University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 24, 1990
5
Keith Thorpe/KANSAN
In with the new
Michelle Crank, Overland Park freshman, and Robert Wilson, Junction City sophomore, shovel dirt onto a freshly planted tree behind Oliver Hall. The Charity Environmental Committee of the Association of University Residence Hills (AUHR) sponsored the planting of a Slouxland Cottonwood to commemorate Earth Day and to replace trees removed to construct a drainage pond.
ROTC policy barring gays isn't challenged at Kansas
Many other colleges rising up to resist homosexual exclusion
By Carol B. Shiney
Kansan staff writer
"The presence in the military environment of persons who engage in homosexual conduct or who, by their statements, demonstrate a tendency to engage in homosexual conduct, seriously impairs the accomplishment of the military mission," Army policy states.
Liz Tolbert, member of Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, said the policy had been a complaint of the gay and lesbian community for a long time. At the April 11 protest in the rotunda of Strong Hall, GLSOK put the ROTC issue on a list of demands presented to the administration.
The University of Kansas is not one of many college campuses launching offensives against the Department of Defense and Training Corpas this spring.
Activists on college campuses across the country are battling the Pentagon because of its policy barring gay people from military service. They are calling for ROTC programs to include gay men and lesbian women or be removed from campuses.
Gary Skidmore, public affairs officer for the U. Army Third Region, said there had not been any activism against ROTC at the universities in his region. The area includes Kapsas, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Texas. The area includes homa, Texas, Puerto Rico, Panama and the Virgin Islands.
Army policy, based on Defense Department policy, states that homosexuality is incompatible with military service.
Tolbert said the KU administration was aware of the problem and was looking into it. She will be discussing the problem with an assistant of Judith Ramaley, executive vice
chancellor.
"I're really frustrating because you have gay and lesbian people who enter the military and stay in the army." The president will lose their jobs. "Tobert said.
She also criticized the policy because when people are thrown out of ROTC or not given a commission because they are gay, they are forced to pay money back to the government.
A combination of activism and meetings with the administration would help make the change. To尔bert said. However, she said if the University put pressure on the Defense Department, it would make a stronger statement than a protest.
Col. John Rademacher of Air Force ROTC said the Air Force policy also was based on the Defense Department policy. He said gay and lesbian people were not accepted into the program. It followed the program are discovered to be gay, they are disenrolled from the program.
However, Rademacher said gay and lesbian people could take ROTC courses.
"We are just executing and carrying out what the Department of Defense policy is," he said.
Continued from p. 1
should be over the next decade."
The Oregon system of higher education is made up of eight institutions. Hensley said Ramaley's per-spective style would fit well in that scheme.
Ramaley
"I felt that her personality would be compatible with the other university presidents." he said
Roger Edington, who has been interim president for Portland State for the past year's, said he was proud of his efforts. He said he planned to retire soon.
Edington said Ramaley was his choice of the finalists.
"New leadership always brings new ideas," he said. "I think she'll bring new ideas and innovation."
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said he recognized Ramaley's interest in being a university president.
"She was interested in it, and she
has the skills for it. It was just a matter of time," he said.
Brinkman said Ramaley had the capacity for understanding the breadth of the University. She is well-skilled in long-range planning of diverse issues, disciplines and programs.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said Ramaley was a "can-do" kind of person.
"It has been her goal for a long time, even before she came here, to try her hand at a university presidency," he said.
ROTC
Continued from p. 1
already have written the Pentagon warning that ROTC's future on campuses is in jeopardy unless the policy changes. In a recent letter to the Defense Department, John M. Deutch, provost of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the exclusion of homosexuals runs counter to MITT's "principle of non-discrimination against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation."
About 96,000 students participate in ROTC programs on 585 campuses, according to the Defense Department.
Two cases in point are those of Joe Steffan, a naval cadet who was expelled from Annapolis for admitting his homosexuality, and James Holobaugh, a former ROTC cadet at Washington University, where he was denied an Army commission for the same reason.
In 1989 alone, students or faculty of at least six schools — the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Yale, Harvard, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern and the University of Iowa law school — took action against ROTC chapters for their discriminatory policies
At least two other ROTC cadets have also come out recently, leading the military to try to make them pay back their scholarships. Several dozen members of Congress have sent protest letters to the Pentagon. The cases are still open.
The Defense Department policy says flatly that "homosexuality is incompatible with military service." The Defense Department contends that the presence of gay people would undermine discipline, order and morale; and that homosexuals in the military would be particularly susceptible to blackmail.
However, internal Defense Department studies, which the Pentagon had tried to suppress but which leaked out anyway, disputed those arguments and concluded that gay people perform their military duties as well as straight people.
Mac Pacs Are Going Fast... Don't Miss Out!
Mac Mania Pac I
Macintosh Plus
CMS 20MB Hard Drive
Imagewriter II Printer
$1,699.00
Mac Mania Pac III
Macintosh SE 1-800K Drive 40MB
(2MB RAM)
Standard Keyboard
Imagewriter II Printer
Carrying Case & Accessories*
$2.999.00
Mac Mania Pac II
Macintosh SE 20MB
(1.4 MB Super Drive)
Standard Keyboard
Imagewriter II Printer
$2,299.00
Mac Mania Pac IV
Macintosh SE/30 80 MB Hard Drive
(4MB RAM)
Standard Keyboard
Imagewriter II Printer
WINGZ
$3,999.00
Mac Mania Extras
Extended Keyboard $149.00
CMS 20MB Hard Drive $399.00
CMS 45MB Hard Drive $599.00
Carrying Case & Accessories $149.00
*Accessories include: Delux SE bag, Curtis SP-3 Safestrip, Sony DSDD discs, Mousetrak Mousepad, Kensington dustcover, Imagewriter ribbon, Kensington printer dustcover, printer stand, Curtis clip, and computer paper-200 ct.
Prices good while existing quantities last. Offer open only to students enrolled in six or more credit hours of course work, full-time faculty members, or full-time staff who are directly involved in the administration, delivery, or support of the academic mission of the University of Kansas, Lawrence campus. Student dividends have already been applied on computer purchases. Please add on 4.75% sales tax. Offer expires May 17, 1990.
Burge Union 864-5697
Take the Mac Challenge. Winning is easy with Mac on your side!
Macintosh'
The power to do your best at KD
© 1998 The Apple logo and Microsoft are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
The Etc. Shop
732 Mas
THE 1990 COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR HELP WITH THE CENSUS!!
Douglas County Bank
First National Bank
Lawrence National Bank
The Bank of Kansas
The Savings Bank
Capitol Federal Savings
Anchor Savings
School Employees Credit Union
Lawrence Bus Co.
Scotch Fabric Care Services
KLWN/KLZR
Journal-World
Sunflower Cablevision
Westminster Inn
Haskell Indian Jr. College
University of Kansas
Kansas Public Service Co.
City Water Dept.
City Planning Dept. Staff
Chamber of Commerce
University of Kansas Student Senate
Principals, Teachers and Staff, USD #492
UDK
Jennifer Miller
Jim Hartigan
Fred Mc Ehlenie
Margaret Miller
Ann Eversole
Judith Ramaley
Bob Taylor
Cloe Langley
Ruthi Rapp
Charles Geboe
Richard Woodward, Jr.
Ernie Cummings
Barb Smith
Jeff Arensberg
Thom Ward
Robin Eversole
Wes Williams
Steve Lopes
Mary Doveton
Walter Crockett
Andy Ramirez
Phil Bradley
Jean Milstead
Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith
City Commissioners:
Dave Penny, Mike Rundle,
Bob Schumm, Bob Walters
Al Hack, Jr.
Bonnie Augustine
Bob Martin
Marvin Buzzard
Price Banks
David Guntert
Brad Hugg
David Spizman
If you haven't turned in your census form, CENSUS'90 do so TODAY!! Lawrence Come to Your Census! YOU Count for More Than YOU THINK!
1. In the diagram, points A and B are on line segment AC, point C is on line segment AB, and point D is on line segment BC. If AD = DC, CD = 2AB, and CE = 3AB, find the length of line segment AB.