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"ROTC should be fully and unequivocally welcomed back to Harvard"
Forty years after Harvard caved to student protests and expelled ROTC from campus, two seniors who are about to be commissioned second lieutenants in the Marine Corps have issued a strong call for ROTC's return in The Wall Street Journal. There, Joseph Kristol and Daniel West outline the obstacles the administration has set up for students who wish to participate in the program at MIT and lament the decline in the consequent enrollment. There are only 29 ROTC cadets at Harvard today -- and they are spread out over four services and four years.
Last fall, ACTA sent a letter to Harvard and six other major universities, calling for the return of ROTC. Harvard did not even bother replying.
There is some good news. The two petition candidates in this year's Harvard Board of Overseers election, Robert L. Freedman and Harvey A. Silverglate, both unambiguously support the return of ROTC and promise to work toward that goal should they be elected. Harvard alums, take note: Ballots are in the mail.
Posted by David Azerrad on April 10, 2009 at April 10, 2009 12:46 PM
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