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The change in the ROTC debate was a change inissues--from an objection to militarism to astance against discrimination. But the nature ofthe debate was also recast by a new political era.
The constitution is elegant in its simplicity: "Any question may be committed to a referendum or poll by the council or by a petition signed by one-tenth of the undergraduates." Upon receiving the petition, however, Gabay decided that this simple clause actually implies all manner of complex restrictions on...
For the worshippers at St. Margaret's Church in Dorchester, this St. Patrick's Day won't be like the others. The organizers called the annual parade off because of their objection to would-be gay and lesbian marchers.
But neither the administrators nor the Verbareport are consistent with the objection to ROTCthat officials expressed in 1990. Then, theFaculty Council said the presence of ROTC studentson campus contradicts University policy againstdiscrimination.
Columnists A.M. Rosenthal of the New York Times and Richard Cohen of the Washington Post criticized the speech, and the Anti-Defamation League printed the speech in an advertisement to signal its objection.