Word: counciler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Claim: "The council catalyzed a campus-wide debate on the appropriateness of having ROTC back on campus...
Reality: I suppose that this one is technically true, but it's a sugar-coated version of reality. A more accurate account would be: "The council impetuously voted to invite ROTC back onto campus, and then retreated when it realized that it had provoked a firestorm of controversy...
...would be bothersome enough if a council member simply promoted the organization by misleading unsuspecting students, but it's worse. The council paid $600 to mislead students--that's $600 of our money. Thirty of you folks should be aware that your $20 contribution to the Undergraduate Council paid for a sleazy public relations ploy...
...didn't surprise me to hear that the person behind the ad was former Council Chair Kenneth E. Lee '89, according to Battatt...
...have pointed out in this column before, it was Lee who attempted to justify his initial support for ROTC by claiming that he "wasn't aware" of the military's policy of excluding gays and lesbians. Of course, Lee presided over a council meeting at which the issue was debated in no uncertain terms. Yet he still voted in favor of ROTC. In true Reaganesque fashion, we are left with two possible explanations: Either Lee conducted the meeting while in a coma, or he lied about his ignorance...