The Bush administration isn’t the only organization pushing for a resolution to be passed regarding the weapons situation in Iraq.

Time for Peace, an anti-war student and community group formed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks, has been gathering student signatures for a petition to the Government of the Student Body, in hopes that two senators will write a resolution against the war.

With the petition, Time for Peace is urging GSB to pass a resolution stating the ISU student body opposes a preemptive attack on Iraq by the United States and that GSB supports a peaceful resolution to the crisis.

Tamim Mahayni, Time for Peace member and freshman in liberal arts and sciences, said the group hopes the resolution, combined with other efforts, will help show the Bush administration that there is an outcry for peace and people are against war.

Mahayni said other universities, including the University of Iowa, have recently passed similar resolutions.

“[Students signing the petition] is an easy way for them to speak out against war with Iraq and to raise their voices,” he said.

Time for Peace supports a peaceful resolution because U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq could destabilize an already tense Middle East and fuel anti-American sentiment across the world, Mahayni said.

Time for Peace members went to campus dining centers and some residence hall house meetings in an effort to gather signatures. In the past three weeks, they have gathered approximately 800 student signatures.

Mahayni said they were not given a set amount of signatures they need, and Time for Peace is trying to gather as many signatures to show how many students are opposed to war.

Tony Luken, GSB speaker of the senate, said if any student wishes to speak to GSB, comments can be made during GSB’s open forum time that is scheduled during every meeting. He also said in order for the resolution to make it onto the GSB agenda, two senators have to draft the resolution and then it goes to the Rules Committee to be reviewed and possibly changed.

If the resolution manages to make it out of the committee, the resolution will go through two reads and a vote will be taken on the second read, Luken said. Luken said he is not sure as to how the senate will receive the resolution, but if the resolution is passed, then the senate will render its opinion.

“I do not believe GSB should become involved with this specific issue” Luken said. “GSB maintains its effectiveness on campus by concentrating on issues that affect students as students. This issue affects students as Americans, not as students. There are better people and places to comment to,” he said.

Mahayni said Time for Peace has let GSB know about the resolution.

Luken said a member of Time for Peace asked him to author the resolution. Luken declined the offer and informed the member to contact another senator about the resolution.

Mahayni said he is very optimistic the resolution will gain sponsorship.

Rob Fox, freshman in chemical engineering, said he refused to sign the petition. “I don’t know what [Time for Peace] is trying to accomplish. Do they really think that President Bush will care what the student government at Iowa State thinks?” Fox said.