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...punishment for the ROTC sit-in to "Kick the Fags Out of Harvard." Other picket signs read "Nuke the Pukes" (referring to the nickname for non-jocks at Columbia during the time of the revolt), "We're with you, Sam Huntington" (mentioning the name of the author of the CEP ROTC resolution), and "Send the anarchists to Vietnam" (fine irony in this last...
These were the issues SDS raised in its protest against ROTC. Harvard's established groups--HUC, HPC, SFAC, and the CEP--attempted to anticipate and re-direct the ROTC discussion along apolitical lines. Their resolutions spoke of the sanctity of the ivory tower and the need to stiffen up ROTC's academic face. They succeeded in defusing the discussion of ROTC in official channels. The eventual Faculty debate centered on the academic qualifications of the Training Corps and the nature of the University, not ROTC's role in sustaining U.S. imperialism...
...effect of the Corporation's decision now appears to be to replace the SFAC resolution (which the Faculty approved) by the CEP motion (which it didn't). The difference between the two motions lies mainly in the fact that the SFAC resolution spelled out specific changes for quick implementation (loss of academic credit for ROTC courses, abolition of ROTC professorships, and an end to free use of university facilities) while the CEP resolution would merely have enabled Faculty committees to negotiate towards a number of considerably less abrupt changes in the program. By emphasizing what it has chosen to regard...
Confining that contact to periodic testimony or informal consultation would endanger student-faculty communication from the start. The CEP heard testimony from students on the ROTC issue, but that did not prevent its misunderstanding (or distorting) their concerns in its final recommendation. To assure an accurate representation of student opinion, students must participate in the evaluation of information and the formulation of proposals. Giving them a vote is the only way to assure their participation in the final deliberation of the committee...
...last, but far from least, to the CEP for its valiant efforts at "due process." Even though it appeared difficult for some faculty members to differentiate between the SFAC Resolution and the CEP Resolution after Professor Wilson had his say, somewhere, in the back of my mind (or perhaps in my viscera) I do feel there was a difference...