Judge restricts visits
by military recruiters
NAT tONAj
BUFFALO. N Y
(AP) — A Judge
has ordered the
University of Buf
falo to bar visits by
military recruiters because ot
Pentagon discrimination against
homosexuals.
State Supreme Court Justice
Diane Lebedeff in New York
City on Thursday ruled in favor
of a former law student at the
university. Terri Mayo, a lesbian
who claimed she could not
apply to the military because of
her sexual orientation.
"She was deprived of a gen
uine career opportunity simply
because she's a lesbian, said
Kvan VVolfson. an attorney for
lambda l.egal Defense and Kdu
cation Fund, which filed a law
suit on her behalf "She was
interested in applying, but she
was blocked from square one.”
Military recruitment at the
law school, which is part of the
State University of New York,
violated an anti-discrimination
order issued by Gov. Mario Cuo
mo, Lebedeff said
"There is no dispute the mili
tary currently engages in sexual
orientation discrimination in its
employment practices, not wel
coming within its active ranks
gay men, lesbians and bisexu
als," Lebedeff wrote
VVolfson s<iiil Lflx-den s ruling
should apply to the entire state
university system, which has
400,000 students on 04 i ampus
US.
Ken Goldfarh, a spokesman
for the State University of New
York, and Ronald Mein, a
spokesman for the university,
said they could not i umnient on
the decision until their attorneys
reviewed it
Military recruiters continue to
\ isit the I University of Buffalo.
Stein said the university hud not
decided if it will follow I.ebed
eff's ruling and fiar their visits
"New York state lias a legiti
mate interest in prohibiting that
kind of discrimination and
refusing to be a part of it Wolf
son said.
The c ase stems from a com
plaint filed with tile New ^ ork
Division of Human Rights m
‘She was deprived
of a genuine career
opportunity simply
because she's a
lesbian.'
Evan Wolfson
Lambda Legal Defense and
Education Fund attorney
1900 when Mayo was a law stu
dent in Buffalo
At the time, the Pentagon had
an outright ban against homo
sexuals That has since been
modified by President Clinton's
"don’t ask, don't tell" policy,
which prohibits the military
from asking about a recruit’s
sexual orientation
The Division of Human
Rights Office of Lesbian and
Gay Concerns ruled in Mayo's
favor, hut Human Rights Com
missioner Margarita Rosa oy er
turned that decision last year
after an appeal by the university.
Rosa said state and federal law
required the university to allow
military recruitment
Lambda, which handles cases
on homosexual rights, chal
lenged Rosa’s dei ision in court
Mayo suffered "humiliation and
the stigma of second-class i iti
zenship" because of the mili
tary's stand on homosexuals.
Wolfson sairl
Mayo, now a prosecutor with
the Linn Countv District Attor
ney’s office in Albany. Ore.
would not comment and
referred calls to 1-ambda
The university had claimed it
might lose Pentagon research
grants it it barred military
recruiters Federal low prohibits
such grants tor si bools that for
bid military recruitment
Leliedeff said the risk of losing
Pentagon funds was irrelevant.
Other New York lavs schools,
including the University of
Albany. Columbia University
and Syracuse University, pro
hibit or limit military recruit
ment. l-ebedeff said
The University of Buffalo
received $2.f> million in Penta
gon funds last year
Alligator breaks in home
forcing resident to shoot
DELRAY REACH, Flu (AP) —
A seven-foot alligator crawled
through a dining room window
and made it to the kitchen
tie fore Howard Ennis put a bul
let in its eye
"Here was this thing in hero,
violating the privacy, the sancti
ty of my home." Ennis. 50, said
after he killed the alligator Fri
day.
Ennis and his wife, Gail,
awoke to wild flapping by their
caged bird. They followed their
harking dogs to the living room
and saw the gator outside a
ground-level window that had
been left open.
Mrs Ennis want across the
room to cull state game officials.
"She walked right up on him.
within two feet of him because
there wasn't a light on in that
part of the room, and he opened
his mouth wide. 1 mean wide,
he said. "And that’s when she
went hysterical ''
And when Ennis grabbed his
gun
Police were stumped.
"We've had lots of house
break-ins, but nev er before by an
alligator," police spokesman
Mike Wright said
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Packwood decides not to resign
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Boh Packwood
had decided to resign, but changed his mind after
congressional staffers leaked his intentions to
the Justice Department, prompting a subpoena
for his diaries, a leading Republican lawmaker
said Sunday.
“He was ready to resign, he wanted out." Sen.
Alan Simpson of Wyoming said on CBS' "Face
the Nation.” Simpson accused staffers of the Sen
ate Ethics Committee of thwarting the resigns
tion by leaking word of it to Justice Department
lawyers.
Whon informed of Packwood's plans. Justice
Department lawyers scrambled to issue a formal
request for the Oregon Republican's diaries,
guarding against their possible destruction once
Packwood left the Senate.
Simpson, a friend of Packwood's. said after
Park wood was served with the subpoena Friday,
he "had no choice but to stay in the Senate"
where he could better defend himself against
possible criminal charges
After the subpoena was issued, any attempt to
destroy the diaries would leave Packwood, til.
open to charges of obstructing justice
The diaries are central to a Senate investiga
tion into sexual harassment allegations involv
ing complaints from more than two ten
women who said that the Oregon Republican
had made unwelcome sexual advances to them
over the years.
Simpson said he would seek an investigation
into what role ethics panel staffers might have
played in the timing of Urn Justice Department
subpoena.
Spokesmen for the Ethics Committee and for
Son Richard Bryan. D-Nov,, the panel's chair
man, did not return telephone messages Sunday.
The Justice Department's interest stems from
reports that some entries in the diaries might
involve possible conflicts of interest, especially
on whether Packwood's defense of Mitsubishi
Electronic Co. against unfair trade practice
charges might have been linked to n job offer his
former wife received from a company lobbyist
Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas
also said Sunday that Packwood saw an oppor
tunity to elude the investigations by resigning.
"1 think he was close to resignation." Dole
said. "(But) about that time, the justice Depart -
mont came through with the subpoena and he
decided not to resign."
Both Simpson and Dole said the controversy
has taken a heavy toll on Packwood. who won
re-elei tion to a fifth term Inst year only days
Indore reports of his alleged sexual improprieties
became public
"He's going through a terrible, personal tur
moil,'' Simpson said “He was ready to resign.
In* wanted out The pain of it. the hounding of
it. he wanted to v isit with the l.thn s (loinmlttue
one-on-one (and) that was denied to him
Dole said he also was concerned about the
impact the investigations hove had on Pack
wood's health "We talked about that, 1 think
he's OK." Dole said on NBC's "Meet the Press "
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