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...after all, precisely because the government feels no obligation to provide adequate financial aid to students of all backgrounds that some are driven to "the selling away of four years of life to get an education," as activist Jaron Bourke...
...describe all ROTC students as "indentured [servants]" who have "sold away four years of life to get an education," as Jaron Bourke '89 did, both ignores the possibility that ROTC serves any purpose to those involved besides paying for tuition and denies the individuality and even humanity of officer candidates. His insinuation that ROTC students would not have attended Harvard had they not been involved in the ROTC program (receiving the scholarship) is generally true for me, but for a reason far different than any he mentions. If Harvard did not have a ROTC program, I would have attended...
...describe all ROTC as "indentured [servants]" who have "sold away four years of life to get an education," as Jaron Bourke did, both ignores the possibility that ROTC serves any purpose to those involved besides paying for tuition, and denies the individuality and even humanity of officer candidates...
...writing you this letter in response to the article which appeared on Tuesday, March 21, 1989, entitled "ROTC Holds First Drill on Campus in 20 Years." Although the article was factually correct, I was greatly disturbed by what Jaron Bourke '88-'89 and Professor Wylie said. Bourke said that "the militarization of college students is the unfortunate consequence of financial need and lack of commitment to higher education for all people." Although the financial aid of the ROTC program is helpful, it is not the only reason I decided to enroll in the Navy ROTC. I take great pride...
...tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is Israel which dominates and oppresses the Palestinians, not the reverse. There is no possible justification for Israel's heinous actions, and the rabbis do a great disservice to all involved parties by obscuring and implicitly excusing them. Robert Weissman '88-'89 Jaron Bourke...