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...started, as I remember it, when Lamelle D. Rawlins '99 raised the specter of ROTC, claiming that some of the candidates present at the BGLTSA meeting were supportive of the campus military organization that excludes gay people. Specifically, she charged that several of the candidates present were guilty of voting "no" on a council resolution last year that would have asked the administration to bar ROTC graduation services from Harvard Yard...
After the ROTC hit the fan, the candidates' speeches devolved into a discussion of their viewpoints on ROTC and gay people. All of the candidates, of course, argued that whatever their position on ROTC, they were still sensitive to gay and lesbian issues, that they were pro-gay rights, etc. The way many of the candidates were speaking, it was as if our homosexuality meant that we inevitably favored a gay students' center, gay rights, and kicking ROTC graduation exercises off campus...
...rights" mean. Some radical gay activists, for example, argue that the current focus on gay marriage is a capitulation to an institution that is inherently heterosexual, that gay people do not need and should not want conventional marriages. And we disagree over what needs to be done about ROTC, if anything...
...making the cut, while cadets commonly use superlatives when talking about Mace and Lovetinska. Says Brett Strand, a junior: "I've heard it from more than one person, they're some of the best knobs we've ever had." But Gibson insists that his client, Messer, a member of ROTC in high school, was as tough as they come. Adds Kulp: "Were this a situation where after the first week [Mentavlos] was calling it quits, as did a number of male cadets, maybe that might be worthy of analysis. But she completed the semester. She is holding her head high...
Porter also spends time with the Institute of Politics (IOP), Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and the first year perfect program...