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...sure exactly where the staff gets the idea that I want "to remove politically-charged issues from the council's agenda altogether." In my opening remarks last week, I argued that the divestment bill and the ROTC bill were both politically charged bills that were definitely within the jurisdiction of the council. While neither Kamil nor I specifically mentioned divestment or ROTC during our campaign, these were the exact type of issues that I imagined the council could discuss under the expanded vision of student services that we wished to foster...
...Sunday, rather than shying away from a political stance on ROTC, the council took a clear stance against the military's policy. The first clause of the resolution that passed states: "Be it resolved that the UC in no way sanctions the military's current policy on the question of homosexuals in the armed forces." At the same time, the compromise that the council reached seeks to address some of the concerns of students who participate in ROTC as well. Yes, it was a compromise. But that does not mean that it did not have a political backbone...
...note and the timing of the incident, which happened shortly after Sunday night's debate of a bill concerning the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), have led council members to believe the vandalism was done by someone upset with the debate or its outcome...
...ROTC bill passed but originally endorsed a return of ROTC to campus, drew fire from students who saw the action as a tacit endorsement of the military's discrimination against homosexuals...
...Sunday night, the legislation passed in a heavily amended form that condemned the "don't ask, don't tell" policy but offered more support for Harvard students in ROTC...