Why the Ivy League is Rethinking ROTC

17 December 2008 Time Magazine article "Why the Ivy League is Rethinking ROTC".  Note:  "ROTC supporters point to the debate at Columbia and its focus on "don't ask, don't tell" as a sign that students no longer have strong objections to the military more generally — and therefore would be receptive to inviting the program back if the policy were repealed, something more than 100 retired generals and admirals called for in November...  Allan Silver, a Columbia sociology professor who supports the return of ROTC despite what he calls its "abhorrent" policy on gays, [notes that] having future soldiers live side by side with students who sometimes criticize them would encourage critical thinking and thereby strengthen the military."