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This past summer, Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) headquarters approved a Harvard undergraduate course for ROTC credit. This will make life just a bit easier on Harvard’s committed ROTC students. The decision also shows that ROTC is willing to make a conscious effort to facilitate Harvard undergraduates’ participation in its programs. Still, Harvard has made no effort to reexamine its misguided policy towards the organization...
...several years, the Faculty has barred financial or other direct University support of ROTC due to its discriminatory “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy towards homosexuals. Under the current system, students at Harvard who wish to participate in ROTC must travel to MIT to do so. Rising very early in the morning to make the commute, ROTC cadets engage in rigorous physical training, military leadership classes and a course load that goes above and beyond that of the typical Harvard student. ROTC not only provides students with...
...boycott of an organization because of moral opposition to its policies is a time-tested and effective method of social protest that can often prompt positive change. However, in this case, Harvard’s efforts seem to be myopic and misguided. ROTC is not a company or agency engaging in racist or discriminatory practices for the sake of an exclusionary agenda; nor is it really comparable. ROTC is a bureau of our nation’s military, undertaking the difficult task of building a bridge between the armed forces and the world of academia. ROTC should receive the full...
...armed forces, entering the diplomatic corps, or merely performing the quotidian tasks of voting and paying taxes, each citizen’s individual contribution to our country is what makes America the paradigm of republican government our founding fathers intended. That the Harvard community has refused to support ROTC “financially or directly” marginalizes and trivializes the sacrifices that Harvard’s cadets make, and the irreplaceable services that they provide to this school and this country. “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is only...
...students have a very hard load,” Kuconis said. “It’s a great deal for the students, and I think it’s a good deal for ROTC...