“No, not at all. Just because I think that he should prove himself more. I think there are other people out there who deserve it more.”

— Mallory Stevenson, geology major, Leawood

“He hasn’t done anything. It was a purely political decision to give him that. The prize was given to him because he wasn’t Bush.”

— Mike Rudd, architectural engineering major, St. Louis

“I think if he is trying to achieve peace as one of his objectives as president, perhaps he deserves it.”

— Ann Benning, museum studies graduate student, Lawrence

“I think whether I believe he deserved it is not really the issue. The Nobel committee would seem to think so.”

— Paul Klepper, attorney, Lawrence