"We're not talking about people running around in camouflage on the Harvard campus. That's not going to happen," Baror said.

But allowing ROTC to poster and recurit students on the Jarvard campus as any other student group can, Baror said, is only fair.

He argued that it is disservice to students to ban a group from campus that provides such sizable scholarships.

"knowing about ROTC can mean the difference between having a comfortable college experience or having a comfortable college experience or having to scrap all the time and justbarely getting by," Baror said.

Jeffery A. Letalien '01, a council representative and member of the Harvard Radicliffe Republican Club, argued strenuously that Harvard should not attempt to interfere in matters of military policy.

Several panelists said they were working on a revision of the bill that would be more of a compromise. But Yvonne M.Kao '00, who recently contracted to serve in the Marine Crops after graduation, warned against attempting to dictate changes to established military policies.

"There are different standards expected of those in the military and those who are not," she said.

Others argued that the path of changing discriminatory policiese is encouraging students from a diverse univesity like Harvard to participate in ROTC.

"My liberal education is going to help me a hell of a lot more than studying astrophysics at a military academy," said an audience member who particiaptes in ROTC.

"It would be a vaery different issue if Harvard students couldn't participate in ROTC at all," Karteron responded. "Just because Harvard doesn't mean that those students aren;t getting their liberal education."

Peggy T. Lim '01, executive editor of Distinction, said the magazine sponsored the event to provide another open forum for people to talk about the issue.