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...years, Harvard restricted Pentagon access because the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward gays violated the Law School’s nondiscrimination rules...
Speakers at the rally assailed the Solomon Amendment, which was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 and empowers the Pentagon to cut off federal funding for universities that restrict military recruiters’ access to students. Faced with a Pentagon threat to block hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to Harvard, the Law School backed down from its policy...
...original wording of the Solomon Amendment only barred funding to schools that “prohibit” or “in effect prevent” military recruitment on campus. The professors argued that the law did not require Harvard to actively assist recruitment by giving the Pentagon access to OCS resources...
Under the new legislation, military recruiters can demand access to students “at least equal in quality and scope” to that which schools provide other employers...
Those black Americans who sacrificed their lives and material prosperity to attain affirmative action programs and access power for black people—programs designed for descendants of American slaves which have unintentionally benefitted African students—did so with the world and the future in mind. Since they sacrificed on behalf of black people, they expected that those who followed would do the same. It is beyond me how African students, at Harvard in particular, could fail to use their opportunity and power to raise the profile of Sudan across the campus, and even the nation...