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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 191 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA VOL. 95, NO. 14
Federal job counselor James I). Witkop (center). . . told
John K.. Hansen (left) and David Mcintosh a
homosexual's private life does not interest the
government if he can do the job.
Witkop expl
homosexual
by H. J. Cummins
The federal government's
employment policy
discriminates against
homosexuals, UNL student
David Mcintosh said Thursday,
and as a result of the policy, "a
sizable minority of citizens in
this country live in daily fear
for their economic survival
because of their sexual
preferences."
The spokesman for the
Lincoln Gay Action Croup
joined other students in the
Nebraska Union who
questioned U.S. Civil Service
Commission Area Manager
James I). Witkop about the
federal government's
employment policies.
WITKOP WAS one of
several job counselors on
campus discussing federal
govern m e n I e in ploy m e n t
opportunities with students.
Mcintosh said to his
knowledge the Civil Service
Co m mission's latest policy
statement was contained in a
letter written by John Macy in
llfh, then chairman of the
commission.
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Macy said in his letter,
"Persons about whom there is
evidence that they have
engaged in or solicited others
to engage in homosecual or
sexually perverted acts with
them, without evidence of
rehabilitation, are not suitable
for Federal employment."
MORE RECENT statements
have been made by the
commission, Witkop said,
which detail that a person's
private life is of no concern to
the government, "as long as it
does not affect his or her
ability to perform the job."
Another University student,
John K. Hansen, said if "there
has been a policy change, and
thank Cod there has been, then
why don't I, or anyone else
know about it?"
Mcintosh then asked if the
commission feels no obligation
to inform federal employees of
the policy change, saying, "in
my work in the gay world I
know most people feel
exposure of their sexual
preferences will endanger their
job.
Turn to page 12.
CSL reviews campus
by Carol Strasser
The Council on Student
Life voted Thursday to
formulate a policy on drugs
which, if approved by the
Board of Regents, would
replace the current University
policy stated in the Campus
Handbook.
The Council also requested
that a Select Committee on
Drug Education, Rehabilitation
and Treatment be appointed to
establish drug education
programs on campus and
identify "resources for both
acute and long-term treatment
of students with drug
problems."
CSL requested that the
Chancellor ask the Executive
Dean for Student Affairs to
appoint to the committee five
students recommended by
ASUN, plus representatives
from Student Health, Housing
Office, Counseling Center,
campus ministries and the
College of Pharmacy.
Both Council actions were
the result of CSL's ad hoc
Committee on Drugs report
which states that University
drug policy should be clarified
and that there is a lack of
communication between1
campus agencies which deal
with the problem of drugs.
The report recommends
that University policy be based
on the new federal and
proposed state laws. The drug
report doesn't recommend that
the University follow the same
penalties, but that its policy
distinguish between types and
amounts of drugs in possession
and between possession for sale
and simple possession of drugs.
Current University policy as
established in llr7 by the
Regents states that "the illegal
use of any drugs. . . or
contributing to such use by
others, is in strict violation of
University rules and state and
federal laws."
According to the Regents
policy statement, "students
violating the policy will be
subject to suspension from
school. The University
recognizes no rationale for
even a single instance of drug
misuse."
In other business the
Council will continue
discussion next week on a
request by the staff of Courier
II, an independent newspaper,
to be allowed to set up
distribution boxes in campus
buildings.
CSL's Publications Board
submitted a report to the
Council stating that the Board
has control over all official
student publications on
questions of staff, budget and
salaries. Therefore, Courier II,
as an independent paper,
doesn't fall under the Board's
Parking permifs
prove perplexing
by Bill Smitherman
The addition of 800
students on the UNL campuses
and the reduction of student
parking spaces by about 1,000
add up to an even tighter
parking situation than has
existed in past years.
Chief cause for the problem
is the conversion of about half
of the old area 2 lot across
1 7th St. from Cather Hall into
a recreational area.
The campus security force
was not informed these parking
spaces were going to be lost
until a few days before the
beginning of fall classes,
according to Capt. Kenneth
Markle of the Trjffic and
Security force.
PEOPL E WHO had
originally been scheduled for
area 2 parking are temporarily
using area 21 and 23 lots, he
said. There are also new lots
planned at llth and Vine and
ll)th and "R"Streets, he said.
Markle added that work on
drug rule
jurisdiction. 5o the Pub Board
said the decision of
distribution boxes for Courier
II isn't in its jurisdiction either.
But CSL said it's unclear
whether Courier II is under the
Pub Board's jurisdiction since
the paper is published by
students and distributed on
campus, even though it isn't
financed by student fees.
On the Council's proposal
to negotiate with the Regents
on coed visitation, chairman
Franklin E. Eldridge told the
committee that CSL's request
for a meeting with the Board
has been approved by interim
Chancellor C. Peter Magrath.
He said Magrath has forwarded
the request and recommended
that the Regents meet with
CSL.
these lots can begin as soon as
funds are approved.
Construction will take only a
few days because the lots don't
have to be graded, he said.
THERE ARE ABOUT
1,500 parking stalls available
for commuter students, with
950 more stalls available in the
fairgrounds lot, he said.
About 1,300 "storage"
spaces are provided for
dormitory parking, Markle
said. These are called storage
lots because cars may remain in
them for long periods of time.
A total of about 675
student spaces on east campus
brings the total student parking
available on both campuses to
around 4,500, he said.
FACULTY AND staff
parking available is about
1,300 stalls on the city campus
and 400 stalls on east campus.
There are also 231 metered
spaces on the city campus,
Markle said.
Turn to page 4.
By "click-off" time
Saturday Corn Cobs hope to
have 67,000 fans in Memorial
Stadium clicking out G-o B-i-g
R-e-d in morse code.
Anyway, that's one thing
fans could do with their Big
Red Clickers, devices being
sold by the spirit organization
this yea..
The idea came as UN,
student Chris McElroy saw fans
at a Southern Cal-UCLA game
in Los Angeles clicking away
last year on television.
He mentioned the idea to
Nebraska Union Program
Director Art Thompson.
Thompson mentioned it to the
Corn Cobs.
The idea clicked, according
to Corn Cob President Gary
Kuklin. So now the group has
50,000 of the simple metal
noisemakers. Corn Cobs
workers are selling them for 25
cents each.
Kuklin said Clicker profits
will be used to finance the
homecoming concert and other
musical concerts during the
year.
