Other members of the Class of '69 interviewed by The Crimson could neither confirm nor deny Hyland's account of the discussion in Sanders that day. But they say they're still upset with their alma mater.

Some oppose Harvard's ties with ROTC for the very same reasons they did in the 1960s. They say they view excessive entanglement with the military as inappropriate for a university.

James T. Kilbreth '69, who was arrested in the University Hall takeover, terms the Rudenstine compromise "a step in the right direction."

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"I think this is another kind of illustration of what seems to me to be the larger question," Kilbreth says. "Do you want the University to be that entangled with the military?"

Former SFAC chair Glazier agrees that the military does not belong on campus.

"I never thought that ROTC had any place in [this] environment," he says. "It sounds to me like the faculty are the ones who have it figured out right."

Still, he commended the Rudenstine compromise as "reasonable."

Glazier and Kilbreth aren't alone in criticizing the University's involvement with the program while praising the Rudenstine compromise.

Robb Bettiker is a 1990 graduate of MIT who, like Carney, was kicked out of ROTC after confessing his homosexuality to a commanding officer.

Bettiker praises Rudenstine's solution as caring and pragmatic.

"He clearly cares about this," Bettiker says. "Overall, I think it's pretty good. I feel good about it because he's doing something, he's looking at the issue, and it looks like he's not taking the easy way out."

Leo Corbett '70 also says he approves of the Rudenstine compromise, but says he has a different perspective.

As an undergraduate, Corbett was chair of the Kirkland House Committee and a strong supporter of Harvard's own ROTC program. In the 1960s, Corbett says, he helped assemble counter-protest groups to "block various radical students" from protesting.

Today, Corbett still advocates the return of ROTC to Harvard's campus.