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...sexual orientation.But many individuals said they did not believe the ROTC commissioning ceremony to be an appropriate forum for making political statements against the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Joseph M. Kristol ’09, a Marine midshipman, said that the ceremony should only focus on celebrating the achievements of students who have completed their training. “It’s just a happy, joyous occasion, so the idea that a speech would radicalize the event is unnecessary,” he said...
...competition for resources elsewhere lead to genocide?” Audience members said they were impressed with the breadth of Zinni’s knowledge. “He has a good grasp of the world,” said Daniel G. West ’09, a midshipman in the Marines ROTC. “I liked his idea that we use soft and hard power to achieve foreign policy goals and that you can’t rely solely on a blunt tool like the military.” Other attendees expressed their respect for Zinni?...
...Hashish has a whiff of incredibility without being any less enjoyable for it. The schema is plausible enough. Failure to sell 300 tons of trocas (or sea-snail shells), which De Monfreid had fished from the reefs of Eritrea, leaves him desperate for cash. One night, he overhears a midshipman talk about the lucrative market for hashish in Egypt, and De Monfreid resolves to head for Greece - where the "bringer of dreams" was cultivated and packaged for sale - then grease some palms and have 1,300 lbs. (600 kg) shipped to Djibouti, whence he'd ferry the hashish...
...keen” on including a color guard, but that, because of the last-minute planning, the color guard would only be able to lead the recession and not the procession, as they would usually do. Shawna L. Sinnott ’10, a Marine midshipman, also said that Faust’s decision to include the color guard is “extremely significant.” “We see it as an honor to represent both Harvard and the military at such an event as both institutions are very important in all our lives...
...cadets get to attend Harvard for free, they are required to serve at least eight years in the military upon graduation. “I think of it as a privilege, an opportunity to serve my country.” says Shawna L. Sinnott ‘10, a midshipman in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC). Sinnott is the only freshman participating in the demanding Marine Option of NROTC, and regularly travels to MIT for rigorous morning exercises and training with fellow cadets. In fact, all of Sinnott’s ROTC training is conducted off of Harvard?...