DADT (Don't Ask Don't Tell)

Okay!!! Now I understant why you said what you said.... No, that would have been totally awkward and bizarre to say the least. From what I understand they just wanted to have their own social club, pizza parties and such like. Virtually anyone can form a club, any club...but not them!! Thank you for clarifying!
 
Our DS will be going to a university right down the road (UMDCP) for AF. They have a much larger detachment and have several social organizations for ROTC. It might be the detachment is small, and thus they aren't aware of organizations that are affiliated. Our DS can only join 2 (there is a third, but it is called angel air...girls only...I think he is automatically disqualified), but anyway they Honor Guard and Arnie Air. Arnie Air is more oriented to a social angle(comparable to a fraternity, and yes Angel Air was comparable to their little sisters), Honor is more military oriented, or at least that is how I remember it.

I do understand why they don't want them to do it, on a theoretical purpose, but I think it is a rarity.
 
Columbia, Vets and DADT

Columbia's "Invaluable Vets"

The link below is a cover article in Columbia's Alumni magazine. It a longish article with nice pictures discussing the military veterans in grad school at Columbia. I admit that have not had the time to read it thoroughly myself, yet.

This past fall Columbia took a beating for hosting Ahmadinejad while refusing ROTC students a place at Columbia.

http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/owlnet/Owl_Spring08_web.pdf

From the article, a quote from Provost Brinkley:

Brinkley denies, however, that Columbia is a hostile environment for vets. “The opposition to ROTC was based on the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy that violates our own anti-discrimination rules,” he says. “I don’t believe those who opposed ROTC on those grounds had any animus towards veterans or the military.”
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I hope I'm wrong but I still think -

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Lots of folk think that DADT policy may simply be the current argument used to limit ROTC presence on college campuses. If DADT is repealed then another objection may take its place.
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This was also interesting from the article - but I can't figure out if it's significant.

the Provost’s office has made sure the university’s anti-discrimination policy includes discrimination against people on the basis of military service, and that the Student Services offices are conscientiously helping student veterans sort out the complexities of military benefits.
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Touring To Protest ‘Don’t Ask’

This will be interesting to watch.

Most of the recruiters I have met or known were super nice people. I'm not sure the protesters will be able to create the contention they appear to desire.

These students are ignoring the obvious that recruiters have no authority to repeal DADT. But I imagine they are more interested in youtube fame or conventional media coverage than accuracy.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523620

When Harvard College LGBT Political Coalition administrative chair Clayton W. Brooks III ’10 was 16, he said he wanted to show support for his country by serving in the U.S. Naval Academy. But he said he would not enlist as anything other than a gay man, and so a military policy barring openly homosexual or bisexual recruits kept him away.

“I wouldn’t be able to be completely honest about such an important part of who I am,” he said. “I’m prevented from serving my country in the most open and sincere way.”

On May 24, Harvard students—regardless of sexual orientation or desire to serve in the military—will embark on a week-long coalition-sponsored trip around the east coast to protest the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. ...
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Emphasis mine. The demonstrations seem more for spectacle than for a sincere quest for military career prospects.

I question the tactics and I question the targets.
 
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Some Background:

The 9th Circuit, has a long running streak as the most overturned federal circuit court in the United States.:hammer: The Supreme Court reviewed 22 cases from the 9th Circuit last term (term ending 2007), and it reversed or vacated 19 times. By comparison, the Supreme Court reviewed only five cases, vacating or reversing four, from the next busiest court of appeals, the 5th Circuit based in New Orleans.
 
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