Today, the Columbia Spectator stated its support for renewing the university’s ROTC program and urged students to vote “yes” in the university Senate’s ongoing survey.
The editorial is a good read – and a welcome sign that not all Columbia students share the anti-military sentiments of the protesters who heckled Iraq war veteran and freshman Anthony Maschek at a student forum. (Listen to audio of Maschek’s remarks and the student response here.) Indeed, the number of emails from students and faculty submitted to the Senate Taskforce are overwhelmingly in support of ROTC. (I count 48 in favor and a mere 14 against.) Other students and faculty – including the president of the College Democrats – have also spoken up for ROTC.
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