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...event marked the end of the HRC’s week-long campaign for ROTC recognition, an effort which has included a rally outside the Science Center on Wednesday as well as a poll of student support for the program. The effort has also ignited lively debate on house lists and club email chains, with students on both sides expressing strong opinions on the issue...
...President Colin J. Motley ’10 said he believes that the College’s refusal to officially recognize ROTC represents a misguided—and unfair—protest against policies that were implemented by the federal government, rather than the U.S. military...
...other side of the issue, Harvard College Queer Students and Allies Co-Chair Marco Chan ’11 said that while he recognizes and values the service of ROTC students, he believes that Harvard cannot officially recognize ROTC without implicitly endorsing institutionalized military homophobia...
...inconvenient as [Harvard’s policy] might be, the fact is that students at Harvard are still allowed to participate in ROTC,” Chan said. “The same cannot be said for queer students and the military...
...Prompted by the 1969 storming of University Hall by student activists, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences took a strong stand against the Corps that year, officially requesting that the University refuse to grant credit from all ROTC courses. The University’s current relationship with the Corps was solidified in 1976, after a Faculty vote allowed cadets’ cross-registration at MIT, but without the possibility of credit...