After the panel, ROTC cadet Catherine A. Cohn ’06 said she had attended the teach-in looking to find out more about “don’t ask, don’t tell.
“It’s nice to know that people are bothered by ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’” she said.
“At the same time, it bothers me that Harvard continues to oppose ROTC’s presence on campus,” Cohn added.
Another ROTC cadet, who would not give his name, was more blunt.
“I don’t think there’s a question that ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is discriminatory,” he said.
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“But despite the fact that it is discriminatory, you know what atmosphere you’re going into, and you go into it willingly.”