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Article: Harvard students receive Navy recruitment e-mail

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Benjamin D. Grizzle
University Wire
01-12-2001
(Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Over the last few days, nearly every undergraduate received a personal e-mail invitation to apply to be a commissioned officer in the United States Navy.

The government-sanctioned spam has surprised many students, particularly given Harvard University's complex relationship with the military.

The Solomon Amendment to the National Defense Appropriation Act, signed into in law in 1997, requires all universities that receive federal funding to submit a directory of their students to the military for recruiting.

The Harvard drive was led by Lieutenant Chris Dunphy and Chief Petty Officer Laura L. Jones, ...

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