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...problem is that it seems to be under the guise of trying to pass a bill when I really think this is trying to make a statement of support for ROTC,” she said...
Alexander B. Patterson ’04 said such characterizations were unfounded because of an amendment to the bill saying any step the University takes to facilitate contact with ROTC must not conflict with “the letter or the spirit of Harvard’s non-discrimination policy...
Harvard maintains no official ties with ROTC because the Faculty has ruled that the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuals violates the University’s stance on discrimination. But the University does allow cadets to participate in a unit at MIT, in a program funded by an independent group of Harvard alumni...
Council Vice President Anne M. Fernandez ’03 said the legislation distinguishes between the ROTC program and the individual Harvard students who participate in it—supporting the students without necessarily endorsing the institution...
Fred Smith added that for gay students who have been forced to leave ROTC and repay scholarship money to the government, “the inconvenience is far greater than people having to travel for ROTC...