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...Veteran’s Day letter to Harvard’s cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), University President Lawrence H. Summers said he admired the way the students were serving their country. Since then, he has questioned the “unorthodox” manner in which Harvard cadets receive funding and has made a personal appeal to the editors of Harvard’s yearbook to include ROTC in this year’s edition. ROTC—originally banished from campus during the Vietnam War—has been barred since 1994 because the military?...
...College’s stand against ROTC and the University’s subsequent arrangements for funding through outside channels form a principled position. Those who wish to join ROTC can—with the knowledge that the school supports their service but not the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The position is consistent with the University’s policy toward other student groups, such as final clubs, which were cut off from the University in the mid-1980s because they did not allow women to join...
...support students who choose to join ROTC and travel down the river for their events. Especially at a time when the United States military is taking action around the globe in the fight against terrorism, it is imperative to support our men and women in uniform...
...hope that the military one day abolishes the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in favor of a more enlightened stance toward gays. If the policy changes, the University should not hesitate to offer ROTC the opportunity to return to campus. Summers should realize that such a change in the military’s policy—and not a change in Harvard’s—is the best way to resolve the “uncomfortable” relationship between Harvard and ROTC...
Such an arrangement would represent a dedication by the University to the idea that all Harvard students (and, moreover, all physically capable U.S. citizens) ought to be able to serve their country. This notion of inclusion in service is, in fact, the very sentiment that underlies the issue of ROTC funding. Therefore, should the University choose to extend funding, it ought either to fight “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by lobbying the Department of Defense and Congress, or it should fund a group that will...