Harvard ROTC Coverage: 2000

Harvard ROTC Coverage: 2000 - 2004

ROTC groups at MIT that include Harvard students: Army (Paul Revere Battalion), Navy (Old Ironsides Battalion) and Air Force (Doolittle's Raiders).

2000:

17 February 2000 Harvard Crimson article "In the Navy". Note: The Crimson chronicles the life of ROTC students and their commute to MIT, starting at 5:30 AM.
20 March 2000 Harvard Crimson article "Harvard Students to Head MIT ROTC Unit".
May - June 2000 Harvard Magazine article "Setting Sail".
July / August 2000 Harvard Magazine photo with caption "At ROTC commissioning ceremonies...".
22 September 2000 Harvard Crimson article "Harvard ROTC Unit Named Best in Nation". Note: Harvard students comprise 50% of the battalion.
28 September 2000 Harvard University Gazette article "Paul Revere ROTC Unit is honored with national award"

2001:

12 January 2001 Harvard Crimson article "Students Receive Navy Recruitment E-mail" Comment: Harvard College allowed the Navy to send recruiting e-mail to undergraduates in January 2001, in compliance with the regulations implementing the Solomon Amendment.
27 April 2001 MIT ROTC Pass in Review Speech by LTG Terry Scott
12 September 2001 Harvard Crimson article "Terrorist Acts Stun, Sadden Harvard Students". Note: "Charlie Cromwell ’02, an Army ROTC member, failed to get through to military personnel in Washington. I worked in that wing of the Pentagon this summer, and I haven’t been able to get through to my coworkers,” Cromwell said. “I have no idea if they’re okay.”"
4 October 2001 Wall Street Journal article "Bring Back ROTC? No, Not at Harvard, Despite New Support"
5 October 2001 Harvard Crimson article "ROTC Debate Sparks Controversy in Council".
9 October 2001 Harvard Crimson article "Summers Expresses Pride in ROTC". Note: President Summers referred to military service as “noble” and said “We need to be careful about adopting any policy on campus of non-support for those involved in defending the country ... Every Harvard student should be proud that we have in our midst students who make the commitment to ROTC.”
10 October 2001 Fox News report "Harvard Alumni Urge Return of Banished ROTC Program"
10 October 2001 Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus Press Release "Harvard Gay and Lesbian Alumni Respond to ROTC"
11 October 2001 Associated Press report "Harvard alumni urge return of banned ROTC"
11 October 2001 Harvard Salient column "ROTC and Relativism" by Claire McCusker.
12 October 2001 Orlando Sentinel column "Harvard vs. Texas A&M: Which shares your values?" by Peter A. Brown NF '82
14 October 2001 PolkOnline editorial "Harvard should let ROTC on campus"
14 October 2001 St. Petersburg Times column "Let the ROTC return to Ivy League campuses" by Philip Gailey
15 October 2001 Harvard Crimson column "Bring Back ROTC Now" by John F. Bash ’03
17 October 2001 Washington Times article "Harvard Alumni Want ROTC Back"
18 October 2001 Bay Windows article "Support grows at Harvard to reinstate on-campus ROTC". Note: The article quotes later-to-be Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Gregory Mankiw who said he has "always been saddened by the university's policy toward ROTC. To protest the military's policy toward homosexuals, the faculty and administration (who are mostly liberal and upper-income) place a burden on students interested in ROTC training (who, I suspect, are mostly conservative and from working-class families). This policy acts like a tax on diversity among the student body, if diversity is judged by viewpoint and life experience, and thus works against one of the school's stated goals."
19 October 2001 Harvard Crimson column "Banned Without a Cause?" by Jason L. Steorts '03
19 October 2001 Yale Herald article "At Harvard, a struggle to bring back ROTC".
23 October 2001 Daily Princetonian article "New wave of support spurs debate of Harvard ROTC"
29 October 2001 Weekly Standard column "Harvard Hates ROTC" by Erin Sheley '02
29 October 2001 US News column "Uncle Sam needs you" by John Leo
31 October 2001 National Review column "Crimson Shame: Harvard's ROTC problem" by Stanley Kurtz PhD '90
November 2001 Perspective Editorial "ROTC has no place at Harvard". Note: Perspective identifies itself as "Harvard-Radcliffe's Liberal Monthly. We are the only politically progressive, general-issues magazine on campus."
2 November 2001 Wall Street Journal publication of the 26 October 2001 speech on public service by President Summers at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Note: President Summers said "It was a very significant thing for our country when the tragic events of the Vietnam War period led to disaffection, which in many ways lives with us today, toward people who wear uniforms ... It is all too common for us to underestimate the importance of clearly expressing our respect and support for the military and individuals who choose to serve in the armed forces of the United States ... I hope that when you have this award next year, among those who will be recognized will be those who have served our country in uniform. Because I think we need to remember that of all the kinds of public service, there is a special nobility, a special grace to those who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for our country."
2 November 2001 Wall Street Journal editorial "'A Special Grace': Larry Summers brings courage to Harvard". Comment: This editorial praises President Summers' Kennedy School speech and advocates ROTC at Harvard.
4 November 2001 Boston Globe column "Maddening deeds at US universities" by William J. Bennett JD '71
11 November 2001 President Summers Sends Letter of Support to Harvard ROTC Cadets
11 November 2001 ROTC cadets form honor guard at Harvard's Veterans Day commemoration
15 November 2001 New York Times obituary "Nathan Pusey, Harvard President Through Growth and Turmoil Alike, Dies at 94". Note: After demonstrators in 1969 demanded that Harvard ban ROTC entirely and took over University Hall, and were removed by police, "Hugh Calkins, a member of the Harvard Corporation, said it was the essence of a university to try to resolve disagreements by rational persuasion rather than the exercise of power. A member of Students for a Democratic Society retorted: ''Nonsense. Persuasion doesn't mean any more in a university than it does outside. All that counts is power. You have it now, and we intend to get it.''"
16 November 2001 Harvard Crimson news article "Summers Speaks Out on Patriotism"
16 November 2001 Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal column "A Harvard Hero" by Seth Lipsky '68
19 November 2001 Harvard Crimson column "Pointing Us Nowhere" by Ross Douthat '02
19 November 2001 Marketplace radio commentary "Best and Brightest" by Daniel Sullivan '87
20 November 2001 Wall Street Journal column "Best of the Web Today". Comment: This makes the point that it makes sense to support the return of ROTC to Harvard even if one opposes the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
21 November 2001 Harvard Crimson news article "ROTC Group Raises Its Voice". Comment: The ROTC Association is an undergraduate organization that aims to increase awareness on campus of the military. The group is now called the National Defense Forum.
25 November 2001 Boston Globe article "Harvard head urges a deeper patriotism"
27 November 2001 President Summers and Leaders of "Advocates for Harvard ROTC" in Harvard Yard
29 November 2001 Harvard Crimson editorial "Respect Students Who Serve"
2 December 2001 Boston Herald editorial "Patriotism on campus"
3 December 2001 CNN report "Harvard Patriotism"
6 December 2001 Harvard Independent column "More than money" by Michael Zachilli '03
6 December 2001 Harvard Independent column "Bring it back!" by Travis Batty '02
6 December 2001 Harvard Independent article "The crimson corps" by Brandon Fail '03
6 December 2001 Boston Herald article "War drives push to lift ban on ROTC at Harvard"
7 December 2001 Syndicated columnist Patrick Healy "Harvard chief wants academe to reflect mainstream U.S. values"
13 December 2001 Harvard Yearbook Recognizes ROTC
18 December 2001 Advocates for Harvard ROTC News Tidbits
18 December 2001 Letter by Caspar W. Weinberger
18 December 2001 Advocates for Harvard ROTC does not solicit or accept money

2002:

January/February 2002 Harvard Magazine "Undergraduate Update" (near bottom of article)
4 January 2002 Notable New Members of Advocates for Harvard ROTC
16 January 2002 Associated Press report "Harvard University president has faced several challenges during first year". Comment: The article cites President Summers' expressions of support for ROTC as one of the highlights of his first 6 months in office.
18 January 2002 Harvard Crimson article "ROTC Funding Raises Concern". Comment: President Summers raises the possibility that switching to official Harvard funding of ROTC might make sense in terms of eliminating unorthodox accounting. President Summers has a longstanding concern about unorthodox accounting, stressing in public comments for years that transparency in accounting is a "most important innovation" for many institutions.
21 January 2002 US News column "Carping in Harvard Yard" by John Leo
30 January 2002 SheThinks.org column "ROTC Renaissance" by Matt Continetti. Comment: The efforts of Advocates for Harvard ROTC mentioned in this column began far before September 11th; the group has been active since 1988.
31 January 2002 Harvard Crimson editorial "A Principled Stance on ROTC"
February 2002 Army ROTC Newsletter video of President Summers of Harvard and Cadet Cromwell of Harvard expressing appreciation for ROTC.
7 February 2002 Harvard Crimson column "Explaining the Uniform" by Charles B. Cromwell '02. Comment: Cromwell, president of the undergraduate group "Harvard ROTC Association", announces a series of meetings and events to promote ROTC on the Harvard campus. Speaking to this group would be a great way for high-profile people to show their support for ROTC at Harvard. If you have any suggestions or volunteers, contact Advocates for Harvard ROTC and we'd be glad to pass them along to Cromwell. The group is now called the National Defense Forum.
8 February 2002 Lawrence Eagle-Tribune "He fights to restore Harvard's ROTC". Comment: Profile of the Chairman of Advocates for Harvard ROTC.
11 February 2002 Harvard Crimson article "President’s style gives conservatives hope"
20 February 2002 Harvard Crimson column "Mutual Benefits" by Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan ’02. Comment: The newly-elected head of the Undergraduate Council Sujean S. Lee ’03 is a supporter of ROTC and wants the Undergraduate Council to take up the issue.
22 February 2002 Harvard Crimson article "General Visits Campus, Meets with ROTC". Comment: The visit was to facilitate collaboration and training using the expertise of Harvard and MIT.
2 April 2002 First Annual Harvard National Security Fellow - ROTC Cadet Mentorship Breakfast
4 April 2002 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers Meets with Harvard ROTC Cadets
11 April 2002 Boston Phoenix article "Young guns". Comment: ROTC cadets at Paintball Heaven.
26 April 2002 MIT ROTC Tri-Service Pass in Review ceremony
30 April 2002 Marshall N. Carter speaks to the Harvard ROTC Association. Comment: The group is now called the National Defense Forum.
May / June 2002 Harvard Magazine article "ROTC Resurgent". See letters published in the July / August issue.
May / June 2002 Harvard Magazine article "Civil Soldiers". Comment: Soldiers Field, where Harvard's playing fields are located, was donated by a group of alumni, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was used for ROTC drilling for generations.
2 May 2002 Harvard University Gazette "ROTC cadet receives top award". Comment: Harvard ROTC cadet Charles Cromwell '02 was named a winner of the George C. Marshall award. President Bush was a speaker at the award seminar.
5 May 2002 Harvard Undergraduate Council passes resolution "ROTC Student Services Act" (full text here).
6 May 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Council Asks University To Help Cadets Earn ROTC Credit". Comment: This resolution makes it easier for Harvard professors to have their courses count for ROTC credit as well as Harvard credit.
8 May 2002 Harvard Crimson editorial "Council Bill Supports Cadets"
10 May 2002 Harvard College Financial Aid Office adds to its Web site a letter from LTC Brian Baker, Commander of the Paul Revere Army ROTC Battalion, about full-tuition ROTC scholarships at Harvard.
27 May 2002 Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal column "Crimson and Camouflage: Will Harvard bring back ROTC?" by Brendan Miniter. Reader Responses.
June / July 2002 Policy Review article "An Open Letter to Lawrence H. Summers" by Chester E. Finn Jr. '65 MAT '67 EdD '70.
3 June 2002 Washington Times Op-Ed "Harvard's Islamic embrace" by Pat Collins MBA '02
5 June 2002 Washington Times letter "Harvard's renascent ROTC" by Michael Segal '76
5 June 2002 ROTC Commissioning Ceremony in Harvard Yard with remarks by President Lawrence Summers. Note: LTC Brian Baker said "President Larry Summers and Dean Harry Lewis have done more for ROTC in the past 12 months than any leader at Harvard in the past 40 years. Harvard ROTC student participation has nearly doubled in their time."
5 June 2002 remarks by President Lawrence Summers at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony.
6 June 2002 Harvard Crimson article "ROTC: Post-Sept. 11 support for military rekindles debate". Note: The Harvard National Security Fellow - ROTC Cadet Mentorship Breakfast referred to in the article was actually organized by ROTC and the National Security Fellows and supported financially by the Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund.
6 June 2002 Washington Times editorial "Harvard still hates America". Comment: The editorial misquotes Michael Segal's 5 June letter; a correction appeared in a letter published on 10 June.
6 June 2002 National Review column "Jihad on Campus" by Pat Collins MBA '02
6 June 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Three Harvard ROTC Students Commissioned"
6 June 2002 Harvard Crimson article "The Cheerleader". Comment: Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. ’53, Kenan professor of Government at Harvard, cites President Summers' deliberate approach on the ROTC issue as evidence that Summers is not a "bull in a china shop".
6 June 2002 Harvard Crimson article "15 Seniors who you hopefully met: The Soldier: Brian R. Smith". Comment: This profile of 2LT Smith lists some of his accomplishments but leaves out his crucial role in the passage of the "ROTC Student Services Act", covered in a previous Crimson article.
6 June 2002 Harvard University Gazette "Seniors take oath at ROTC ceremony"
6 June 2002 Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal item "Progress at Harvard" in "Best of the Web Today" by James Taranto. Comment: Taranto notes the importance of President Summers' appearance at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, quotes from Summers' speech, and reflects on the attitude of America's enemies about homosexuality.
10 June 2002 Washington Times letter "Harvard ROTC cadets still have their eyes on the prize" by Michael Segal '76. Comment: This letter corrects the misquote in the 6 June Washington Times editorial and quotes President Summers and LTC Baker describing the progress at Harvard in promoting ROTC.
11 June 2002 New York Times column "The End of an Uncivil War" by Nicholas D. Kristof. Comment: Liberal New York Times columnist Kristof notes the importance of President Summers' appearance at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony and reflects on the attitude of America's enemies about homosexuality. See letters published 13 June, 14 June and 21 June.
11 June 2002 Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal item "Progress on West 43rd Street" in "Best of the Web Today" by James Taranto. Comment: Taranto and Kristof reflect on the ROTC program and on the attitude of America's enemies about homosexuality.
13 June 2002 New York Times letters "A Truce: The Army and the Ivy" about the 11 June Kristof column.
14 June 2002 New York Times letter "An Ivy-Pentagon Pact" by Nathaniel G. Butler '68 MBA '75. Comment: Butler suggests that elite universities "make a deal with the admirals and generals... to discontinue the `don't ask, don't tell' policy" about homosexuality in the military. However, the Pentagon does not have the power to make such a deal. The rules about homosexuality are not Pentagon policy, they are federal law. This is corrected in a 21 June letter.
21 June 2002 New York Times letter "Gays and the Military" by Michael Segal '76. This corrects the 14 June letter.
24 June 2002 National Review column "All-American Summers" by Jason Steorts '03.
July / August Harvard Magazine "Humiditas" (coverage of the ROTC Commissioning in June).
July / August Harvard Magazine "Bring back ROTC?" (letters about the article in the May / June issue).
2 August 2002 Harvard Crimson article "FAS Course Will Count for ROTC: Cadets may receive credit for taking Harvard government course". Comment: Harvard had qualms about giving Harvard credit for ROTC courses. Undeterred, ROTC proponents have arranged ROTC credit for a Harvard course taught by a world-class expert who has taught at the Naval War College and served on the National Security Council.
23 August 2002 InstaPundit item "READER JASON STRAUSS writes from Harvard Law School to report that the law school has decided to open up to military recruiters. The memorandum from Dean Clark, which he shared, speaks in terms of legal necessities and federal funding, but I can't help wondering if this is Larry Summers' influence."
23 August 2002 Harvard Law School allows military recruiters (memorandum from Dean Robert C. Clark).
26 August 2002 Harvard Law School announcement "Dean Robert C. Clark Announces Change to HLS Military Recruiting Policy" (public announcement by Harvard Law School of the memorandum from Dean Robert C. Clark circulated on 23 August).
26 August 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Law School Will Allow Official Recruiting Visits by Military". Comment: The article points out that this change in policy at Harvard Law School brings its policies in line with existing policies at Harvard College. This article also quotes an Air Force spokeswoman saying that the decision to invoke the Solomon Amendment was prompted by a change made in 2000 giving the Department of Defense “more options regarding enforcement” of the law, presumably referring to the Department of Defense regulations of 13 January 2000 holding an entire university accountable for the actions of each of its schools.
26 August 2002 Associate Press article "Harvard Law OK's Military Recruiters"
27 August 2002 Boston Globe article "Harvard Law ends its ban on military".
27 August 2002 Chronicle of Higher Education article "Harvard Law School, in Shift, Will Allow Military to Recruit at Campus Office" Comment: Lindsay C. Harrison, a third-year law student and president of Lambda, a gay-student organization, said "Every interview slot is going to be filled with gay students wanting to talk about this discriminatory policy."
28 August 2002 New York Times article "Harvard Law School Bows to U.S. and Allows Military Recruiters"
28 August 2002 Wall Street Journal editorial "Harvard Doesn't (Quite) Hate America" Note: The online copy appeared several days later.
29 August 2002 Boston Phoenix editorial "US military bullies Harvard Law School". Comment: The editorial says "Last December, after Congress strengthened provisions of the Solomon Amendment, the Air Force again asked Harvard to show that it was in compliance". They are apparently referring to the Department of Defense regulations of 13 January 2000 holding an entire university accountable for the actions of each of its schools.
30 August 2002 Daily News Tribune editorial "Harvard vs. the military"
September 2002 Harvard Student Handbook Policies on ROTC (follow footnote #1 for details). Comment: The rules about homosexuality in the military are referred to as "current federal policy" even though a more accurate description would be "federal law" passed in 1993.
September 2002 Harvard University Freshman Dean's Office "Guide for the Class of 2006 (section on ROTC)". Comment: The rules about homosexuality in the military are referred to as "the current policy of the military", which is not accurate since this is a federal law passed in 1993 that the military is obliged to follow.
3 September 2002 Boston Globe letter "If only 'Veritas' ruled at Harvard" Comment: The letter urged Harvard to "negotiate a change in the current ''don't ask, don't tell'' policy" about homosexuality in the military, which Mr. Butler characterized as a "repugnant policy of the Pentagon". However, this would require more than a change in a "policy of the Pentagon". The rules about homosexuality in the military are federal law, passed by a Democratic House and Senate in 1993 and signed by a Democratic president.
9 September 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Air Force To Recruit At Law School". Note: The Department of Defense regulations from 2000 referred to in the article were the 13 January 2000 regulations.
9 September 2002 Harvard Crimson editorial "Fight the Air Force".
9 September 2002 Harvard Crimson "Editorial Notebook" "Pocketbook Patriotism" by David M. DeBartolo '03, Editorial Chair of the Crimson.
9 September 2002 Harvard Crimson Op-Ed "Military Buys Discrimination" by Stephanie M. Skier '05.
11 September 2002 Harvard Crimson Op-Ed "Harvard in America, a Year Later" by Harry R. Lewis '68, Dean of Harvard College. Comment: Dean Lewis discussed the ROTC issue, saying it had not "moved to a place where it would not have been without Sept. 11".
11 September 2002 remarks of Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers at the September 11th commemoration in Harvard Yard. Comment: President Summers said "Let us honor those who are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to defend our freedom and show our support for those among us who have the courage to make that fateful choice".
13 September 2002 Harvard Crimson Op-Ed "Give the Military Another Look" by Lt. j.g. William P. Moynahan ’99.
17 September 2002 Harvard Crimson Op-Ed "Cadets Deserve Support" by Zachary K. Goldman '05.
19 September 2002 Harvard Crimson column "Security Studies Are Strong" by Ernani J. DeAraujo ’03 and Oliver B. Libby ’03.
20 September 2002 Harvard Crimson article "At HLS, Protests Will Greet Air Force"
20 September 2002 Wall Street Journal OpinionJournal item "Ivy League Sanity" in "Best of the Web Today" by James Taranto. Comment: Taranto hails Harvard President Lawrence Summers and Columbia undergraduate Eric Chen as examples of clear thinking in the Ivy League. Chen describes advances in ROTC at Columbia.
3 October 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Yale Law Suspends Recruiting Policy". Comment: "Yale Law School has temporarily suspended its requirement that all recruiters sign a nondiscrimination policy". It appears that Yale is maintaining its nondiscrimination policy but has given a waiver to the military, as required by federal law. Such an approach focuses the controversy onto Congress, which has the power to change the law.
4 October 2002 Harvard Salient column "ROTC on the Move: The time has come to end a discriminatory policy" by Francis X. Altiere.
7 October 2002 Harvard Crimson column "ROTC Redux" by Jason L. Steorts '03
8 October 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Law Faculty Make Case Against Military".
17 October 2002 Harvard Salient column "The path ahead: What Summers can and must do to help our university" by Gladden J. Pappin.
24 October 2002 Harvard Crimson article "A Few Good Days With a Few Good Men (And Women): A week in the life of ROTC". Comment: The article documents that soldiers have returned to Soldiers Field, noting "The Army is at Harvard for P.T. this morning. Sergeant Major Kraig E. Haas supervises as James S. Foreman ’04 leads stretching and stadium runs". As described in the May / June 2002 Harvard Magazine article "Civil Soldiers", Soldiers Field, where Harvard's playing fields are located, was donated by a group of alumni, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was used for ROTC drilling for generations, a tradition restarted this semester.
30 October 2002 Northeast ROTC Commanders Visit Harvard.
November/December Harvard Magazine article "Military Recruiters Get Official Welcome".
November/December Harvard Magazine column "Crimson, White, and Blue" by Garrett M. Graff '03. See letters published in the January/February 2003 issue.
12 November 2002 Boston Globe article "Despite concerns, law schools admit military recruiters".
20 November 2002 Harvard Crimson article "Author Argues For Strong President During Wartime". Comment: Director of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins Prof. Eliot Cohen '77 (former Harvard ROTC cadet and father of current Harvard ROTC cadet Raphael S. Cohen '04) calls for return of ROTC to Harvard, and Harvard Prof. Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 speculates on whether it is better to be a general or a professor.
12 December 2002 Fayetteville Observer column "Harvard considers bringing back ROTC" by Margaret O'Connor. Comment: Teenagers in North Carolina have heard about the increased stature of ROTC at Harvard and are hoping to enroll.
13 December 2002 Second Annual Harvard National Security Fellow - ROTC Cadet Mentorship Breakfast.

2003:

January/February 2003 Harvard Magazine letters "ROTC at Harvard" (letters about the "Crimson, White, and Blue" article in the November/December issue). Note: Responses to these letters appeared in the March - April issue.
7 January 2003 FrontPage Magazine article "Harvard vs. ROTC". Correction: ROTC is not banned at Dartmouth.
15 January 2003 Harvard Crimson column "Letting Students Be Soldiers" by Richard C. Arthur. Comment: Arthur outlines steps universities could take to facilitate students serving in the military. Currently, one student who managed to squeeze military service into his Harvard years has been called up to serve. Arthur also points out benefits of military experience among the nation's leaders: "One need look no farther than Clinton’s first presidential term as proof of the miscalculations that can occur when ignorance and distrust are pronounced features of the civil-military relationship."
21 February 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Study: Military Policy on Gays Unfounded; Harvard research shows ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ does not protect privacy". Comment: The study suggests there is a drawback to using a privacy rationale for justifying the 1993 Federal Law mandating the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy for the military since the law "mandates investigations into peoples’ sexual orientation that can often be “invasive”". It also points out that "the privacy rationale will soon become less relevant, with a planned military barracks construction program giving most men and women private baths and bedrooms within the next few years". This leaves unanswered important questions about sexual privacy when troops are deployed, but implies it may be useful to think of the issue of gays in the military as a gender issue, similar to issues about women in the military.
March -April 2003 Harvard Magazine letters "The Debate About ROTC". Note: These are responses to letters in the January - February issue.
5 March 2003 Eliot and Rafi Cohen - Family Tradition in Harvard ROTC
5 March 2003 Charles and Jeff Munns - Family Tradition in Naval ROTC
30 March 2003 New York Times article "Military Mirrors Middle-Class America".
31 March 2003 Wall Street Journal Best of the Web Today "Masters of the Obvious" by James Taranto. Comment: Taranto discusses the 30 March New York Times article "Military Mirrors Middle-Class America" and suggests "the most obvious way of getting more Harvard students into the military: reinstating ROTC on campus... If the absence of recruits with an elite education really is a national problem, the first step toward solving it is an attitude adjustment in the ivory towers".
2 April 2003 Wall Street Journal Op-Ed column "My Ivy League Soldier: Why is that such a rare combination?" by Regina E. Herzlinger. Comment: A Harvard Business School Professor tells of her son, who did ROTC while at Harvard, and says the country would be better off if more graduates of elite colleges served in the military. Prof. Herzlinger is a member of Advocates for Harvard ROTC.
14 May 2003 Defense Business Practice Implementation Board meeting minutes. Note: In a meeting of the Defense Business Board, Fred Cook said "we would like to have a DBB study on an effort to bring ROTC back to elite Northeast campuses that kicked them off campus during Vietnam. We want to set up meetings with the Assistant Secretaries of the Services to see if we could move forward." Dana Mead noted "There is an alumni contingent at Harvard, that would like to see this back."
3 June 2003 Harvard ROTC Commissioning Ceremony.
3 June 2003 Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers' speech at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony. Note: President Summers said "Harvard aspires to train leaders of our country" and includes military leaders in this universal vision for the university.
4 June 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Eight Cadets Become Officers In Yard Ceremony".
4 June 2003 Bull Moose Republicans Op-Ed "ROTC and the Ivy League: Land of the Brave?" by Bill Fusz.
5 June 2003 Harvard Gazette article "ROTC members commissioned: Graduates prepared to serve their country". See also a photo of some of the graduating midshipmen.
July/August 2003 Harvard Magazine article "Commencement Confetti". Note: the article includes a photo and account of Rear Admiral Charles L. Munns administering the oath of office to his son, graduating midshipman Jeffrey C. Munns '03.
30 July 2003 Defense Business Practice Implementation Board meeting minutes. Note: In a discussion about ROTC on elite colleges by the Defense Business Board, Fred Cook said "Dr. David Chu is highly supportive but the Services are reluctant." Dennis Bovin said "Mr. Larry Summers indicated that the mood on campus has changed. Now might be a good time to get onto campus."
August 2003 Harvard College Freshman Dean's Office "Guide for the class of 2007: ROTC".
10 August 2003 Washington Post Op-Ed "Repressing ROTC" by Christina Hoff Sommers.
24 August 2003 New York Times Magazine article "Harvard Radical" by James Traub '76. Note: Traub cites Harvard President Lawrence Summers' support for ROTC as one of the defining stands of his presidency.
25 August 2003 National Public Radio "All Things Considered" segment "In Hilla, U.S. Troops and Locals Get Along". Note: NPR interviewed Harvard graduate Seth Moulton '01 about his TV show in Iraq.
25 September 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Radical Group To Rival BGLTSA: Founders favor queer ‘resistance’". The newly-formed "Queer Resistance Front" "protested and picketed the ROTC table at the Freshman and Upperclass Activities Fairs for their “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy towards queer members of the military."
10 October 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Panel Discusses Military Policy Toward Gays".
28 October 2003 Harvard Crimson column "Respecting ROTC" by Travis R. Kavulla ’06.
29 October 2003 Harvard Crimson article "More Students Enroll in ROTC: Class of 18 first-years is largest in recent years".
13 November 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Pressure Builds Against Military Recruiting: Despite HLS Petition, Summers Says Harvard Won't Challenge Solomon". Note : University General Counsel Robert W. Iuliano wrote “[F]or a variety of institutional considerations, including the partnership that exists between universities and the federal government in a number of important areas, the university itself does not expect to take the adversarial step of initiating litigation”.
18 November 2003 Harvard Crimson article "HLS Professors Will Soon File Solomon Suit: Summers explains University’s reluctant stance on litigation".
20 November 2003 Defense Business Practice Implementation Board meeting minutes. Note: The participants in Defense Business Board meeting discussed "implementing ROTC programs at top tier schools". Dov Zakheim mentioned the effort to restore ROTC at Columbia and said "I spoke to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and he is extremely interested ... We would like to get on the campus at Harvard. The President of Harvard has showed an interest in this." Bill Carr raised the possibility of restoring ROTC at Yale, citing the difficulty of Yale students traveling to ROTC programs at other colleges. He also discussed the tradeoff between getting top tier cadets and paying the high cost of ROTC scholarships to top tier schools. The group recommended to "approach Harvard's President first and if successful, then approach Yale, Columbia and Brown".
24 November 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Students Get West Point Experience, For a Weekend".
25 November 2003 Harvard Crimson editorial "Acting Unwise on Solomon".
8 December 2003 Harvard Crimson article "Alums’ Letter Blasts Summers: Gay, lesbian alums call for Harvard to fight Solomon Amendment.

2004:

14 January 2004 Harvard Crimson article "Faculty File Brief Against Pentagon". Note: A majority of Harvard Law School faculty argue that denying access of military recruiters to some Harvard Law School facilities does not violate the provision in the Solomon Amendment about universities prohibiting or preventing the military from "gaining entry to campuses, or access to students ... on campuses, for purposes of military recruiting".
20 February 2004 Harvard Crimson article "Government Pushes Solomon Amendment".
30 March 2004 "Chairman Cox Praises House Passage of H.R. 3966, Legislation to Revitalize ROTC on Campus". Note: The House of Representatives passed the bill by 343-81. Rep. Cox, a co-sponsor of the bill said it "might just as well be called the Harvard Act--because it squarely addresses the scandal of Harvard University and other schools banishing ROTC and military recruiters from campus, while cashing Uncle Sam's checks for billions of taxpayer dollars each year from the Department of Defense and other federal agencies fighting the global war on terror."
5 April 2004 Harvard Crimson article "Funds at Risk Due To ROTC Policy".
9 April 2004 Harvard Crimson editorial "Fight Discrimination at All Costs: Harvard should stand strong on ROTC, even if it means losing federal funding".
15 April 2004 Third Annual Harvard National Security Fellow - ROTC Student Breakfast.
7 June 2004 Harvard Crimson article "College Challenges Rigor of ROTC: In the wake of the Korean War, Harvard re-evaluated the role of ROTC on campus".
9 June 2004 "Harvard ROTC Commissioning Ceremony 2004". Note: Secretary of the Air Force James G. Roche DBA '72 was on hand to "show solidarity with a great academic leader and commission a young friend".
9 June 2004 Harvard University Gazette article "ROTC commissioning sends off Harvard officers". Note: More photos are in the 10 June version of this article.
9 June 2004 "Remarks of Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers: ROTC Commissioning Ceremony".
10 June 2004 Harvard Crimson article "Senior To Sail Troubled Waters". Note: An interview with Stephen P. Bosco '04, one of the students commissioned on 9 June. Bosco contrasts the positive attitudes towards ROTC among students to the attitudes among faculty.
20 June 2004 Boston Globe article "As ROTC debate stirs again, a few proud men graduate: Summers salutes Harvard program". Note: Rafi Cohen '06 responded to critics who say that the wealthy and educated send poor, uneducated people to fight their wars by saying "I essentially agree with those critics: There shouldn't be such a deep divide between social classes. That's part of why I enlisted".
September 2004 Harvard Magazine article "Dispatches from the Front: 'You minimize travel'". Note: Vincent J. Tuohey '01 says he appreciates how Harvard President Lawrence Summers has changed the attitude of Massachusetts Hall toward ROTC and the military: "It meant a lot to the alumni over here when he spoke at the [ceremony] and mentioned many of us by name."
4 October 2004 Harvard Crimson column "Recognize ROTC, Recognize War: Keeping ROTC off campus is keeping students in the dark" by Alexander B.H. Turnbull ’05.
18 October 2004 Harvard Crimson article "Rally Decries Military Policy". Note: The article describes the impending presidential approval of legislation clarifying rules for ROTC on college campuses.
18 October 2004 Harvard Crimson letter "Accepting ROTC would condone discrimination" by M Barusch '06 and Jordan Woods '06. The writers respond to the 4 October Crimson column.
30 November 2004 Associated Press article "Harvard Law to Bar Military Recruiters".
30 November 2004 A Perspective from the Professor of Military Science by LTC Brian L. Baker, Professor of Military Science at MIT. Note: LTC Baker, the ROTC leader in charge of Harvard students in Army ROTC said "We’re moving ever so closer to the day when we’ll need to post a Captain and a Sergeant on campus, in the Yard, with access, and University support. I will meet with President Summers this spring to discuss this very issue and intend to request he allow/enable us to take this next step necessary to double our enrollment by 2008."
1 December 2004 Harvard Crimson article "HLS Bans Military".
2 December 2004 Harvard Crimson editorial "Defeating the Solomon Amendment".
16 December 2004 Wall Street Journal article "At Ivy League Schools, ROTC, Long Banned, Plots a Comeback: Push May Stir Up Old Passions On These Elite Campuses; A Beachhead at Harvard". Note: The article discusses the movements to bring back ROTC to Harvard, Columbia, Yale and Brown, backed by the efforts of the Defense Business Board and a request from the military. See letters on 10 January.

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