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Page 6 The~i" February 18, 1982 Gay, students gain recogni tion up and shouted obscenities and for example, a University of Califor-- lesbian members. dent group CPS threw fireworks." nia-Riverside gay student has been Some 20 University of Kansas stu- In a March precedent to the Janu- Gay student groups at two large In light of the recent court victory, physically assaulted twice and re- dents disrupted a Gay Services of ary Oklahoma ruling, a Washington, campuses have woo major victories however, Keller is more optimistiC. "In ceived threatening phone calls and Kansas dance last spring, while D.C. court determined Georgetown since the start of the new term, but general, the campus has gotten used letters Youngstown State University senators University could not legally bar rec- anti-gay sentiment flared at a third to us." The University of Denver -- among refused to give $45 to a campus ognition of a gay student group there schOol when a fratemity suspended But at Michigan State, which is one others -- refused to recognize a gay women's group that wanted to screen In Austin in mid-January, a funda- ooe of its members for being a of the few colleges to officially forbid student group because some student a film called "Women Loving mendalists group called the Austin homoselCUal discrimination on the basis of sexual senators deemed it improper to give Women." Citizens for Decency sponsored the In Austin, Texas, home of the habits, the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity any term of assent to "the gay But a number of Florida student now-defeated measure letting land- University of Texas, 63 percent of the in early January suspended a brother lifestyle" governments recently passed resolu- lords keep gays out of their buildings electorate vetoed a measure that after discovering the student was also The University of San Francisco tions endorsing non-marital sex inor- on the grounds that gay activists would have allowed landlords to deny a rrrember of the Lesbian/Gay Alli- refused to let a national women's oer to force a court test of a new were trying to take over' the city housing to people on the basis of ance. group held a conference on the state law that would stop funding any govemment. sexual preference. MSU Intrafraternity Council Vice campus because the group admitted campus that recognizes a gay stu- As the bitteriy-fought Austin election 'President Gary Naeyaert says the anti-dscrimination rule and re-admit Frats disdain ritual ended, the Oklahoma Supreme Court university will impose sanctions on ruled the University of Oklahoma had the house if it refuses to obey the erred in denying the Gay Activist Alliance offical recognition as a cam- the student sion.· They chose not to go with pus organization. "I can easily see the policy being CPS portions of the initiation ceremony The GAA has been trying to gain upheld," Naeyaert says. "My greatest PALO ALTO, CA- The Kappa Sigma prescribed by the national office are standard procedure, and it resulted in recognition since 1976. concem is that this action not be national fraternity has revoked the discriminatory and "in direct violation their charter being revoked" "This whole process has taken so construed as typical of the greek charter of its Stanford chapter -- once of the U.S. Constitution," veske says "Sure, we were given an ultimatum long that a lot of people have been system at MSU " before punished for its liberalism -- But vaske woo'! reveal the offending to use the full ritual or be kicked out," discouraged and dropped out of the • Lesbian/Gay Alliance spokesman after members refused to use certain portions, pleading the entire cere- vaska recalls. "It was our decision, movement," says Steve KeUer, the Matt Gatson agrees the campus is portions of an initiation ritual they mony is secret. but there really wasn't any choice GAA's acting president. . generally "a" leader in human rights claim "discriminates against certain For the last eight years the chapter We simply could not use the ritual as But Keller says there is still much and equal opportunity," though he non-Christian religionS." has omitted some passages from the it existed" anti-gay sentiment at the Norman notes that of an estimated 2500 MSU In 1967 the fraternity had its charter ritual, including certain "oaths, signs, Vaske doesn't think the revocation campus. "Our flyers and posters _ gays, only about 300 are active in revoked for admitting a black mem- and statements that we felt discrimi- will kill this house. 'We didn't receive have the shortest lifetime on campus this organization. Some, he says, are ber, which at that time violated the nated against non-traditional religious any financial help from them, so it really won't affect us for the most 01 any groups. People will just walk still afraid of being harassed if they national organization's policies. Sev- beliefs," part. The strength of a fraternity is in by and tear them up" join. eral months later public pressure Although the chapter had permis- the local chapters. As a loca\ entity, Keller says that at a recent GAA There is ample precedent on Arneri- forced the national office to allow sion from the state representative of we will remain strong and active" Kappa Sigma national to delete parts meeting, "about 30 people showedc_an campuses. In just the last year, blacks and other minority members, of the ritual, Vaska says that last year Stanford says is will continue to Job outlook better and "But we're not counting qn being the group was told it must either re- recognize the chapter, Vaska says. In the Stanford group was re- chartered. fact Stanford Dean of Students James insert the religious references or be for Math-Sciences re-admitted this time, at teast in the kicked out of the national organiza- Lyons recently congratulated the house's stand against "a ritual that short run," says Mike Vaske, spokes- tion encourages falsehood on the part of 'We gave them an option to com- man for the Stanford chapter. "We plan on informing all 180 chapters ply," says Lee McWhorter, business rome CPS percent of the health sciences gradu- across the country of our stand on manager for the national office. "They Lyons chastised the national organi- WASHINGTON,D.C --Students' ates had ccrten them the matter, and we're hoping they will were told they had to meet our zation lor subscribing to "a practice chances of landing a managerial, At the same time the NCES an- put some pressure on the national" guidelines or no longer be affiliated obviously at odds with the moral and professional or technical job immedi- nounced its findings, Harvard - The Stanford chapter feels that with the fratemity. It was their deci- ethical imperatives of our time" ately after graduation are better if where even liberal arts grads have a they major in the health sciences, good chance of finding jobs in their education 01" engineering, according disciplines--released a study reveal- Two-model theory galns to a new study by the National Center ing that a record 53.7 percent of its for Education Statistics (NCES) June, 1981 graduates planned to The NCES also found that, for the pass up graduate school for the job first time, women with bachelor's market immediately after graduation CPS specific campuses that have actually Sity associate biology professor Dr degrees in those fields stood about Harvard Career Services Director The federal district court ruling' adopted creationism in the last year. Thomas Kaufman cedes - that crea- the same chance as men to get the Martha Leape attributes the rush to overtuming an Arkansas law requiring At that time, colleges like Iowa State, tionism "should be taught, but in the higher-paying white collar jobs of- get jobs to "the aid cuts proposed in primary and secondary schools to West Valley College near Sal1 Jose I context of religion, not science." fered after graduation Washington. Harvard is an expensive teach the creationist view of life's san Francisco State and Michigan "Creationism is a religious view, The study, which was based on the place to go," Though the university origins probably woo't have much of State had instructors teaching the and does not have a place in the college Class of 1977, found that pledges to help all its students meet an effect on colleges, where creation- theOry of divine creation along with science classroom," argues Wayne about mree-querters of the graduates its costs (expected to top $14,000 ism still hasn't made many inroads in evolution. Moyers, head of the Nationa! Asso- in engineering and education had next year), "graduate (financial) as- biology courses, observers say Most religion-affiliated colleges ciation of Biology Teachers gotten professional, technical or man- sistance seems especially vulnera- An informal College Press Service have arways taught creationism with Even at San Francisco State, which agerial jobs in their fields. Eighty-four ble" to the budget axe, survey of February, 1981 found a evolution. creationists often cite as a "two number of secular colleges had re- The bulk of the pressure to teach model" college, Biology Dept. Chair- cently begun to teach creationism as creationism in secular schools has man Dr. Paul Bames sa~, divine LOCUST BOOKS "another theory" of the origin of life. been directed at primary and sec- intervention is briefly treated along Despite the contentions of some with "other theories which people ondary schools. A scientists' group creationism advocates, only a few formed to resist those pressures says have considered over the centuries." 9 East Main Street more secutar schools have included there are creationist fights in some 42 College textbook publishers also Westminster, Maryland 21157 creationism in their curricula in the states, including Arkansas. report relatively little pressure to in- 3011848,6813 ensuing year. "I hOpe we never see legislation Of\ clude cretionism "We're beginning to see a two- the college level," says creationist Greg Gallath, a regional sales man- Cards, Calendars, 'Diaries, Journals, model approach being taken up" in Bliss. 'We would far rather go the ager for Worth Publishers says an colleges, says Dr. Richard Bliss of 'Prints, 'Puzzles & rrotebags I the Institute for Creation Research. route of persuasion" excepfion is Bob Jones University in That route hasn't always been pro- South Carolina, which ''will screen "We are hearing from more ccnece ductive. 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