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...dismayed, but not surprised, by President Neil L. Rudenstine's recent recommendation concerning ROTC ("Report Upholds ROTC Tis, But Without Direct Funding," news story, Dec. 1). Using alumni contributions to pay the ROTC for merely continues the administration's history of avoiding and glossing over trouble-some issues. Rudenstine postponed his decision for ever four years while Harvard's students were forced to help fund a program that discriminates against the gay, lesbian, and bisexual members of its community...
...alternative proposal also requests that the University implement the non-financial recommendations of a Faculty-endorsed report which recommended that Harvard cut all ties with ROTC. The report was written in October 1992 by a faculty committee on ROTC chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba...
...Verba report recommended that Harvard end all forms of non-financial support for ROTC, such as holding commissioning ceremonies on Harvard grounds and printing the names of ROTC graduates in Commencement Day publications...
Rudenstine's report does not mention the non-financial support that Harvard currently provides for ROTC...
Referring to non-financial support of ROTC, Verba said Friday, "Our committee recommended removing all support by the University and [not doing so] would, I think, be inconsistent [with Harvard's non-discriminatory policy...