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Harvard maintains no official ties with ROTC because the Faculty has ruled that the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy on homosexuals violates the University’s stance on discrimination. But the University does allow cadets to participate in a unit at MIT, in a program funded by an independent group of Harvard alumni...
...Fred O. Smith ’04 told the council that the debate and bill were “disturbing” because they neglected the interests of students affected by the “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy...
...campus as a result of the Vietnam War, the ROTC suffered a further setback in 1993 when the Faculty Council voted to stop funding for the MIT-based unit because of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy...
Contrary to popular opinion, the “don’t ask, don’t tell?? policy did not result from the scheming of discriminatory military brass, and certainly did not intend to stymie Harvard cadets from seeking an education. Yet, ROTC is counter-intuitively banned from campus and directly associated with the policy’s creation and implementation. Does the ban make any sense? Civilian government, the very people we vote for, shoulders the responsibility for the policy, but groups and events associated with our government here on campus don’t seem...
...Don’t ask, don’t tell?? is a backwards policy that Harvard should rightfully contest. The University should support student groups that lobby for military reform and should provide legal council for homosexual cadets who seek to challenge the military’s policy. But we must not reject the military altogether while we work towards inclusion. It may be flawed, but only because of its security can we hope for something better...