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Former University president Neil L. Rudenstine attempted to quiet concerns within the group when he addressed them in June 1993. At that time, Harvard was in the midst of reevaluating its policy on directly funding ROTC??a policy that many equated with institutional support for the military’s discrimination against homosexuals...
...always felt like Harvard was doing all they could to keep ROTC??s impact or presence as minimal as possible,” Smith says...
Students protested, claiming they were randomly dropped from the program. But Air Force ROTC??s head, Colonel Frank P. Bostron, explained that there was indeed a system for rating prospective cadets and that the students who had been cut from the Air Force would be offered placement in the Army’s program...
While not directly related to the ongoing controversy over the ROTC??s role on campus, Flowers’ high profile visit gave the Army ROTC unit visibility during a period of thawing relations with the University administration...
Many hoped that renewed patriotism after Sept. 11 might spur a debate about ROTC??s place at the University. But today, four months after the attacks, their hope is supported only by President Lawrence H. Summers’ belated admission that Harvard’s ROTC policy is “unorthodox” and “unusual.” If the patriotism that has engulfed the nation since Sept. 11 stops at Johnston Gate, if we can’t now reconsider ROTC with fresh perspective, then we need to realign our priorities...