ROTC must go
32 Robinson is a series of columns representing the opinions of the summer editorial staff. The columns do not necessarily represent the official views of The Dartmouth. The College's Board of Trustees vowed to discontinue the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at the College if the ban on homosexuals in the military is not lifted by April of 1994, because of the program's discriminatory nature, which defies Dartmouth's principle of equal opportunity. If the Trustees wish to uphold the College's principle of equal opportunity to the fullest extent of its meaning, the Board must follow through with its promise to sever ties with ROTC. The revised plan proposed by the Clinton administration Monday, which would allow homosexuals in the military but require them to keep their sexual orientation and practices private, does not go far enough to acquit the military of its discriminatory policy and allow the ROTC program to continue on campus. The College's principle of equal opportunity states that "Dartmouth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran in its programs, organizations, and conditions for employment and admission." Any program that treats a certain group of people differently based on their sexual preferences is discriminatory.