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Military directive violates affirmative action rule
By Shannon Oliver
A'- rci|uirr(i In tin- ( areei
Planning ami PI in rnifiil Ser
vi< cs ()llii e and tin* I rh Memo
rial l Vni<hi Hoard of Dim tors
imagine t li.it I In- hu Mux Man
had signed the Atfirin.ilive A<
lion ( lompliam r Statement
Commentary
loi m gaining ai i rss to the I in
versify tin ililies to rec mil stu
dents for employment Imagine
Tom Met/ger tabling and slum
ing training films in the I Ml
I nrthei the Man oilers mini a
tional si holarslnps and ( lasses
spei ifii alh to while students
and resi inds edui .itional si hoi
arships to those found not to he
white
Absurd' t iiiel to suggestI
agree, vet. a similar pofii \ of
discrimination is placing itself
out against lesbian. ga\ and in
sexual students at the f inverse
t\
Defense Department Ihrei
tive No I i d 14 w hie h say s
homosexuality is mi ompati
hie \\ ilh military servli e ho
mosexual .lets are crimes under
the t inform t aide ol Military
111stice effectively bars leshi
an. gav and bisexual students
from military sen a e 01 si luil
arshtp ,it the I 'niversitx
I lespile thfir irtf k 1.11 |uilii \
the .irmi'il tones haw signed
ttle required limersitv \(firm
ati\e \i him ! i>nipl1.1IU e Sl.lle
meiil form. whit h explic it I \
st.iles. tti.il re< rmters must .it
tirm themselves ,is equal dppoi
hi it11\ employers by < <■ mpiv i iik
with (Jtegon Administrative
Rule It JAR) .till 15 II !h I Ilf.
rule in spite nl .1 teilei.d pulli x
nt d ist r i m i tint ion against lesln
• ms gays und bisexual people.
Is the mi IIIsiVe nt allet turn
.11 sexii.il in leillation
■aI sexual orientation
In ettei t. the armed ton es
signed avvav their polii y in or
del to gain ai i ess to lei nt It
nieiit tai ilihes rheir very xig
nature on the \ltitme!ne
tinil turin would nidu ate a
polity i onliarv to the lull) di
iei live \\ hii h sa\ s persons
who rnitaue in homosexual
i otuini t or u ho hy then stale
mi'iits. demonstrate a prnpensi
t y to engage in homosexual
i oiiilui t seriously impairs
the military mission
!t\ their statements in
leis that not onh the ai lions
hut the words ol individuals
i ome under military suspect as
queet I i.iise this point in i on
neition to the gender disirep
a ill v whit h arises in the actual
enftirt ement ot the 1 M )I) direi
live Since I'lHI dctensc do
partment statistics shorv worn
Ml lull' been discharged (nr
homosexual (undue t .il .1
i.lie almost III times that of mil
it.n \ men i \eu ) ark Times
Dei I I'lHHI Pentagon stalls
tus slims that while women
comprise only to peri ent ot the
I S military they 'i uinprise ,'n
■percent ot the ilia) servile
member's ilisi harged due tout
legations ol homosexuality he
tween Sept ill. 108.7'and Ot t
1 lOMH | U as/iim'fu/i lil.nir
Mart h I luii'i) Many ot these
people were or planned on he
coming stiiilents
I joyy ililies the military come
to siispei t more w omen lhah
men of loving the wrong gen
11er \re women harmlessly ; o
eri eil into confessing they are
not attr.n ted to men in tun
torn).' limy exactly does the
military carry out Its yviti h
hti til?
Mlhough the y\ ili hhunl is
not as illicitly violent as say a
Man hunt it does ruin people s
lives It the military can extrai t
a confession or has prool ot
homosexual a< ts people are
discharged 'without judicial
proceedings to the tune ot
1 loll men and women a y ear
t hose under suspicion of ho
mosexuaiity sutlei mterroga
turn with Inigtil lights on the
LETTERS
XYZs
I thmk I .should first apol
ogize lo tlic general f’niversitv
i (immunity for hoi outing 0110
of those students who responds
to tile response of .1 response of
some original letter nobody re
inemhers However 1 could not
resist till' tongue-in-cheek re
spouse lo the recent debate
over the word woman and the
i onnot.it ions associated w ith it
I,el s look ill one response's
interpretation of the word
woman liglitheartedK She
views the word woman as situ
plv the word man with the ad
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dition ul "mi This, sin* say s.
makes .1 woman ins! ,i diifi't
rid kind ul mini poulting out
lh.it .1 mail is nut i .tiled a
iiifinvvn However who said
that tiie root ot woman is man'
It could nisi as easily he argued
that man is simply the word
unman v\ ith the wo taken out
What is the actual difference
between the sexes' Most (dan- 1
say politically correct') people
would agree that the only true
ditlereiH e helueen a man and a
woman is or should he, a
pliyslologli.il one II you look
at the ditlereiues between men
anil women at a biological ley
el tlir differences .ill lunge un
urn* thing the \ and Y i hminii
stifles
1 ..1 is ut lenniles have tv\ i>
Y i hriiiiHisones vs tide males
have oivls nne \ i hrumiisiiliie
III light til this (despite some
ma|ur I.mils in iin genelit rea
siniing'l perhaps nne
shouldn't view gender names
purelv additive hut also eon
sider the pussihtJitv that thev
are subtractive Dus argument
would seem to give all advaii
tage to vvoinvu III what is a
si anew hut si 11 v debate
lames I'huiiipson
(.eneral si iem es
eves .ind their ysrists hand
i lifted They .ire told their
hometown neyyspapn .ind pat
ents yyill he (hilled People are
threatened with loss of child
i ustody and promised an easier
trine d tiler provide the intern)
viators with mure names Often
tunes lesbians .mil ii.ii men
enter into false marriage mu
tails to provide themselves
w ith a i m er during their ser
s n e w ith life military
ft is i lear that discrimination
on the .-hasis. ot sexual iirienta
turn h\ employment rec miters
is [irnlnhited under the Oregon
Adnunistra.t ive Rules govern
mg our 1 imersits Any at
tempt hv the administration to
had out military recruiters and
lire i aieei Planning and Pl.u e
merit Serve es (itfu e (ail ottn e
whirti has tailed to uphold the
I fmersity \llirrnalne \i lion
( ompliaiue Statement) would
he disingenuous and i miliary
to President Myles Brand's slat
ed i ommitmenl to equal iippoi
tiiiuK an thin i .mipus
I ,.IN .111(1 Irsllinil Si tl(i lt*l s like
tlit*lr hrtrmsrMi.il prers often
(11111 till’ lllillt.lt \ III I'M .!}>>- 111 1\
ert\ .uni i;.iui ci 1 tit .it mti With
tuition mi the rise ami ilmiiii
islvinit trdrrul Im.mi i.i 1 .ml toi
higher i111 .It loll, our i .ill r\
(in t .ill mi li'.isi' ill rnlisli'il sol
(I iris
rile I 'mvrrsitv l.isk I i Hi f on
1 eshl.Hi .mil I i.i\ f (mi ri ns It,is
rn oiiuiirniiril that it thr dr
Irnsr department polii trs to
ward lesbians .mil 14.1 \ mrn ,ur
not 1 liaii^nl within till' follow
1 in; two mmi s thr Mililuv Si 1
mu rs I )epai tmrnt sin mill hr
Irririutiitrii 1 wouhi nilil th.it
.11 lin'd ton rs in 1 uilms hr
■ isknt to Iravr thr i Ml until
President (irornr liusli si^ns ,m
1 \ei nine l Irdri to irsi ind
D( )|) |)irri live 1 I t.! I t as It.i!
r\ S I 1 inn in did in 1'I IH to 1,1
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