 In 2005, while a junior at the Columbia University School of General Studies,
Sanchez said he was harassed by students during the Fall 2005 "Activities Day" while manning the table for the Columbia Military Society.According to Sanchez, he was approached by members of the International Socialist Organization, an anti-war campus group who told him he was stupid for serving in the military.According to Mark Xue, president of the military society who was at the table with Sanchez, "They were telling him that he was stupid and ignorant, that he was being brainwashed and used for being a minority in the military."