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This letter is in response to President Summers exploring the possibility of funding the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), as described in “ROTC Funding Raises Concern” (News...
...fund ROTC would be bad. It would support a group which discriminates based on something which study after study has demonstrated has no bearing on personal performance or unit effectiveness. At the very least, such discrimination violates Harvard’s principles...
However, should Harvard decide to fund ROTC, it ought to donate matching funds to the Servicemembers’ Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a group which helps to fight “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and which defends men and women in uniform who are discharged under that policy...
...added that despite its carefully-kept distance from funding ROTC, Harvard’s allowing students to participate indicated at least partial support...
...Harvard has had lots of interchange with the units at MIT,” he said. “The commissioning ceremonies for Harvard people in ROTC occur here at Harvard. It’s not as if ROTC is banned from Harvard...