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Sound Off! A Cadet Defends ROTC

March 6, 2008 - 1:00am
By Jennifer Speeckaert

Although I am a ROTC cadet, everything I’m writing in this article is my own opinion, and does not represent Army policy. As a cadet in Army ROTC, yet having good friends in the LGBTQ society, I have been following the articles about the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy very closely. Believe it or not, “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is something we in the military discuss among ourselves often. Being in the National Guard and having family in the active army exposes me to a lot of military personnel. Whatever our personal feelings on gays in the military are, however, it comes down to a simple matter. DADT is federal law, not Army or ROTC policy.


Colonels and Campus Don't Mix: Are ROTC and Academia Compatible?

March 6, 2008 - 1:00am
By Munier Salem

First and foremost, a university strives to uncover new truths and exciting insights. While this pursuit is always imperfect, it is also self correcting, since the philosophy is to question, research, hear all opinions, hypothesize, doubt and critique. If a textbook fact is false, it will eventually be corrected by anything from an obnoxious undergrad’s e-mail to some ground breaking experiment.