UNIVERSITY
Campus hiring policies examined
ROTC policies appear in conflict with University standards
By Carrie Dennett
Emetaid Reporter
In the early 1980s the Univer
sity was one of the first to ex
amine the seeming contradic
tion between its anti-discrimi
nation policy and the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps'
(ROTC) anti-gay policies, yet
now it lags behind the times.
Recently, however, there is a
resurgence of attention to this
issue. Many students and facul
ty are asking the administration
to admit that a contradiction
exists between the two policies,
and take some sort of action.
ROTC allows any student to
enroll in its classes through the
military science department,
but homosexuals are excluded
from ROTC scholarships, facul
ty jobs and military commis
sions as part of the Department
of Defense's policy which bans
gays and lesbians from military
service.
Nationally, several colleges
and universities have taken ac
tion ranging from issuing writ
ten statements to the military to
protest discriminatory policies,
to actually giving ROTC the
boot.
Stefan Stent, a student sena
tor and former ROTC cadet.
said kicking ROTC off campus
is too extreme. "I don't want
the ROTC to be suspended .. I
want the University to take a
stand on the issue.”
Stent wants to send a letter of
protest from students and facul
ty to the national head of
ROTC. Me has presented the
idea to both the Student Senate
and University Senate and
plans to address a University
student/faculty committee
when they meet in January.
The committee includes Lt.
Col. Jim Hinton, head of the
University's ROTC program,
who could not Ik; reached for
comment.
Stent said a definitive stand
against the anti-gay policies by
the University would help initi
ate a positive change in mili
tary policy around the country.
Associate philosophy profes
sor Cheynev Ryan said the ad
ministration needs to take ac
tion of some kind. "Anything
is better than what they have
done, which is nothing.” he
said, adding that any step taken
by tin; administration would be
a show of good faith to support
their claim that they take their
anti-discrimination policy seri
ously.
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not going to enforce it. it
shouldn't have it.” he said,
adding that although the Uni
versity is not tile source of the
discrimination, they are still
part of it
The administration maintains
that the discriminatory nature
of the scholarships is isolated
from the University because the
funds come from the Depart
ment of Defense
Ryan disagrees with this
stance because of the unique re
lationship between ROTC and
the University's military sci
ence department. “There
wouldn't be a military science
program if it weren't for those
scholarships."
lit? said ROTC gets away with
discrimination in scholarships
and faculty status that would
not be tolerated in other de
partments
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