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[email protected]. WINONAN Winona State University The Student Voice Vol. LVI, Number 18 April 2, 1980 WSU marches to the ROTC beat by Dan Ruda well," Geisler comments. "ROTC is going to move into some areas it It was a request from a Winona hasn't been before, obviously, and State University student to uni- there is good support for the versity president Robert Hanson program." which initiated steps to establish an ROTC program at Winona State. In the late '60s, ROTC was not popular on many college campuses. Recently, the State University During the Vietnam War, ROTC Board (SUB) authorized a satellite was viewed as a symbol of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps military establishment and as a (ROTC) program for WSU begin- result became the object of much ning next fall. protest during demonstration against the war. According to Lt. Col. Burl Geisler, the purpose of the ROTC program Before ROTC was approved at "is to motivate and prepare selected WSU, President Hanson asked for students to serve as commissioned recommendations from the faculty officers in the regular army, army and student senates.