RTFA: http://pbgiltner.blogspot.com/2007/09/opinionjourn…

As Columbia welcomes Ahmadinejad to campus, Columbia students who want to serve their country cannot enroll in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at Columbia. Columbia students who want to enroll in ROTC must travel to other universities to fulfill their obligations. ROTC has been banned from the Columbia campus since 1969. In 2003, a majority of polled Columbia students supported reinstating ROTC on campus. But in 2005, when the Columbia faculty senate debated the issue, President Bollinger joined the opponents in defeating the effort to invite ROTC back on campus.

I actually agree with Freedom Watch’s Ad that it’s wrong to ban the ROTC on campus. If you don’t want to join the ROTC you can always say no. But this policy discourages joining the military and I believe it’s an honorable profession. It’s the politicians who dishonor the military. Should we discourage students from becoming doctors because of stem cell policy?

It does seem hypocritical that Ahmadinejad is allowed to speak and the ROTC cannot. I understand they are two different situations and cannot be equally compared. However, I would like to point out that the reason the ROTC is not allowed on campus is because of their homosexuality policy… what about Iran’s homosexuality policy?

The above commentary is completely unrelated to the complaint about unfair pricing, which is bullshit, as Farking A pointed out.