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Morally, the question is cut and dried. If gays and lesbians are to be acknowledged as equal members of society, they must be treated equally by the government. And if they are to be equal members of the student body, they cannot be barred from activities because of their sexual orientation...
ROTC's purported academic mission continues to make a solely extracurricular relationship impossible. Control of a campus-based ROTC would lie not with the University, not with a student charter, but with the United States military. University-endorsed (if not credited) courses would be given by teachers appointed by the Defense Department. The senior commander would have to be given a faculty position...
...council's biggest mistake was its failure to inform the student body of its impending vote. The current campus debate, raging in dining halls and dorm rooms, should have contributed to the decision, rather than come after the fact. When the council discussed the finals club resolution earlier this fall, it postered the campus announcing the meeting; ROTC has proven to be as controversial, and students should have been given as much advanced warning...
While escalating student protests over the war in Vietnam forced the Reserve Officers Training Corps out of Harvard 20 years ago, other campuses were also involved in the movement to expel the military training program...
...presence of ROTC at Princeton is once again in jeopardy as a committee appointed by the university's president considers student opposition to ROTC because of its discrimination against gays and lesbians. The committee, which includes students, faculty members and administrators, is expected to produce a recommendation early this fall, Burbach says...