News Archive
Return ROTC To Ivy League Elites
About three years ago, Columbia was asked to allow ROTC back on campus, but its president, Lee Bollinger, said the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy constituted discrimination and so stood firm. ...Read More
New York Sun: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Cited In Bollinger’s Opposition to ROTC
Mr. Bollinger cites the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy toward gays as the primary reason why Columbia should continue to prohibit ROTC.
...Read MorePowerline: Lee Bollinger’s Policy
Bollinger refers to "don't ask/don't tell" as Defense Department policy, but it is mandated by federal law. ...Read More
Critical Mass: Bollinger doesn’t get it
Senate members may have had a variety of reasons for their votes, but the record and official reports make it reasonably clear that the predominant reason was one of adhering to a core principle of the University: that we will not have programs on the campus that discriminate against students on the basis of such categories as race, gender, military veteran status, or sexual orientation. Under the current "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the Defense Department, openly gay and lesbian students could or would be excluded from participating in ROTC activities. ...Read More
Golden Gate XPress (San Francisco State University): Career fair qualms
Firstly, it is a matter of public record that the United States Armed Forces are against the inclusion of American citizens who are homosexual.
...Read MoreDaily Mississippian: Don’t Ask, Do Tell
Navy Captain Joan Darrah left the Pentagon only moments before the plane hit at 9:37 a.m., striking the office where she had just been. The blast killed the people she had been meeting with. She rushed back to her office a few blocks away and spent hours on the telephone with distraught Navy families. That’s when the secret she had been keeping hit her in the heart. ...Read More
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network Hosts Forum in First Presidential Debate
Former service member Darren Manzella joined SLDN Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis and Retired Rear Admiral James ("Jamie") Barnett at two events that took place at The University of Mississippi in advance of the Sept. 26 Presidential Debate. Manzella, Sarvis and Admiral Barnett were featured speakers at both the Town Hall Forum, hosted by the university's Gay Straight Alliance, and the subsequent workshop, hosted by SLDN. ...Read More
Phoenixville News: Huge Issues Hang on 2008 Election
It is time for all Americans to think seriously about the issues and problems facing our country and stop listening to the media uproar around personalities and smear tactics on all sides of the political spectrum. ...Read More
Wilamette Week: Ask Not
It seems like a good time to revisit “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military’s policy of banning openly gay and lesbian recruits from active service enacted as a compromise by President Clinton in 1993. ...Read More
Columbia Spectator: ESC Views Proposal For ROTC Referendum
A student-referendum protocol that would allow students to vote to express their opinions on controversial issues made its way through the Engineering Student Council Monday night with some resistance. Discussion centered around the largest issue that could soon bring a vote: a new movement for the return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps to campus. ...Read More
