Tag Archives: ROTC

ROTC Returns to Harvard!

Posted on March 4, 2011 by lesbianoutsider

After over 40 years in exile, ROTC returns to Harvard! Harvard President, Drew Gilpin Faust announced that Harvard is poised to sign an agreement today that will bring back the Navy ROTC program to their Ivy League campus. Continue reading →

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ROTC Update: Columbia and Stanford

Posted on March 2, 2011 by lesbianoutsider

The Stanford Conservative Society has launched a petition in support of the return of ROTC at Stanford University. The petition was launched on February 22nd and as of February 28th, the pro-ROTC sign-on had collected 812 signatures. Continue reading →

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War Hero Heckled by Ivy League Brats

Posted on February 20, 2011 by lesbianoutsider

When Anthony Maschek, a Columbia University freshman, took to the podium to express his support for allowing the return of ROTC to the Columbia campus, he was heckled with booes, hisses and laughter. Continue reading →

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Ivy League Colleges and ROTC: Time To Pony Up

Posted on December 19, 2010 by lesbianoutsider

In addressing those illustrious academic institutions that come under the rubric of ‘Ivy League’, I can only paraphrase Richard Nixon in summing up their current cultural reality: You don’t have DADT to kick around anymore. Continue reading →

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ROTC on Campus: The Columbia Conundrum

Posted on November 13, 2010 by lesbianoutsider

For the first time in 42 years, Columbia Univeristy permitted a miliatry flag ceremony on its campus. Continue reading →

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