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The Oregon Humanities Center presents
The 2003-4 Luther S. and Dorothy Cecilia Cressman Lecture in the Humanities
A slide lecture by independent scholar and writer
Ellen Dissanayake
Thursday, May 6, 2004 7:30 p.m.
177 Lawrence Hall University of Oregon
This lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing and sale.
Dissanayake’s UO visit is cosponsored by the Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences.
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University ROTC program
grows despite discordance
The military program has
10 more cadets this year,
making total enrollment 85
By Chelsea Duncan
Senior News Reporter
The University's ROTC program has
grown steadily over the years as stu
dents step up to serve their country in
the face of conflicts in the Middle East.
Military science Professor Lt. Col.
John Sneed said the program has 10
more cadets than it did last year. There
are 85 students enrolled this year, in
cluding 24 seniors, and cadets are train
ing to become commissioned officers
in the Army, the National Guard or
Army Reserves, he said.
"That is as high as it has been prob
ably for at least 20 years," he said,
adding that he feels the growth is due
to a "healthy core" of individuals will
ing to make the commitment to serv
ice and leadership.
Sneed said this is the first year the
program has met its commission mis
sion in 11 years. The goal is to commis
sion 12 seniors as lieutenants each year
and to contract 20 junior cadets who
will become commissioned officers lat
er. Sneed said 18 of the 24 seniors will
climb to the rank of lieutenant.
Most of those seniors will go into
active duty once they graduate, and
thanks to the program's quality, they
all received their first or second
branch choice, Sneed said. The senior
cadets in the program ranked the
highest on the national merit list out
of 17 Northwestern universities with
ROTC programs, he added.
"That's our sign of how healthy our
program is," he said.
Cadet Capt. Michael Harris, who is
majoring in political science, will grad
uate in June, and next March he will be
deployed for active duty in South Ko
rea. Once he becomes active, he will be
ranked as a second lieutenant and will
command about 30 soldiers in the area
of field artillery, he said.
He said the time will hopefully give
him the chance to learn a new language
and immerse himself in another culture
"I'm looking forward to it actually,"
Hams said.
But while cadets are learning how
to become leaders for their future
time in the service, they are also facing
challenges as students in uniform.
Some students say they have been ha
rassed on campus.
"It can be interesting at times," soph
omore ROTC cadet Shawn Cooper
said. He added that the few times he
has been harassed on campus, it was
not by students but rather community
members who hang around campus.
"I get great responses from students,"
he said. "As far as the University itself
goes, it's fine."
He said he experienced more harass
ment last year than this year in the form
of verbal attacks. For example, Cooper
said he has been called a "baby killer"
when walking on campus in uniform.
"You get the occasional comment,
and it's something you're always aware
of," he said.
Cooper said he has no regrets for
joining the program considering the
harassment or the war in Iraq. He said
the program has given him a sense of
camaraderie he feels can't be found
anywhere else on campus.
'The greatest positive thing about this
Tim Bobosky Photographer
From bottom: Trey Givens, Brandon Garner, Robi Harding and other ROTC cadets practice
their water skills Wednesday in the Gerlinger Pool.
is the community it creates," he said.
Harris agreed his time on campus
has been "interesting." He said it can
be difficult when people can't look
past the uniform.
"They automatically make assump
tions about you as a person," he said,
adding that people assume all cadets
are conservatives when in fact there are
many liberals in the program.
But he said the atmosphere has be
come much more supportive since the
war and since Sept. 11, and he has
heard of fewer instances in which stu
dents or others spit at cadets or call
them "baby killers."
"That sort of thing has stopped quite
a bit, "he said.
Second-year cadet Sabrina Vasquez
said she has never been harassed on
campus, but some of her friends have.
Vasquez, one of 16 female cadets, said
the challenges of being in uniform
have not detened her from wanting to
serve her country.
"I've been looked at funny for being
in uniform," she said. "Most of the time
we shrug it off."
Sneed said he hasn't heard of any se
vere instances of harassment in recent
years, just the occasional heckling. He
said learning to be comfortable in uni
form is part of learning how to be an of
ficer, and cadets should feel proud
walking around campus.
"There's no reason to be ashamed
of wearing the uniform on campus,"
he said.
Junior Briana Freeburg said she was
surprised to hear cadets are occasionally
harassed on campus because she often
sees students stopping to talk to cadets
to offer support.
"I see a lot of people talking to them
about the war," she said.
Fourth-year University student Don
Goldman, who also writes for The In
surgent, said even though he is against
the military, he wouldn't harass cadets.
Tim Bobosky Photographer
From top: Military science instructor Darren
McMahon coaches cadets Troy Givens and
Jacob Craven on water survival in the
Gerlinger Pool on Wednesday.
"I would never do that because I just
think it's counterproductive," he said.
Junior Josh Berger said he respects
cadets who wear uniforms on campus.
"I just think it's a good thing to show
what you believe in," he said.
Harris said he understands the
campus is a place where people can
become "fired up" about issues, but
he finds it ironic when people accost
cadets who will eventually fight for
everyone's freedom of speech.
"It's kind of a bittersweet thing,"
he said.
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