Word: rotcs
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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...
...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...
...there are important political issues that do affect the lives of Harvard students. Students are affected--either directly or indirectly--by the presence of more minority faculty, the option of anonymous HIV testing at UHS, an ethnic studies program and ROTC. Certainly these and numerous other issues are inherently politically charged. But it would be a shame for our student government to abstain from addressing them simply because of this fact...