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It’s a Harvard professor named Debora Spar (more to come soon)
Chuck Norris Fact #401: He will not hesitate to sue your sorry ass
Why Columbia may have to allow ROTC back on campus next year
An exhibition on female printmakers in the Wallach Art Gallery is worth it, but only if the weather’s cold
This article promises a justification for hedonism, but also “long-ish thought experiments.” Bwog skipped to the end and stuffed its face with Count Chocula
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@Spec is insane check out
http://elparticipante.blogspot.com
Why is the military in an “entirely different category altogether? Sounds like fascism to me.
@meh Columbia should not allow the Catholic priests to say daily mass since Catholicism is anti-gay.
@Curious Are there are any Columbia students who actually oppose ROTC on campus?
Now I’m sure there are because this school has a ton of nutjobs who don’t mind their own business. So are there any Columbia students who oppose ROTC on campus for a good reason?
@nope It’s not discrimination if you don’t refuse them anything meaningful.
@Confused Can someone explain what this sentence even means?
“Columbia should look to the example set by MIT, which reimburses the Department of Defense on behalf of students removed from ROTC due to their sexual orientation.”
Maybe I’m just not well-versed in how the ROTC works, but I can’t make any sense out of that.
@This way if you get kicked out of ROTC due to sexual orientation, the military won’t bill you for what they’ve been spending on your education [which is like being punished twice for being gay – getting kicked out of the program and being expected to reimburse the DOD]
@Question If Columbia bans ROTC because the DADT policy is seen as discriminatory against gays and therefore in violation of the University’s Anti-Discrimination policy, shouldn’t the University also ban the Red Cross which CLEARLY DOES discriminate against gays by not permitting them to donate blood?
@right Kulawik wrote an article about this last semester. Good point.
Question–by federal funding I am assuming it’s the research grants?
@Another Question What about Barnard? Don’t they discriminate against men?
@Bullshit That argument is just stupid. The Red Cross does not deny employment to openly gay people. Let’s keep it apples-to-apples.
@OK then But the Boy Scouts do. Does Columbia disallow a Boy Scout presence on campus?
@yes according to Columbia policy the Boy Scouts wouldn’t be allowed to recruit at a career fair. the military is allowed, because the Solomon Amendment has forced the University to allow it, but since it’s not clear whether the Solomon Amendment forces schools to host ROTC too, that being a bit more involved than just allowing recruiters on campus, Columbia has avoided having one.
@philosophy... I’d just like to say, for the record, that Ballou’s article was probably the best thing I’ve seen in the Spectator my entire 4 years here, barring a few particularly poignant senior columns..
@yes bsllou took a whole column to come around to what my cc class figured out about 5 minutes into reading calvin…
@what Why? He basically just said that if everything is truly pre-ordained, then you should do whatever you want. No thought experiment is required for ascertaining what is obvious.
@pigs fly! Columbia students support the ROTC back on campus!? Gasp!
@re ROTC The difference between MIT and Columbia is that MIT is a land-grant university, and it is also obligated in its charter to have ROTC/military instruction.
Yet another case of Spec sucking.
@wtf Is Bwog high? I think it is about time Bwog passes all posts through a proof reader before putting them up.
ps – I’m digging the American Gladiator pic.