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4:33 PM, Mar 4, 2011 • By CHERYL MILLER Harvard President Drew Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus just signed the agreement officially welcoming ROTC back on Harvard grounds.
Read more... 1:34 PM, Mar 4, 2011 • By CHERYL MILLER
Columbia University’s Task Force on Military Engagement just released its full report on ROTC. As previously reported, the student survey went in favor of bringing ROTC back to campus: Sixty percent of students approved restoring the program. A quick look at some of the findings:
Read more... 2:14 PM, Feb 28, 2011 • By CHERYL MILLER
A group of faculty members at Columbia and Barnard have issued a statement opposing ROTC's return to campus. The statement isn't terribly noteworthy in itself—except that one of the signatories taking issue with the potential "militarization" of the university is Rashid Khalidi, activist Middle Eastern studies professor and notorious pro-Palestinian cheerleader. Apparently, the "use of force" is "antithetical" to the ethos of the university—but only if America or our allies are involved.
Read more... How serious is Obama about ROTC on elite campuses?11:15 AM, Jan 27, 2011 • By CHERYL MILLER
Over at CNAS, Andrew Exum has a somewhat different take on President Obama's ROTC shout-out in the State of the Union speech. He writes:
Read more... Insist universities explain their opposition to ROTC.2:15 PM, Jan 7, 2011 • By CHERYL MILLER
It’s disappointing that Princeton University remains unwilling to consider ROTC courses for academic credit, particularly after student calls for the university to reevaluate its relationship to ROTC pending the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
Read more... 10:16 AM, Dec 31, 2010 • By WILLIAM KRISTOLFor what it's worth: When I saw Colman McCarthy's anti-ROTC Washington Post op-ed online Wednesday evening, I e-mailed it to a few friends with the subject line, "it's helpful to have opponents like this." Allahpundit had a similar thought, and has developed it with characteristic wit and verve:
Read more... Jan 3, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 16 • By CHERYL MILLER and GARY SCHMITTWith the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, elite colleges now have a chance to make good on their promises and bring the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) back to campus.
Read more... Advance copy from the January 3 - January 10, 2011 issue.12:00 AM, Dec 23, 2010 • By CHERYL MILLER and GARY SCHMITT
With the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, elite colleges now have a chance to make good on their promises and bring the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) back to campus.
Read more... Nowhere is perfectly safe--give the kids a fighting chance.12:00 AM, May 5, 2010 • By C.J. CIARAMELLA
A little more than three years ago, Seung-Hui Cho entered a building at Virginia Tech, chained the doors shut and began shooting. He killed 32 people--the deadliest school shooting in United States history. The tragedy sparked a nationwide review of campus safety measures. Colleges began coordinating with local police to update old and outdated emergency policies. But the shooting also caused many students, dismayed by the poor emergency response by Virginia Tech administrators and police, to start looking toward ensuring their own safety. A movement was born to roll back long-standing handgun bans at colleges, led by the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.
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