Kings of Campus: How Some Army Instructors Use Their Clout to Prey on College Cadets
To the young students in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), the officers who run the programs on college campuses are impressive. Often combat-proven veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, they are intended to represent the model soldier. They also have disproportionate control over cadets’ lives, leading a program that pays for […]
Troops Fired on Kent State Students in 1970. Survivors See Echoes in Today's Campus Protest Movement
KENT, Ohio — Dean Kahler flung himself to the ground and covered his head when the bullets started flying. The Ohio National Guard had opened fire on unarmed war protesters at Kent State University, and Kahler, a freshman, was among them. M1 rifle rounds hit the ground all around him. “And then I got hit,” […]
