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Although the University does not recognize the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), two Harvard juniors have been elected to the top jobs in MIT's Air Force ROTC unit...
Issues that come up at Harvard--such as universal keycard access, Fly-By lunches, and ROTC--are so specific to this campus that they can't necessarily be anticipated and addressed by the Ivy Council, Darling says...
...outnumber women in the program, but women keep on pace with their male counterparts. Porges admits that being a woman in the ROTC "has provided for unusual experiences since, as would be expected, I find myself as a minority amongst a primarily male group." That status though, has not hindered her from advancing in the field. Porges boasts, "Women are given the same opportunities as the men in all ROTC endeavors-a fact that can be clearly seen by the number of women we have as midshipmen leaders in our battalion. I, in fact, was 'Battalion Commander,' the top midshipmen...
...Although women say they have prevailed in ROTC, many people protest other forms of discrimination in the program. The program has been kept off the campus for decades, although the reasoning has changed. Initially, the University booted ROTC in 1969 after pressure from members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) stormed University Hall and took over the administrative offices over night to protest the Vietnam War. Today though, ROTC's problems stem from gay rights issues and the military's seemingly prejudiced "don't ask, don't tell" policy against homosexuals. ROTC students say they tend not to mind...
...idea of all kinds of people working together. "The military is based on teamwork and unity, and a team only works best together with absolute trust," Andrews says. Looking at society, Andrews sees friction between heterosexuals and homosexuals, and he doesn't want that interfering with the efficiency of ROTC. In general society, there is friction between heterosexuals and homosexuals, so the military is really no different. It took time for men to be able to work side by side with women, and the same thing with race. Considering the military's roots, starting with only white males...