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In today's Wall Street Journal, Columbia University sophomore Learned Foote calls for Columbia to overturn its longtime policy of banning ROTC from campus. As Foote points out, if Columbia believes what it says about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," there is actually no better way to address the issue than to allow ROTC back on campus, which would place many more well-educated Columbia graduates in positions to make change from within the military -- rather than, as he says, "standing on the sidelines." In saying so, Foote makes a crucial point that elite universities banning ROTC essentially ignore, namely: "A Columbia education provides a nuanced view of our complex global society. As an elite institution, we could help bring balance to our military, which is underrepresented both in the Northeast and among the wealthy."
Columbia's trustees -- who have been silent -- should take note of these excellent arguments and, as ACTA urged earlier this year, take action.
Posted by Charles Mitchell on December 08, 2008 at December 8, 2008 03:39 PM
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