Bush Condemns Schools Without ROTC Programs

By James Hohmann
The Stanford Daily

(U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. - Only two Stanford University seniors, including Diana Clough, will be commissioned into the Army through the Reserve Officers's Training Corps (ROTC) this year. Decades ago, dozens would sign up to serve. But during the brouhaha over Vietnam in the early 1970s, the University's Faculty Senate banned ROTC detachments from forming on campus.

So for four years, Clough has needed to find a way to Santa Clara University - about a 30-minute trip, each way. When she couldn't drive her freshman year, she depended on others to get to drills, labs and training sessions. As an older cadet, now the leader of the Santa Clara battalion, she has tried to make it more convenient for younger participants to attend required programs.

Bush said that students at schools without ROTC live "a split existence - where your life as a cadet or midshipmen is invisible to most of your fellow students."

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