Columbia University has voted to bring back ROTC. Will Stanford be next? Kyle Huwa of the Student Free Press Association has the story:
Now one must ask: What is taking so long at Stanford?
Columbia, within 2-3 months, has explored the ROTC issue and put the issue up to a university senate vote. Stanford, however, created its committee over a year ago and still has not presented a report to the Faculty Senate. The report was always slated for spring quarter, but at this point it seems as though the necessary information should have been collected and the opinion of the student body taken into account.
Because it will take time to re-implement ROTC in whatever form the military decides to re-implement it, the faculty senate should act with urgency so that students who want to participate in a Stanford-based program have the chance to do so while they’re still in school.
As long as the moonbats don't think the Solomon act will be enforced they'll drag it out hoping for something to pop up so they can keep the ROTC out.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseConsidering the quality of the recent graduates from the "elite" universities, is it a good idea to get officers from them?
Stanford? Columbia? ROTC? A quarter million bucks to generate a second lieutenant? Conservative "feel goodism" waste of money. Meh...
The country is short of doctors not second lieutenants. Better the government used the money to increase medical school and post graduate residency slots.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseStanford may have created a committee "over a year ago," but it was only in December that DADT was repealed. Maybe I'm the only one here that remembers what college was like but it seems like this is happening surprisingly fast. It takes three months to transfer a credit, I'm not surprised it takes four or more to setup ROTC.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHaving been an NROTC Mid in the 70's, I have first hand experience with the caring and sharing anti-war set who hate ROTC. I will be partially convinced when oh so tolerant "liberals" actually encounter an ROTC mid/cadet in person on campus and can actually restrain their baser instincts to harangue, intimidate and politicize.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAnyone from one of these "universities" can still take up the challenge of becoming an Army officer by enlisting as a 09S (Officer Candidate). You'll go to Basic Training to learn how to be a soldier and then go to Officer Candidate School before going on to your basic skill branch. There's even student loan repayment programs.
Four years of moonbattery sweats out real quick at Oh-Dark-Thirty every morning!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWMurphy, you're not convinced Columbia and Stanford are universities?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf the schools were anti-military enough to boycott ROTC before, there is something wrong with them.
And if there's something wrong with the school, there may be something wrong with the graduates who've been educated there. ROTC may have inoculated some of them, but perhaps not all of them.
As officers, most of the graduates would be leading troops in one way or another. How much can we trust them? Can we give them security clearances?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCan't believe that Columbia (and Harvard) will bring ROTC back before Yale. Come on Elis, what's taking so long?
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