A student socialist group at City University of New York (CUNY) demanded that the university eliminate the university’s ROTC (Reserve Office Training Corps) program because war-fighters should be fighting war, not be on a college campus.
Topic: ROTC
House Democrats Lose Fight to Ban Confederate Flags at The Citadel
From Campus Reform: “The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected a Democrat-led effort to withhold ROTC funding from The Citadel unless it removes a Confederate flag on display in its chapel.”
Absurdity of the Week: Professor Intimidated by ROTC Members Carrying Guns
Check out the piece at the Powerline Blog, but here is the professor’s bio at the University of North Dakota.
Professor Threatens to Call the Cops on ROTC Drills
The professor, Heidi Czerwiec, said she’ll call the police every time she sees a gun on the college campus. Photo by Indiana Public Media
Creighton University Bars ROTC Student from Starting Conservative Club
From the College Fix: If Creighton University is “dedicated to the pursuit of truth in all its forms,” as its mission statement says, it is poorly conveying those values with respect to an ROTC student…
Military Students at San Diego State Threatened with Expulsion for American Flag Display
As College Fix reported, two students were threatened with explusion for an American flag display in their dorms when other students had other flags and blankets displayed in their dorms: Two students at San Diego…
Brown Student calls ROTC an organization of “criminals”
Has he ever been a member of the ROTC or served in the armed forces? Then maybe this student shouldn’t say such dumb stuff.
Veterans Honored Off Campus
This is the week that Americans honor military veterans. On America’s college campuses, the attitude towards them is more ambivalent, at least when their presence is compared to their visibility in the rest of America….