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ROTC left Harvard in 1969 after it became the focus of anti-Vietnam student unrest and was reduced to extracurricular status by Faculty votes...
According to Faculty legislation passed in April, 1969, ROTC on campus must "operate as other ordinary extracurricular activities with no special privilege or facilities granted either by contract or informal arrangement...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said that ROTC did not have official extracurricular status on campus, but said that the College had made "special provisions" to allow the drills to take place periodically. He said it was the same kind of arrangement which allowed the military to recruit on campus...
Furthermore, the editors seem to assume that Harvard students confine their social and extracurricular lives to the houses in which they live. Of course houses play a significant role in the lives of students. But we can and do interact with people outside our assigned houses--in classes, clubs, and other houses...
Although a few houses may have problems with diversity, a Harvard student's daily interactions are not limited to the house. They experience the diversity of the University in a variety of courses and extracurricular activities...