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...exclusion of gays and lesbians. But formal statements are merely words. When the Council meets again on Wednesday, it should take decisive action to protest homophobic discrimination in the armed forces, and more specifically, in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). The Council should recommend that the Faculty sever completely all direct University ties to ROTC. The Council should not, however, take the extra step of recommending that the University refuse to accept ROTC scholarship money...
There are big parties in Boylston, Sever and Straus...
...objections to ROTC were picked up at MIT last week, as 1500 students and faculty members signed a petition calling for the school to "sever all ties" with ROTC by 1994 if it continues to deny scholarships to gay students...
...drive was prompted by recent events at the Universities of Wisconsin, Melvin said. At Wisconsin, the faculty voted to sever ties with ROTC if the military did not change its exclusionary policies, but the school's trustees reversed the decision...
Harvard's Faculty Council is currently debating whether the University should sever all remaining ties with ROTC. Specifically, the Faculty's steering committee is considering whether ROTC should be able to continue holding occasional meetings in Harvard rooms, recruit at career forums and hold special Commencement Exercises...