Word: rotcs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-year member of the council, Darling has consistently taken conservative stands on many issues, ranging from the presence of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) on campus to whether the council should pass a resolution supporting gay marriages...
Coming-Out Day '98 featured such gems as, "Have more sex. Join BGLTSA." and "Can I bum a fag?" During the ROTC debate (at which time, both authors of this piece were on the Undergraduate Council and supported the BGLTSA's efforts in that matter), BGLTSA touted flyers depicting a topless soldier accompanied by the caption, "Who's been a naughty soldier?" Gaypril '99 spawned a new marketing campaign for homosexuality--BGLTSA co-opted Nike's logo and slogan by writing "DYKE: Just...
Such shock is, at best, disingenuous. We are perfectly aware that homophobia thrives at Harvard--one need only look to the ROTC debates of last spring for an official and officious example--yet it offends our delicate sensibilities to admit it. It is better to denounce these events as aberrations in an otherwise flawless surface and discuss them as if they were unpalatable only insofar as they are breaches of good manners, mere exercises in poor taste...
...best argument in favor of student government is that someone ought to represent student opinion on issues affecting the College to the administration, which has real governing power. The council performed this role admirably and courageously during last year's ROTC debate, ultimately passing a resolution urging the administration to facilitate students' participation in the corps. However, shortly after the resolution passed in council vote, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 met with the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporter's Alliance and quickly announced that despite the council's opinion, no changes in University policy would...
...ROTC debate typified an emerging trend in campus politics. When it comes to hot-button campus issues, students have, by and large, left the council for issue-specific special-interest groups. And these new groups--the Progressive Student Labor Movement, the Coalition Against Sexual Violence, etc.--seem to have more traction with the administration, demonstrated by their recently won concessions. When Dean Lewis ignores the (supposed) interests of the entire student body to heed the concerns of a small and interested faction thereof, it is evident that student government is no longer the best avenue for influencing the administration...