October 31, 2008

ROTC Seeks to Expand on Campuses, and Colleges Cope With a Conflict

By REEVES WIEDEMAN

Antidiscrimination policies clash with military's 'don't ask, don't tell' rule

Three days a week, Sean Ashby wakes up well before dawn at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. He and about 25 other students pile into car pools heading north on I-95, past Camden Yards and downtown Baltimore, arriving at the Johns Hopkins University for ROTC training by 6 a.m. sharp.

That's an hour not seen by many college students. But Mr. Ashby gets up because he doesn't want a desk job;

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