Word: rotcs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...roll above the Interstate leading into Russell; the marquee of the Dream Cinema on Main Street will welcome him home. After the fourth campaign, it is almost a scripted event; the original Dolls for Dole will be there, along with the band and the drill team and the junior rotc and the guys from the VFW post. The people of Russell will all come out, glad to do what they have done before, to welcome him home and, if need be, put him back together...
...early 1990s, the group was very vocal in administrative decisions and was at the center of campus controversies over ROTC, co-ed rooming, and computer network privacy. But last year, the group's membership dwindled and consisted mainly of seniors working on theses...
...election day. Most representatives vote and choose issues to work on according to their personal beliefs and interests--or their personal conceptions about what Harvard students think and want. Few reps, including myself, got a good handle on their constituents views about grant money distribution, Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) policy or whether last fall's Gala Ball was a great success or a collossal failure...
Last Year, without consulting any of my constituents on the issue, I voted to condemn the administration for violating its non-discrimination policy by allowing ROTC to hold its annual commissioning ceremony in Harvard Yard. I thought moving ROTC ceremonies off campus to respect the rights of gay and lesbian graduates was more important than the symbolic value of being commissioned within the Yard. What do you think...
...Undergraduate Council passed legislation last year requesting that University divest itself of assets in Shell Oil Company, legislation asking the College to officially replace the term "freshman" with the term "first-year," and legislation demanding Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 prevent Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) students from being commissioned in Harvard Yard during Commencement Week. And what came of all this toil? Absolutely nothing. The University still holds assets in Shell, we still have a "Freshman" Dean's Office, and ROTC students are still being commissioned in the Yard...