"Why Columbia Needs the Marine Corps and Vice Versa

29 October 2007 Columbia Spectator column "Why Columbia Needs the Marine Corps and Vice Versa" by Michael Christman.  Note:  A 2000 engineering graduate joined the Marines and urges others to do the same.  "How can Columbia hope to produce the next generation of American leaders if it refuses to walk a mile in the shoes of those of whom we ask the most?"

ROTC Presence Is Not a Free Speech Issue

4 October 2007 Columbia Spectator column "ROTC Presence Is Not a Free Speech Issue" by Rebecca Evans.  Note:  Evans observes "We certainly did not, and will not, invite Ahmadinejad to set up a campus-based institution intended for recruitment and training... A more apt and pressing statement is this: if Columbia truly cares about questioning the ideologies and actions of those with whom it disagrees, it will welcome a military or government official who would be willing to speak to—and be spoken to by—the Columbia community".