"[Bringing ROTC back] would be a legitimate endorsement of these increasing trends," Boni-Saenz said.

Panelist Alexis B. Karteron '01 agreed.

"I do have great respect for the armed forces," said Karteron, a member of the council and the Coalition Against Sexual Violence. But she said the proposed legislation "practically nullifies" the council's previous efforts against discrimination on campus.

"The U.C. is supposed to discourage discrimination....This will send a message that Harvard student government doesn't care about issues affecting the queer community," Karteron said.

But David A. Campbell '00, a former member of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance, said that for a school like Harvard, which prides itself on selecting an elite student body, to ban student groups controlling their membership is hypocrisy.

"Who's fooling whom? Every student here is thankful that Byerly Hall discriminates against less intelligent people," Campbell said.

"The current system ROTC has is not unjust. It just requires people to make choices," he continued, calling the agreement between ROTC cadets and the military a "contract" to give up certain rights.