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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.
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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
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
Marine Corps News: Recruiting Looking Good for Marines
WASHINGTON - Even without offering big cash bonuses, promising opportunities for college or assuring a better life after service, the Marine Corps anticipates meeting its five-year force-growth goal two years early, the commander of Marine recruiting said via teleconference from his headquarters in Quantico, Va. ...Read More
Vital Voice: EXCLUSIVE: Q&A with Tobias Wolff
Tobias Barrington Wolff is the Co-Chair, National LGBT Policy Committee, Obama for America '08 and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He writes and teaches in the fields of Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Conflict of Laws. He began his teaching career at the University of California , Davis Law School and has been a visiting professor at Stanford and Northwestern Law Schools. ...Read More
Newsday: Obama visit spurs ROTC debate at NY’s Columbia U.
NEW YORK - Barack Obama's opposition to Columbia University's ban on the Reserve Officers' Training Corps has touched off a campus debate. ...Read More
Columbia Spectator: CCSC Unveils Student Referendum Process
A surprise item at Sunday night’s Columbia College Student Council meeting could pave the way for student referendums on controversial issues including the presence of Reserve Officers Training Corps on campus. ...Read More
GLAAD: LGBT town hall forum at University of Mississippi to precede first presidential debate
Oxford, MS, September 15, 2008 - In advance of the first 2008 Presidential Debates taking place at the University of Mississippi, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates will be participating in a Town Hall Forum organized by the Gay Straight Alliance at the University of Mississippi. ...Read More
The Daily Star: America’s dwindling firepower
With the United States bogged down in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and facing terrorist threats around the world and a hostile Iran, it can no longer fight multiple wars. ...Read More
Minnesota Public Radio: Two veterans reflect on military’s policy on gays
Congress recently held the first-ever hearing to discuss the law that bans gay men and women from serving openly in the military. The hearing renewed a sense of optimism among gay activists, who have pushed to reverse the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Two gay veterans in St. Paul talk about how the law has affected their lives. ...Read More
