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...sharp contrast to its predecessors, the current administration demonstrates only disdain and derision for America's armed forces. This contemptuous attitude is most clearly revealed in the University's treatment of ROTC. In sharp contrast to most other colleges, ROTC is considered an extracurricular activity rather than an academic program here. Furthermore, students participating in ROTC must travel to MIT because there are no ROTC units at Harvard. All of these measures constitute an added burden upon students selfless enough to serve their country...
...recently proposed ROTC compromise only adds insult to injury. Currently, ROTC is funded directly from the budget of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The compromise, sponsored by President Neil L. Rudenstine, would cut off all direct funding of ROTC by the University. Instead, the program would be funded by a pool of money contributed by alumni. While this plan is certainly preferable to the elimination of ROTC on campus, the severing of direct ties between the University and ROTC is a slap in the face to all who serve in America's military...
...arguments raised in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences against the Corporation's correct but difficult decision to continue participation in ROTC the analogy to discrimination against Jews and to the German faculties' failure to stand up against the expulsion of Jews by the Nazis from their universities seems to me the most moving but also the most inapposite...
David L. Hanselman '94-'95, President of the U.C. Divert your personal campaign war chest toward private donations to ROTC...
...Hanselman feels so strongly about ROTC, we suggest that he make a contribution to the fund with his own money. Everyone has the capacity to contribute, but no student whose money already rests in the council's coffers should be forced to help the ROTC program...