After DADT was rightfully repealed by Congress, conservative bloggers went apeshit, attacking everything in sight. It was cute. One of their targets was higher education, something to which so many of them seem so hostile, and the institutes that haven’t allowed the Reserve Office Training Corps program on campus. Harvard was an especially big target. Well, stfu:
The university said it will formally welcome Naval ROTC, which trains students for possible service in the military, in a ceremony on campus between Harvard President Drew Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Friday.
The change of heart follows December’s repeal of the 1993 “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, which disqualified gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military.
“Our renewed relationship affirms the vital role that the members of our Armed Forces play in serving our nation and securing our freedoms, while also affirming inclusion and opportunity as powerful American ideals,” Faust said.
Under the agreement, Harvard will resume full and formal recognition of Naval ROTC on the effective date of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, expected to come this summer.
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For the Sake of Science 
Their disapproval didn’t go so far as refusing grants from the government protected by the military.