve walked past their booths in uniform, [and they] continued with what they were doing and didn’t pay attention,” he said.

Elizabeth Norris, junior in dietetics and Air Force ROTC member, said she has seen people standing on the corner of Lincoln Way and Welch Avenue, but has never interacted with them.

“They have the right to have an opinion and I have to respect that,” she said.

Norris said she has not heard of any harassment on the ISU campus and has actually had people shake her hand and thank her.

Norris said Col. Kenneth Schindele, professor and chairman of Air Force Aerospace Studies, addressed all Air Force ROTC students.

“[He] made us aware if we had problems we need to come talk to him about it,” she said.

Norris said the situation at Iowa is unfortunate, but she has seen positive feedback from faculty, staff and students at Iowa State.

Wells-Mangold said a statement by one of his fellow ROTC members fits his thoughts best.

“We have as much say in the war in Iraq as the post office [does],” he said.