The Crimson has an interesting piece about the fact that Derek Bok and Drew Faust both dissed ROTC by not showing up at its graduation ceremony this year.

The absence of Bok and Faust from the commissioning ceremony has been criticized by some who fear that it could indicate a shift away from the support for the military shown by Summers.

Bok was chairing his final Corporation meeting; Faust was speaking to Radcliffe alumnae.

Is't it fascinating how each of those other commitments captures something about the priorities of those two people?

While Summers declined to comment on whether he believed Bok or Faust should have attended the ceremony, he wrote in an e-mailed statement that he made an effort to attend the ROTC commissioning ceremonies because he considered it "very important to show institutional support for the students who were entering the armed forces.”

Well. That of course is offering a comment on whether he believed Bok or Faust should have been there. Summers went because he thinks it's important; by implication, Bok and Faust don't.....