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Student Advocai \, s.ud the
memo "does not clearly say
that they don't discriminate,
but it does condition how they
discriminate.”
Culhane said the CIA does
not discriminate on the basis of
sexual preference. Several fac
tors are taken into considera
tion. he said.
"We judge each person based
on the whole person." Culhane
said. "We look at the whole re
cord of the individual. We are
one of the proponents of equal
opportunity. We go out of our
way to recruit women and mi
norities.
"Apparently (the protesters)
are unfamiliar with our stated
principles.”
He added that protests gener
ally result in an increase in the
number of applications he re
ceives. "It calls attention to our
interests,” Culhane said. "We
get well-qualified applicants
who might not have thought of
it otherwise."
Smith said students have ex
pressed opposition to the (11A
for years, but in the past the fo
cus was on the political aspects
of the organization.
"The sexual preference issue
has not been at the forefront
during my 10 years of observa
tion of student attitudes toward
the CIA on this campus."
Smith said. "The evolution
seems to have been in response
to (students saying) 'We'd like
the CIA not to be on campus:
what are the conditions under
which we could have that hap
pen?’
"The response was that only
organizations that meet the Af
firmative Action policy of the
University of Oregon are able to
recruit here,” Smith said
"That is the only provision we
have, so it was at that point
that the Affirmative Action area
received closer scrutiny."
When asked whether the CIA
is singled out for discrimina
tion charges because of student
opposition to the group's poli
tical activity. Drescher said
both issues deserve attention.
"There is legitimate and
well-founded protest based on
discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation." she said
"I feel that people are also ex
tremely concerned with the
CIA's illegal activities, and that
both of these reasons for pro
testing the CIA deserve a very
serious audience from the Uni
versity administration.
"I think that the discrimina
tion issue legitimately belongs
as a criticism against the CIA
... The CIA does discriminate
on the basis of sexual orienta
tion and that deserve to be at
tacked on this basis.” Drescher
said. "That's very difficult for
us to prove that to the Universi
ty and at this point we would
virtually have to prove that in
order to convince the adminis
tration."
Drescher added that court
cases finding the CIA guilty of
discrimination against gays and
lesbians were brought before
the University administration.
"The administration has said
these cases are not recent
enough to show that the CIA
continues to discriminate." she
said.
On the issue of free speech
and the right of access to infor
mation and interviews by stu
dents w ho want to be employed
by the CIA, Drescher said she
does not believe the organiza
tion should be banned from
campus, but that the University
TfaV tUjfc&ftortrflbrUty to screen
prospective employers
I think .is an employment
recruiter thev are being offered
a privilege to come into the
University and seek new em
ployees here.'' she said It’s a
privilege that should have rea
sonable restrictions and some
of those reasonable restrictions
have to do vv ith discrimination
"Employment recruiters who
discriminate on a prohibitive
basis should not be allowed to
recruit here. I also think the
l Iniversity could reasonably re
strict employment recruiters
who are known to recruit em
ployees for illegal activities."
IJrescher said.
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