Word: harvard
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...Reserve Officer Training Corps commissioned 11 Harvard College graduates as officers in the U.S. armed forces at a ceremony yesterday, attended for a third year by University President Drew G. Faust, who said she hopes for a stronger relationship between the University and the military...
...Don’t Tell” policy—which bans homosexuals from serving openly in the military—Faust seemed to allude to the policy when she asked the recently minted officers to “help reinforce the long tradition of ties between Harvard and military service, as we share hopes that changing circumstances will soon enable us to further strengthen those bonds...
...recent years Harvard has had a strained relationship with the military, stemming from its decision to ban ROTC from campus in 1969—a ban that the University has continued out of opposition to the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy...
President Barack Obama has said that he plans to repeal the policy, meaning that ROTC might be able to return to the Harvard campus. Currently, students at the University who participate in ROTC must commute to MIT to train...
...During my time at Harvard, President Faust has really reached out to us,” said Sarah A. Harvey ’10, who was commissioned yesterday as a second lieutenant in the Army. “Every cadet and midshipman has appreciated what she has done...