Word: hrc
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...earlier version of the Dec. 11 magazine article "15 Most Interesting seniors 2010: Nworah B. Ayogu" incorrectly stated that Caleb L. Weatherl '10 is currently president of the Harvard Republican Club. In fact, Weatherl is a former HRC president...
...believe that the fight in Afghanistan is well worth the time of the United States and our military forces there, and it is something that we must commit to fully if we want to succeed,” said Colin J. Motley ’10, president of the HRC...
...their supporters on campus has been to divorce opposition to DADT from opposition to ROTC, the military, and its members. However, by drawing a line between “supporters” and “opponents” of ROTC over the issue of official recognition, the HRC poll conflates the large number of ROTC supporters concerned about discrimination on campus with a small minority of staunch military opponents, much to the detriment of an open and productive dialogue...
...Don’t Tell.” But the question and available responses were likely framed under the false assumption that no such distinction exists. Shortly before the poll’s release, Caleb L. Weatherl ’10, president emeritus of the HRC, denied the claim that DADT constituted legitimate grounds for Harvard’s refusal to officially recognize ROTC. Such a stance, Weatherl argued, would be “intellectually inconsistent” because neither ROTC nor the military was responsible for instituting or overturning ROTC...
...Having made these arguments, it would be wrong to claim that there is a satisfactory status quo for ROTC at Harvard. While the aforementioned poll has stirred up a great deal of controversy (not limited to our campus), the recent HRC campaign has contributed productively to the debate over official recognition by bringing to light the struggles and concerns expressed by ROTC members on campus. If cadets and midshipmen feel “unwelcome” or even “degraded,” as Weatherl writes, by the atmosphere at Harvard—even to the extent that...