Columbia Takes A Stand
The Columbia faculty senate
has voted against a proposal to bring ROTC back to campus.
Good for Columbia.
It may be unpopular now, with the war in Iraq and military recruiting failing to make its quotas, to say that it's wrong for the military to discriminate against gays. But it is wrong, and universities, part of whose mission is to promote enlightenment, should stand up and say so.
Incidentally, Columbia president Lee Bollinger—the runner-up to Larry Summers in Harvard's presidential race—voted against ROTC, despite the possibility of angering the Bush administration. Good for Bollinger.
