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After 4 decades, Harvard pens door to ROTC
Boston Globe ^ | 12/21/10 | Tracy Jan

Posted on 12/21/2010 9:48:46 AM PST by Nachum

Harvard University will welcome ROTC back to campus now that Congress has repealed a ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, university president Drew Faust said.The move will end a four-decade standoff between one of the nation’s most prestigious universities and its armed forces. The tension began over the Vietnam War and continued in recent years as university administrators, faculty, and students objected to what they saw as discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: harvard; rotc

1 posted on 12/21/2010 9:48:52 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

The headline is missing either an “o” or an “i”. I’ll have to consider this a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell incident.


2 posted on 12/21/2010 9:52:47 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Nachum

....and here I thought Berkley would have been first!


3 posted on 12/21/2010 9:52:47 AM PST by cameraeye (A happy kufir!)
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To: Nachum
Thanks but no thanks, Harvard. Our military has done very well the last thirty years without your "help." Please keep your weasels out of our officer corps.
4 posted on 12/21/2010 9:53:48 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: Nachum
Just what we need, Harvard educated homosexuals in the military.

We're doomed!

5 posted on 12/21/2010 9:53:48 AM PST by Prokopton
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To: Prokopton

Think back to the debate between McCain & Obama regarding the draft and ROTC in colleges (Harvard may have been where the debate was held). Obama indicated he was open to the draft, remember that? This was meant to happen (for all of the obvious reasons). INDOCTRINATION; Harvard will be in charge.


6 posted on 12/21/2010 10:04:15 AM PST by MotherRedDog
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To: Prokopton

Think back to the debate between McCain & Obama regarding the draft and ROTC in colleges (Harvard may have been where the debate was held). Obama indicated he was open to the draft, remember that? This was meant to happen (for all of the obvious reasons). INDOCTRINATION; Harvard will be in charge.


7 posted on 12/21/2010 10:04:26 AM PST by MotherRedDog
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To: Nachum

I think the ROTC recruiters could do a world of good if they returned to Harvard with M2s and flamethrowers. Grazing fire and napalm would clean that place up nicely.


8 posted on 12/21/2010 10:06:58 AM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: Nachum

Four decades ago no one was worrying about gays in the military; Harvard students were worried about themselves being drafted and sent to VietNam. That’s why all those colleges haven’t had ROTC in four decades, it had nothing to do with DADT.


9 posted on 12/21/2010 10:07:33 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: cameraeye
....and here I thought Berkley would have been first!

The UC Berkeley ROTC program has continuously produced US Army officers since its founding in 1870.

10 posted on 12/21/2010 10:08:08 AM PST by PanzerKardinal (Some things are so idiotic only an intellectual would believe it.)
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To: Seruzawa
Grazing fire and napalm would clean that place up nicely.

Ah, yes napalm. The gift that keeps on giving.
11 posted on 12/21/2010 10:09:24 AM PST by righttackle44
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To: righttackle44
Ah, yes napalm. The gift that keeps on giving.

Ah, this post brings back memories of those good ole Marine Corps jodies. You know like, "Napalm Sticks to Kids!" According to ObamaCare, these college students are still "kids" until they are 26 years old!

So, count me "on-board!"
12 posted on 12/21/2010 10:17:00 AM PST by ExTxMarine ("Convictions are more dangerous to truth than lies." ~ F. Nietzsche)
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To: Nachum

SURE Harvard will allow ROTC - now that they allow GAYS in the military!!!


13 posted on 12/21/2010 10:27:02 AM PST by 2harddrive
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To: ClearCase_guy
"The headline is missing either an “o” or an “i”. I’ll have to consider this a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell incident."

LOL!

14 posted on 12/21/2010 10:35:40 AM PST by guitar4jesus (Biofuels, AGW, Globalism, Green Movement -- Strong Delusions! . . . . 2Thes 2:11)
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To: Nachum
Oh, joy. Not only is the military being homo'd, but it'll be infiltrated further by a gaggle of Ivy League-educated, self-centered, elitist divas. Well, that's just...


15 posted on 12/21/2010 10:39:09 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Nachum

Just what we don’t need - a herdlet of Gayo-Bamas, educated beyond their intelligence, and heading for careers in the military.


16 posted on 12/21/2010 11:20:52 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor not a race relations Czar in the Obama administration.")
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