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Monday, May 02, 2005
Mounting Pressure Against Military Recruiters
An article in the BDP caught my eye, and since it's something that has been on the verge of breaking though into a larger scale movement, I wanted to flag it for now. In the article, "County School Board Moves to Shield Students From Recruters", we learn this: The Alameda County Board of Education is asking its 18 school districts to take a more aggressive stand concerning military recruiters, encouraging them to adopt a controversial “opt in” policy to inform students, parents and legal guardians “of their rights to withhold their child’s name and contact information to the military recruiters.”I've been noticing an awful lot of energy being focused at military recruiters lately, as a reaction to both the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and the War in Iraq. It's not really a surprise to see a liberal area like Northern California jump on the bandwagon. I'll have more comments soon on the possibility that widespread campus activism could occur on this issue, an opportunity for the ASUC to assert some authority over ASUC managed buildings to keep recruiters out, or the possibility for portions of the school itself to get involved in this fight (such as Boalt refusing to let military recruiters into career fairs). Most annoying for me in watching this growing opposition to military recruiters is that I actually support keeping them on campus making use of campus resources such as job fairs, and I've seen very few people opposing efforts to limit the role of recruiters here at UC Berkeley. [post edited for clarification concerning the First Ammendment rights of recruiters to appear on campus.]Email This Post! |
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