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...Students wishing to serve their country by becoming military officers can join the unit at MIT. There are actually more Harvard cadets than MIT cadets there. But ROTC may not meet officially at Harvard, and the costs MIT incurs on Harvard’s behalf are paid not by Harvard but by alumni volunteers...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Stumbling Blocks | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...don’t think Harvard’s stance on ROTC is morally tenable. We should not attempt to remove the barriers facing some of our students by placing stumbling blocks in the path of others...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Stumbling Blocks | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...quote Democratic Congressman Barney Frank ’61 (Massachusetts), speaking courageously some weeks ago on a related matter, “idealism that is empowered by pragmatism is the way in which we make progress.” We are part of American society and ROTC is sui generis, an exception to our rules about student activities...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Stumbling Blocks | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...ROTC students are trying to understand why the College has used Harvard’s money for equality of alcohol access, but not for buses to take them to MIT to learn to protect our freedoms. And why Harvard, which admirably does so much to support students’ freedom to choose their futures, does nothing to support their choice to serve our country...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Stumbling Blocks | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...issue is not bringing an ROTC unit to Harvard. Units are merging today, not splitting. We should normalize Harvard’s relations with MIT ROTC. Harvard ought to pay its bills to MIT directly. It ought to bus our ROTC students as it buses our volleyball teams...

Author: By Harry R. Lewis | Title: Stumbling Blocks | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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