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...Monday, the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance and the Harvard Republican Club issued a joint statement condemning Voith and Gadgil for making misleading statements to their groups about the role of ROTC on campus...
Harvard’s long-standing opposition to military recruitment dates back to the Vietnam War. In 1969, student and faculty war protests culminated in the removal of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) from campus. Since then, the hostility between Harvard and the military has survived, though the reasons have changed. In 1995, citing the military’s ban on homosexual participation—particularly the nebulous “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy—Harvard hardened its line by ending all official funding for the ROTC...
...campaign oversight, this mismanagement has become a trend.More recently, Voith and Gadgil made contradictory statements to the Bisexual, Gay, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and the Harvard Republican Club (HRC). In a written statement to the HRC, Voith and Gadgil voiced their support for returning Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) to the Harvard campus. In a later meeting with the BGLTSA, however, they explicitly contradicted this position when they stated they did not support bringing ROTC back to campus until the military dropped its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy...
Exeter grad, Ivy-leaguer, and Marine. Peter H. Brooks ’06 breaks the mold. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, inspired Brooks—Brooksy to his friends—to join the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) the summer before his first year at Harvard. But after his third year, he decided to switch to the Marines. “I wanted to be more focused on people and training and leading young troops,” he says. Joining the Marines ROTC means joining the grunts—and one of the most...
...continue to support bringing ROTC back to campus. We made that clear to the HRC and to the BGLTSA,” the statement said. “It is not accurate to state that we ‘unequivocally opposed the presence of ROTC on campus while Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is in place.’ We did, however, make it clear that we need to understand the concerns of the campus...