University Senate Says No to ROTC

Spring 2005 Columbia magazine article "University Senate Says No to ROTC".  Note:  Although the Senate vote was not binding "the administration has pledged to respect the vote".  Nate Walker '08TC, who co-chaired the ROTC Task Force, said "It's clear to me, from my work on the senate, that when the military stops its invidious discriminatory practices, Columbia probably will support ROTC's return", referring to the "Don't ask, don't tell" law.  Provost Alan Brinkley, who abstained from voting as is his custom, despite an impassioned anti-ROTC speech, said "there does not seem to be strong intrinsic opposition toward the military, other than with regard to this discriminatory policy".