you said about that. our arrangements with the navy are those that the navy found most desirable. and so we have followed their guidance the particular set of policies and arrangements that we will follow for naval rotc and its return here to campus. all right. president faust, thank you so much for your time and good luck to you, as well as harvard alums and those on campus. appreciate it. thank you. thank you so much. well, don t forget to choose the news. vote by texting 22360 for the story you would like to see in detail. one for proof that women are better in just about everything. we know it, but there s proof now. vote two for a look at royal wedding security. or three for the shero who was honored for bringing a subway flash tore justice. the winning story will air in the next hour. [ female announcer ] there s a new way to let go
happy hunting ground for us. i did naval rotc in college back in the coolidge administration or whenever it was. and it is important for the military to connect there with exactly the point you made recently in your op-ed piece about this disconnect between those who serve and people who kind of say oh, no not that s not for me. and one way to do that is to bring it bring rotc everywhere. well, here is what i think, bob. i ve actually been thinking about this a fair amount. what i would do is if not do it campus by campus, if you go to boston for example you could do an m.i.t. harvard program and put a couple institutions together and have a central rotc program drawing on all the institutions. if you do it institution by institution with the questions that the military already has about a lot of costs, you have to put officers in those programs and training programs, they may be better to do something that is more centralized. let me bring it back to some of the wider challe
military. is that the next step to take it on? that s quite another question. the military has mixed feelings about whether they want to go back to harvard, columbia, the ivy league schools. it s expensive. rotc programs. it s whether they get enough bang for their buck. do they get enough kids who sign up at the elite institutions to go into a commission program of some kind? or are they better off working at the land grant schools where they re going to get generally a greater response to it? so that s an issue. now, the ivy league and elite institutions are beginning to say, we would welcome them back. we want to open that conversation again because of the repeal of don t ask don t tell but you may find the military saying, you know, i m not sure we need to go there because, frankly, it s not a happy hunting ground for us. i did naval rotc in college back in the coolidge administration or whenever it was. and it is important for the military to connect there with exactly the poi
happy hunting ground for us. i did naval rotc in college back in the coolidge administration or whenever it was. and it is important for the military to connect there with exactly the point you made recently in your op-ed piece about this disconnect between those who serve and people who kind of say oh, no not that s not for me. and one way to do that is to bring it bring rotc everywhere. well, here is what i think, bob. i ve actually been thinking about this a fair amount. what i would do is if not do it campus by campus, if you go to boston for example you could do an m.i.t. harvard program and put a couple institutions together and have a central rotc program drawing on all the institutions. if you do it institution by institution with the questions that the military already has about a lot of costs, you have to put officers in those programs and training programs, they may be better to do
eugene andrews cernan was borne in 1934 in chicago. his dream of being a naval aviator was sown at an early age. he signed up for the naval rotc program at purdue university and accepted into the u.s. navy a short time graduation. the newly formed nasa announced their seven pioneer astronauts. cernan was fascinated. a new dream was born. he wanted to ride a rocket shop into space. in 1963, nasa selected him for project gemini and apollo. cernan jumped at the chance. when i watch those guys go up, they were any heros. all of a sudden, i found myself walking a hall. they called me gene. he was the first pilot of the