There are moments when Yale's leadership takes significant, even potentially unpopular progressive stances in line with the best values of the University. While they tend to be on symbolic issues - like reimbursing lost financial aid for students with drug possession charges - and exclusively on national and international debates rather than local struggles, they should be acknowledged, both because credit should go where it's deserved and because it's nice sometimes to be able to be proud of the leadership of this institution. While there's certainly much more Yale could do to defend its non-discrimination policy, the letters released to the YDN, showing a nearly two-decade struggle with the Pentagon over the incompatability of the army's hiring practices, Yale's non-discrimination policy, and military recruitment on campus, are a nice break for those of us used to only seeing Levin directing pithy and blistering rhetoric at the working people of this University.