Word: scholarships
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Twenty-four U.S. Representatives issued a letter yesterday condemning the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) for dismissing a student because of his sexual orientation and demanding repayment of $2500 in scholarship money...
Drafted by Rep. Gerry E. Studds (D-Mass), who is openly gay, the letter calls the Army's decision demanding that the Washington University student, James M. Holobaugh, repay the scholarship money "fundamentally unfair; it would also reflect an appalling mean-spiritedness which has no place in ROTC...
While refusing a ROTC cadet commission becauseof sexual orientation is not uncommon, the recentcase is the first time that a student has beenordered by the Army to repay scholarship money,according to Kathleen T. Dyer, an aide to Studds...
Holobaugh, formerly a University of Missouristudent, won a four-year ROTC scholarship toattend Washington University in St. Louis in hisjunior year. Considered an exemplary cadet, he wasfeatured in a ROTC recruiting advertisement thatran in newspaper advertisements...
...field" as defined by the senior members of a department often means "respected and safe" in practice. In a politicized field like English, the University rarely takes a gamble on a talented young academic on the cutting edge of scholarship...