Faculty Senate votes 'yes' on ROTC return
Friday, April 29th, 2011 | By Kate Abbott
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/04/29/breaking-faculty-senate-votes-on-rotc/Following more than a year of research and debate, the Faculty Senate voted on Thursday 28-9, with three abstentions, to extend an invitation for ROTC to return to Stanford. The vote effectively ends the 40-year ban of the program on campus.
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ASSU President Michael Cruz '12 distributed a packet of compiled materials covering a range of student opinions about ROTC. He spoke on behalf of the student body and urged the Senate to vote "no."
"ROTC does not align with the vision of this university," Cruz said. "Currently, Stanford is one of the safest communities for transgender students in the world. I want to make sure all Stanford students feel safe enough to call this place home as well.
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Stanford faculty group votes to let ROTC return
The 28-9 vote by the Faculty Senate would allow the Reserve Officer Training Corps back on campus for the first time since the Vietnam War era.
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
April 29, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stanford-rotc-20110429,0,1147461.storyReporting from Palo Alto -- Stanford University's Faculty Senate voted Thursday to invite the Reserve Officer Training Corps back to the campus for the first time since the Vietnam War era, a turnaround prompted by the end of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy against gays serving openly in the military.
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The Faculty Senate approved the change, 28 to 9 with three abstentions, after an emotional two-hour debate. Much of the discussion focused on the ban against transgender people serving in the armed forces, even after the congressional vote in December to lift the 17-year-old "don't ask" rules that prevented gays from serving openly. Critics said allowing ROTC on campus would be discriminatory against transgender students.
