In 1990, the Faculty Council ultimatum was thatHarvard no longer accept ROTC scholarship money.

That change, ROTC cadets said at the time,would have effectively ended the participation ofHarvard students in the program.

The Verba report payed lip service to theproblems of discriminating against gays in themilitary. And in approving the report facultymembers billed their vote to approve the report'srecommendations as a firm stand againstdiscrimination.

And those statements from the Faculty appear tobe enough to satisfy at least some gay campusleaders.

Dennis K. Lin '93-94 co-chair of Bisexual , Gayand Lesbian Students Association, which has in thepast been critical of Harvard's acceptance of ROTCscholarship funds says he "totally agree [s] withProvost Green."

If Harvard were not giving any money to ROTC,Lin says, he would still object to thediscrimination but would not mind Harvard'sacceptance of the scholarships.

A Difficult Possibility

Top administrators have yet to deal publiclywith the possibility that if Harvard doesn't chipin for MIT's ROTC program, its students may not beable to participate.

These administrators, however, appear to begambling that an arrangement with MIT can beReached.

Green says such an arrangement would not beunusual. He notes that while MIT does notcontribute money to Harvard's academic programs,its students are permitted to crossregister at theUniversity.

"We try to be good neighbors," he says.

The delay in action on the Verba report couldprovoke angry student reaction.

Lin, the BGLSA co-chair says his group wouldlike to see College make a decision quickly,"hopefully to cut all ties with ROTC."

The current situation is unacceptable, Linsays.

"It's almost as if Harvard is paying todiscriminate against its own students," he says.