Word: midshipmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Moore says that while she was in ROTC, there was a push by some Harvard midshipmen to bring the program back to campus. She remembers talking about the discrimination issue with one of the students behind the campaign: "He said that the military shouldn't have to accept people who had something wrong with them, whether they were gay or had a leg missing, or whatever--his words...
...There weren't any openly gay people in ROTC to discriminate against, but the atmosphere was certainly homophobic," she adds, saying that among midshipmen, the word "fag" was considered to be the ultimate insult...
...many of the cadets and midshipmen, while part of the same system, vary ideologically. Most, though, see both room for negotiation and a need for resolution...
...beyond simply bemoaning the commute across Cambridge, some cadets and midshipmen say they are being both glorified and vilified by various interests. Council members sponsoring the bill have presented the debate as a matter of respect for ROTC participants, suggesting that opponents are dishonoring those who serve their country...
...cadets and midshipmen, rarely consulted on the issue, who see the gray area in the debate--implicated in the system as much as they question...