Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exist as an on-campus extra-curricular activity was settled 20 years ago. On May 29, 1968, a special faculty committee appointed by the Harvard Corporation concluded that "The armed services interpret the relevant public law as forbidding them to accept arrangements under which ROTC would become altogether extracurricular, with no contractual intermediation by the University beyond that afforded ordinary extracurricular activities...
Anyone on the council who bothered to look could have seen, as clear as day, why ROTC cannot return as an extracurricular activity. Anyone who looked a little further could have seen sound reasons why the current University policy exists...
...opposition to the resolution has centered upon the anti-gay discriminatory policies of ROTC. But even if ROTC accepted gays, the case to bring it back fails. ROTC would not just be another extracurricular activity; establishing a chapter on campus would compromise Harvard's academic integrity...
...proponents of the pro-ROTC resolution respond that it is less a question of homophobia than a question of fairness. They argue that students should be free to participate in whatever extracurricular activities they choose...
...through college to opt for the free route. To be bribed by a tantalizing way to pay their ticket through here, and, yes, to take up a greater burden for our nation's defense than is equitable. To turn their time and talent away from other academic and extracurricular pursuits. To have the relief of paying a bill...