Raising the flag on ROTC

This week, we’re talking about the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in light of the recent introduction of military activities to campus. Professor Allan Silver believes an ROTC program at Columbia would bring greater diversity to our nation’s military, and Allison Dilyard believes the program would attract currently underrepresented groups to our school. Natalie Lopez-Barnard talks about the merits of an ROTC program while Barry Weinberg discusses how much military involvement at Columbia is acceptable.

A case for ROTC at Columbia
A farewell to homogeneity
My life as an army ROTC cadet and Barnard student
Pursuing freedom without letting go of equality

Note: Correction Appended

Correction: In this graphic, we wrote that Yale students are participating in ROTC through MIT. This is untrue—Yale students can take place in Army ROTC through the University of New Hampshire, and may participate in Air Force ROTC at the University of Connecticut. Spectator is committed to factual accuracy, particularly when providing context for editorializing, and regrets the error.