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...October address at the Kennedy School, Summers suggested that academia needed to show the armed services greater respect. In June he became the first University president in over 30 years to attend the commissioning eremony for the College’s graduates of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC...
Services will bring that school in line with the practices of the College. Recruiters for ROTC have been granted access to some official College facilities in the past and a ROTC recruitment letter is currently posted on the College’s Financial Aid Office website...
...reluctantly allowed the recruiters to return. However, I am not upset with the military’s heavy-handedness in this matter. Instead, I am ashamed to discover that Harvard has sold out. Simply put, Harvard has refused to acknowledge the vital role of the military and ROTC in this time of war. Instead, Harvard has acted sheepishly while compromising its principles. We now know what price Harvard has placed on its integrity...
Since the tragic events of Sept. 11, this country has found itself engaged in war. Against this backdrop, University President Lawrence H. Summers has diplomatically been working to reverse the decades-long ban of ROTC from Harvard. More importantly, he has pushed Harvard to recognize and support the role of the military and ROTC on campus. Despite his efforts, anti-military sentiment remains...
...1960s, Harvard activists risked being arrested by breaking into University offices to protest the war in Vietnam and the presence of ROTC on campus. Thirty years later, today’s keepers of that flame would rather not lose federal funding than fight for their core belief. After Sept. 11, Harvard missed an historic opportunity to proclaim a shift in its attitude towards ROTC and temper its anti-military animus. Instead, Harvard is now reacting to events rather than helping to shape opinion and stake out a leadership position. It is shameful that Harvard could not proclaim a more noble...