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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...what’s the next step? The Faculty of Arts and Sciences should pass a resolution reversing their position and welcome ROTC back to Harvard’s campus. At the same time, they must also push every other Ivy League University to join them in issuing a statement publicly condemning “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” They should even urge President Drew Faust to take the issue to Washington and use her position to lobby for an end to this discriminatory practice...

Author: By Derek Flanzraich | Title: Hate the Policy, Not the Program | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...political benefit Harvard University derives from banning ROTC is trivial compared with the detrimental effect the ban has on the selfless students involved. Instead of scapegoating a group of students, Harvard ought to make the bold political statement it pretends to be making, by publicly decrying the Government’s discriminatory policy. Maybe the University could even demonstrate its dissatisfaction with the policy by giving back the hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds it has received over the last 15 years and refuse to take any more in the future. Instead, by punishing ROTC cadets, Harvard...

Author: By Derek Flanzraich | Title: Hate the Policy, Not the Program | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...This casual injustice has directly affected the ROTC program itself. Banned from promoting or recruiting on the Harvard campus, the program’s participation rate in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines ROTC has dropped drastically. Whereas ten or fifteen years ago, it wasn’t uncommon for 80 students to participate in the program, today there are fewer than...

Author: By Derek Flanzraich | Title: Hate the Policy, Not the Program | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...Awareness has dropped significantly as well. Compared with campuses around the country where ROTC is a significant feature of student life and adds greatly to the diversity of student organizations, at Harvard it’s hardly a blip on most students’ radar. Without the ROTC presence, we are missing out on exposure to a potentially valuable and fulfilling experience that is entirely different from what most of us are used to. Whatever you believe about the war in Iraq or the role of the military at universities, these are topics that should be open to discussion. Banning...

Author: By Derek Flanzraich | Title: Hate the Policy, Not the Program | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

...students? We should take it upon ourselves to do what that our University won’t. We shouldn’t accept the excuse that the current ROTC ban is an effective form of protest against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Instead, we should work together with the University to persuade the Government to abandon “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” At the same time, we also have to embrace, respect, and learn from our fellow students...

Author: By Derek Flanzraich | Title: Hate the Policy, Not the Program | 6/3/2008 | See Source »

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