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...Ostensibly, ROTC??s absence from campus life can be explained because the university deems the military a discriminatory organization. Harvard’s student handbook argues that the federal government’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy “is inconsistent with Harvard’s values as stated in its policy on discrimination.” Thus, “the University does not provide any financial or other direct support for the ROTC program...
Your article “Alumni Org Calls for Return of ROTC?? (news, Oct. 2) misconstrued my views on the relationship between the various ROTC programs and the Harvard administration. I strongly agree with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni that the Harvard Corporation should take up this important issue and formerly recognize the ROTC programs which provide valuable leadership training to Harvard cadets and midshipmen. Such formal recognition should lead to greater participation of Harvard students in ROTC programs and the eventual physical return of the ROTC units to the Harvard campus...
...While both Obama and his Republican opponent John McCain support ROTC??s presence on college campuses, Obama has said that if elected, he would favor repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell...
...unfortunately-christened “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy of the United States Military has truly become the rallying cry for activists intent on limiting ROTC??s official position on campus. And indeed the hand-wringing over this policy has provoked some rather excessive comparisons...
...Harvard disagree with the sentiment. Even Harry R. Lewis ’68, former dean of the College and one of Harvard ROTC??s staunchest advocates, argued on this page last year that, “the ban on homosexuals in the military is unwise.” The dispute here is not over Faust’s message, but rather her timing. “If it’s going to be political, I think everyone would be happier having someone else speak,” one Marine midshipman told The Crimson earlier this week...