Word: rotc
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...With ROTC, downsizing and divestment finally set aside, the members of the Undergraduate Council largely focused on congratulating themselves last night, at their final meeting of the term...
Afterwards, a bill was introduced calling for increased support of lesbians on campus that was intended to mock a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) bill passed last month that asked for more support of ROTC cadets...
...ROTC bill was opposed by students who saw the bill as a tacit endorsement of the military's discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward homosexuals...
...bill, called the "Sapphic Safe Sex Task Force Authorization Act," asked that ROTC cadets bring back dental dams from MIT, where they are freely distributed. Anna M. Baldwin '00, who co-authored the bill,said it was "a parody of the ROTC bill" and shewas not surprised when the council did not vote toconsider it. But she said she hoped to send amessage just by introducing it. "Since theyhaven't been really willing to discuss or debatethe issue or address our concerns, this is justanother way to get the point across," Baldwinsaid
...unacceptable on all terms. A non-discrimination policy that does not set limits on a discriminatory organization, even one committed to the defense of the nation, is like a drag queen without her spikes. Many have argued that the existing policy privileges the LGBT community, at the expense of ROTC, committing "ideological" discrimination. Quite the contrary. Nondiscrimination policies protect specific classes of people for good reason: to prevent oppression. Nondiscrimination policies require the ethical courage to limit organizations which, no matter how noble we imagine them to be on other fronts, violate the principles of our community...