Oregon students
reject military recruiters over gay ban

Students at Southern Oregon University have voted to bar military recruiters as well as recruiting material from the university's student union. The nine-member student senate passed a resolution this week calling for the ban at the Stevenson Union, a multipurpose building where students congregate to study, eat, and hold meetings. Students reasoned they should exclude recruiters because the military violates the university's antidiscrimination policies by barring gays from serving openly and preventing women from certain jobs. Southern Oregon University now joins the Harvard Law School, the University of California, Berkeley, the City College of New York, and others schools that have barred recruiters from their campuses. Resolutions passed by the student senate are considered recommendations to the university, but student affairs vice president Diane Brimmer said she sees no problem with the ban, which goes into effect June 13. (AP)