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To Be or Not to Be? Debating the Merits of ROTC

To Be or Not to Be? Debating the Merits of ROTC

At last week's presidential forum, both candidates unsurprisingly spoke in favor of allowing ROTC back on Columbia's campus. What was surprising was a piece in today's Spectator announcing that the student councils and several other groups are working to have a referendum to gauge student opinion on this issue. Debates and town halls will certai...

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McCain and Obama Star in SpectacleNation

McCain and Obama Star in SpectacleNation

Yesterday, Columbia's campus was taken over by ServiceNation, an organization that used our resources to bring Obama, McCain, and several other speakers to 100 students and 1,000+ people who have no relation to the university. (Yes, I am still bitter that I didn't get a ticket.) I can't play omniscient observer on this one, but here is how my da...

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