From: "Pope, Karen O." <POPEKJ@uwec.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:39:19 -0500 Subject: ROTC for UWEC? Message-ID: <4F19260FE7477F4DA03B00B62E7F639076C2EF078E@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
Hi SFPJ folks:
This press release causes me some angst/ alarm, and I expect SFPJ folks mig
ht want to be included in any campus wide debate.
http://www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/09/apr/0402ROTC.htm
I couldn't help but be dismayed and a little alarmed that, of all the cours
es of study UWEC could add and all the needs we have pressing on our resour
ces at the University, UWEC is adding ROTC. It sounds "free" but we know i
t is not; and once added, it's insidious and awfully hard to change course/
mind. Was there a pressing, public need expressed? What was wrong with
the current arrangement for 8 students to take courses via Stout? I guess
I don't get it. Is this what the premier liberal arts undergraduate insti
tution wants, really?
Do we want to take a position as a group on this issue? Will it come up i
n the Fac./student Senates?
Karen Osborne Pope
Associate Professor Emerita, McIntyre Library
University of WI - Eau Claire
popekj@uwec.edu
cell 715 529 0272