Word: rotcs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...It’s noteworthy that both major candidates feel that having ROTC on campus is a matter of student choice and equity,” she said. “Institutions should take up this issue...
...letter appears unlikely to change Harvard’s policy toward ROTC, which was banned from campus in 1969 amid anti-military sentiment during the Vietnam War. ROTC has since been blocked from returning due to the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which bars openly gay men and women from military service...
...letter, sent by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, quoted Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama endorsing ROTC training on college campuses...
Harvard students who participate in ROTC do so through MIT but do not receive any academic credit at Harvard...
...campaign changed gears for a moment from attack politics to finding common ground, with Obama and McCain agreeing that ROTC recruiters should be allowed on campuses like Columbia (where they are currently prohibited) and that the next President should recapture the feeling of civic responsibility that swept the country after 9/11. The only material difference appeared to be over the role government should play: Obama proposed tuition tax credits for college students who perform community service and the creation of additional public agencies to encourage volunteerism. "The government's gonna have a role," he said. "I think there...