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Columbia University rethinking ROTC ban


The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 16, 2008 12:48:55 EDT

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s opposition to Columbia University’s ban on the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps has touched off a campus debate.

A vote on whether students favor ending the 40-year-old ban could come as early as this week.

The subject arose when Obama and John McCain attended a Columbia community service forum last week.

University trustees kicked ROTC off campus in 1969 in the wake of the Vietnam War and student protests. Proponents of the ban today argue that the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy toward gays violates the university’s anti-discrimination policy.



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