Allan Silver

ROTC
Sun, May 8, 2011, 6:07pm

Views on ROTC throughout the year.

ROTC: For
Mon, Feb 21, 2011, 12:08am

The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell has reopened the debate over ROTC on Columbia's campus.

Fact and judgement about ROTC
Sun, Feb 20, 2011, 11:30pm

Columbia has room for ROTC and might even benefit from it.

Letter to the Editor
Tue, Nov 30, 2010, 8:31pm

Referring to the restriction on ROTC as a "ban" is misleading.

What Is and Is Not “Academic Freedom”
Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:30pm

The Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci argued that the strongest ideologies are ideas taken for granted. He called such ideas “hegemonic,” to express their unquestioned dominance, their “rulership” over thought and the possibilities of action.

Free Speech and Academic Freedom Are Different
Thu, Sep 27, 2007, 10:48pm

Free speech and academic freedom are often conflated as if they are identical or so overlap that their differences are not important. This misunderstanding is prominent in discussions of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit as it has been on previous occasions.