Oregon Daily Bills, Brand to fight policy of exclusion By Kirsten Lucas f rr.e'u : Reporter University President Mvles Bra ml and ASt'() Presi drn! Jennifer Bills annnunc ed ThursOay that they wall work together to oppose .1 longstanding ' s Dnp.irt men! of Defense policy barring gays and lesbians from military service The ground breaking allt.irn e between University administration and student leadership will target fed eral legislators and 1)01) officials in Washington, DU through letter writing and personal yisits in late Janu ary The two said they know of no other university where student and administrative leaders have agreed to work together to oppose the directive, which states that homosexuality is incompatible with military ser vice In addition to preventing gays and lesbians Irofn hi listing, military policy keeps students from receiving ROTO scholarships and other economic incentives of fered for military service "On an individual level," Brand said, i have to add mv personal opposition to this military dim tiye on the grounds that it is both senseless and hurtful It is morally repugnant to suggest that sexual orientation bears on a person's ability or value to society "Many students at ross the nation recognize the !)()I) mistake in denying students the right to serve their country , and benefit from their servic e bec ause ol sex ual orientation." said Bills, who is also the co-chair woman of a national coalition of lesbians, gavs and bisexuals The decision to join fore es to reverse the 1)00 policy came out of a conversation fielween Brand and Bills earlier this month Brand followed up with a Nov 1 1 letter to Bills pro posing spec trie steps they could lake' together, while c ontinuing their separate efforts Brand said this joint effort yvill not affec t University pole v regarding military rec ruiting on c ampus Bills said the ASUO maintains its position that the military should not lie recruiting on c ampus Ix-caiuse 1)00 pnlic y conflic ts vy ith Oregon Administrative Rules regarding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation Brand made it c lear that, w hile- he vs ill do what he Turn to POLICY. Pago 5 PF«*u by mil ‘‘f r, i President Myles Brand lakes lime one Sunday morning lor a ride on Star, his Tennessee walking horse stabled near Mount Pisgah Brand stereotype affirmed, broken Fdilor's nut*- This is the sn uml of two part.% on President Myles Hi,uni Hart 1 fix used on Brand's day-to-day duties Hart 1 takes a more personal look at Brand's life away from i ampus By Chns Bouneft ; rt.irf.i •! News i ■! ' J Myles Brand is nut a whimsical guv so his wife, i’eg. was under stundahlv surprised when he shaved his trademark moustache this summer More surprisingly. Brand shaved the nuruslaihe he had sported lor III years the day alter the pair hiked through a mvthli al vortex in Arizona featuring the center of the i iismiis Did supernatural forces drive Hrund In tin- ra/or ' Not likely I- rankly . I think lie just gut tired of Ins mouslar he IVf> Hr,mil said it r a ltd tall ed the shaving a whim. wtili h is unusual fieuauv he is well known lor being stoic hardworking and intelligent someone who makes every del I sum methodn ally and w ithout enrol ton 'President Hr,mil isn't a hug ger. said former AM '() Vu e I’res idi'n 1 Sheila Stukel, who now works a-. Hrand s assistant "He's not a warm, touchy leely person He approai hes thmxs very aca demit ally The way he and Peg met even fits some perceptions the l mver sity community has afxmt him Instead of some ^roll(ilose ro m,mlu momiml. Hr,mil mi id lie •mil IVg Mini l. 1111 ,1 friKndship" ivhili Hoih »i'ir lr,idling ,ii ilu l:riivi'rsii\ h| liltrniis nl (dm ago, • iini ihr relationship grew Ilu*v will In- m.irrii'il | i vi'iirs in |,inu ary Hi-, life sounds solid iind ijuii'l. luil breaking through the found.i lion .in- anomalies studcnis wouldn'l siis|ii'< l I nun two Doberman pinsr.hers I ha t art1 so f,d linn look more like Labrador retrievers in Ins love of innviiM In his or t asinnal guitar [driving. Hr.mil dors possess i uri mis i h.ir.ir irnsiii s Hr.irid, ‘III. slurti'd ,is ,i mc< li.ini Turn to BRAND Page 6 INDEX On track_ The women's cross country team finished fifth overall Monday at the NCAA Championships behind strong running from senior Lisa Knrnopp Saa story, Paga 7 Cuomo’s quandary ALBANY. N Y (AP) Gov Mario Cuomo, unable to secure a multi-year budget deal that advisers said could make it easier for him to run for pres ident. moved for a less ambitious fis cal plan Monday Originally. Cuomo had hoped to combine this and next fiscal year s deficits, totaling more than S4 bil lion, and solve txilh problems with one package. Cuomo has said that until he gets a handle on the state's budget prob lems, he can't make a dec ision aUmt running for president Group seeks to limit spending in House races By Rene DeCair [rr*#aid Associate Edilcx A new. small group has formed to loli by 11k a 1 congressmen to get them to sup port a full that would impose c ampaign spending limits for seats in the I S House of Representatives The group, Oregonians for Klee lion Re form, formed two months ago to urge Or egnn Rep I’eter Del-a/io and other con gressmen to sponsor The House of Kepre sentatives Spending Limit and lilec turn Reform Act The bill, which Will he defeated this week, would impose a voluntary cam paign spending limit on House candi dates of S500.1XH) for general elections and S100,000 for run-off elec.lions One of the group's eight members, Hela Toledo, said he hopes the hill passes, in stituting spending limits that would al low non-incumfients access to the polite i a I process "It's a real h.isii change, Toledo said It will (hange the nilrs of how the n.imt is played Because legislators rely on political at lion committee funds to run their re rim lion campaigns, lie said. ( undulates w ilh out Ihfsc funds .1 r<■ not able lo get elei I rd ‘Now you hardly know your representatives. But with less media time, they'll have to use it more wisely.' Bela Toledo, member. Oregonians for f lea <