Word: rotc
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...debate began when council member John F. Bash ’03 announced in an e-mail that he would raise the issue of bringing ROTC back to Harvard at the next Student Affairs Committe meeting, which could lead to a bill for the council’s consideration...
...ROTC does not currently receive any funding from the University, and students participating in the program must travel to MIT for training...
...really just like to see an open dialogue on the issue,” Bash said. The debate, he said, should include traditional advocates of ROTC as well as groups like the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Supporters Association (BGLTSA) who have in the past opposed the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy...
Gusmorino said he does not want to stifle debate, but he said he feels that plunging the council into the ROTC issue would more likely lead to bickering and animosity than to an acceptable solution...
Griffin warned in an e-mail that any ROTC bill could “ground the entire council to a halt and kill all forward momentum...