At Columbia, First ROTC Event Since '72"

17 May 2006 New York Sun article "At Columbia, First ROTC Event Since '72".  Note:  In contrast to the annual ROTC Commissioning ceremony at Harvard, "the commissioning ceremony is sponsored by the students, not the university."  Columbia Provost Alan Brinkley, who spoke passionately against ROTC at the 6 May 2005 Columbia University Senate meeting that rejected ROTC, will attend the 19 May commissioning

Shane Hachey (GS 04) letter to Columbia University Senate. Subject: Columbia v. The Military

10 May 2006 My Learning Curve blog item "Shane Hachey (GS 04) letter to Columbia University Senate.  Subject: Columbia v. The Military".  Note:  On the first anniversary of the Columbia University Senate vote against ROTC Hachey notes that "this vote had no tangible effect on the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. It did not "send a message" to anyone in Washington except that our university is hostile to the military".