Smith said he will be able to "distinguish the difference between emotionally-induced facts and empirically-supported ones."

Council representative Stephen N. Smith `02, a PSLM member who participated in the sit-in, said he has no plans to resign from the council and apply.

"I think there are students who would do a better job than myself," Smith said. "The drive of the committee is to find out the best way to treat Harvard's workers better. I hope that student selections for the committee reflect this goal."

Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis `68 wrote in an e-mail that he expects the council to make prudent selections for the committee.

"The UC has the responsibility for supplying members to other student-faculty committees," Lewis wrote. "It has done an excellent job with that responsibility in recent years and I am confident that it will do so on this occasion."

Students who wish to apply to be on the committee can do so through the council's website at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hruc. Applications are due by 12 p.m. on Monday.

--Staff Writer Alex B. Ginsberg can be reached at ginsberg@fas.harvard.edu.