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Friday, February 4, 1994 Universities offi to gay, lesbian < By College Press Service To demonstrate that they are "It's SVITlb desirable, equitable places to work and study, an increasing number of inStitUtlOI : American colleges and universities o lesbia are providing expanded benefits to ; the partners of their gay and lesl bian faculty staff members. This extension of benefits, most ly health insurance but sometimes j tuition discounts and access to facilities, mirrors a growing trend among U.S. businesses to provide ; equal treatments and compensa- very important I tion to all employees and their tution say we r ; partners despite their sexual ori- our gay and les TU? 1 f . eniauon. ?nt ucucau It also comes at at a time when manyfold, Caii society's views about homosexual- makes many er ity are becoming more tolerant and provides good I gays and lesbians are demanding people who n the same benefits that their mar- twice as much ried counterparts receive. shows that the 1 About two dozen universities to "stand up fc and colleges have instituted do- non-discriminai mestic partner policies during the Since its star past two years, including Harvard, fewer than 20 p Columbia and the Massachusetts ed ? have regis Institute of Technology. In doing to receive bent so, these institutions are trying to sistant Vice P attract students and faculty con- Small. The pro cerned with gay rights and to fulfill and studied e? non-discrimination policies that years before rt many universities have instituted, from the state's "This is an issue of fairness," said That cleared Marjorie Cowmeadow, a Universi- State University ty of Minnesota associate dean and policy that startt chair of UM's Select Committee on for the Univei Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Con- Iowa, which is < cerns. lar program, Sn Because UM has a non-discrimi- The major c< nation policy, providing domestic well as other c partner benefits to homosexual down to costs, s couples identical to those given to adding gay and married couples means that the health benefits school is "bringing itself into com- cial burden, es pliance with its own stated policy," when homosex she said. "To say we don't discrim- to be at higher inate means we don't discrimi- the HIV virus ai nate." ^ Those fears 1 Pat Cain, a lesbian law professor although it's toe at the University of Iowa, said, "It's grams to deter symbolically very important to us, pensive the add even to the people who have not More than 1 elected to use it. It's symbolically and staff memb ) j Learn a lit I I You've never had a better les affordable living. Introducin University Commons, bridgi ?h JVIV. I . 1 jSgSjj? gap between dorm life and off-campus living. Located a lb from the University of South Carolina across the Congare I University Commons is just LiteraHy. Our fully-furnishe< four-bedroom apartments ai for students only. We're h.en Visit our leasing pffi.ce now [|j reserve a space f?r next fall It's the smart thing to do. PI Hi ttniversitv HH M Uf luiiiiiwi1 I iss;*! |JJ* \\ ( Parkland I 3 * I Now Leasii | 939-0444 | 800 Alexander Rd. I Located adjacent to Parklani Cayce, SC 29033 I A TH\t 6am tr equal benefits Volun :ouples helps ??: obtaii olically very important to have your i say we need to do this for our gay By College Pres; n faculty." . In 1990'^ 1 there were 974,C That same vear. t Pcj train lege graduates.^ graduates seekir University of Iowa law professor women with colk in 1990. Yet, the prosp growing number to have your insti- UM's domestic partner benefits, ap- work as a way to teed to do this for proved in September. However, cisions until they bian faculty." onjy about 50 have signed up dur- real satisfaction < i to the school are jng tbe past two months for the Mark Gardner n said: The policy ju- u cc son University in , F 7 program, which offers a maximum . , , ; nployeeshappy.it , ~ edtodoafterco lealth insurance for benefit of ,2'2>? per Pcrson' sa,d some soul-searcf light have to pay D,anne Mulvihill, UM director of "I just didn't w elsewhere, and it employee benefits. That is well un- ner delivered pii university is willing der the 100 the university predict- teer work at a sex >r the principle of ed, she said, adding that some part- 'That's where tion." ners are not enrolling for all po- c'al services," he t in January 1993, tential benefits, decreasing their back to Fairfax, \ eople as expect- per-person cost projections. C'a' ^p ces> e tered their partners D? .. . ? . as a full-time cas< ;fits, said Iowa As- Partlc'Pal?n8 co"e8es Gardner work* resident Mary Jo vers,Ues have var5rin8 guidelines for refers them t0 sei gram was debated coup'es to qualify for these pro- jobs and treatme uensively for two grams. At Stanford, same gender tion period" in C; ;ceiving approval couples must fill out forms certify- Various part-time Board of Regents, ing that they are not blood rela- social work field the path for Iowa tives, that they have lived together b a" sort Ci r, which adopted a for al ieast six months in an exclu- Gardner s chc :d in July 1993, and sive relationship and that they have aK?UC 'f ca""cr' rsity of Northern ? , r . . ... . about what he w; :onsidering a simi- ,nanc,a obl>8atlons- common, and thi lall said. requires that domestic part- ation than Califo mcern at Iowa, as ners be able to document at least Krista Francoi* iniversities, came diree of the following qualifications ated from James specifically whether that demonstrate joint responsibil- She studied edu< lesbian partners to ity: a joint mortgage or joint ten- P'e> but tbe degi would be a finan- ancy on a residential lease; a joint wasn t promisinj specially in an era bank account; joint ownership of a. fC rfckoflo^mctinB si?nific;'m durable ProP" miliar^thaUco id incurable AIDS "for health care powers of at- said -There ares laven't come true tomey; naming each other 35 Pri' been g'ven > early in most pro- ma^ heneficiaries in wills, life in- them." mine just how ex- surance policies or retirement By the time she ed benefits will be. annuities; and written agreements '?gbt 'n die sumn 7,000 employees or contracts regarding their rela- There were d; _! li_ c . . said. "Itisaverv ers are engroie ror uonsnips. ' Francois said1 popular among - - many of their pa | the problems feci make a differeno "I figured that i something like th C William and Mary at a living facility "It's kind of an and going to wot tie about living. I is? ?son in for you^r^^' 1 j | I -e geared FEAT(JREs : for you. ^ SAVE 20-25% on utilities with the . SCE&G Good Cents plan. and , "i ^ >- New, fully furnished and modern with us. four bedroom, two bath living areas. ?- Special panic button security system in each unit. >- Each room is only responsible for 1/4 rent; once a roommate moves out, there's no need to panic ? you only 5t I pay for yourself. V Student service center, equipped with | , , a copy machine, typewriters and taPx m availability. i j sr > Tennis court, pool, weight room St ^ facility and recreation room > Ample parking W I > Plus much more! ig university ? liSii There's nothing common about us. jj lecock iteer work ] l _ graduates a jobs ; > Service t Drding to The Monthly Labor Review, KK) new college graduates seeking jobs. 2 here were 964,000 job openings for col- ^ Vdd to that the more than 200,000 old lg jobs, and you have a lot of men and <, :ge degrees watching "Days of Our Lives" s >ect of a tight job market has turned a ] of recent college graduates to volunteer , get a foot in the door, delay career de- \ Ve had more time to think and get some ^ >ut of a well-done job. , a 25-year-old graduate of George MaFairfax, Va., had no idea what he wantillege, so he moved to California to do ling. ant to go back to Fairfax," he said. Gard- ( tzas to make ends meet and did volun- 1 ual assault crisis center in his spare time. 1 I caught the bug for social work and so- y : said. His soul-searching brought him J vhere after doing part-time work in so nded up working for the Salvation Army 1 ? manager. 1 ?with residents of a community shelter, I rvices in the area and helpxs to find them < nt for addictions. He said his "hiberna- 1 alifomia helped solidify his career goals, jobs and volunteer opportunities in the helped him get a job. ame together," he said. )ice to put off making a final decision plans resulted in his having a better idea anted to do. This decision isn't at all unere are more places to hide after gradurnia. s, 23, said she felt lost when she graduMadison University in Harrisonburg, Va. ration because she wanted to help peo ee wasn't enough, and the job market ; either. She decided to volunteer for a >r abused women in Bethel, Alaska, needed, to get away from all that was fauld figure out what 1 really wanted," she 0 many people in this world that haven't 1 have. This was my opportunity to help : got accustomed to the 20 hours of dayaer, winter arrived. ays when the sun didn't rise at all," she" sad way of life here." volunteering is becoming increasingly new graduates because they are, like rents in the 1960s, very much aware of ing the world today. This is their time to ?. t was the only time in my life I could do lis," Said Heather Mclntyre, a College of graduate who is volunteering for a year for single mothers in Hartford, Conn, easy step in some ways between school k," Mclntyre said. 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She has be >GA inaction. Catholic Student "It seems nothing is really being done," member of the deb ;he said. "Old ideas are being recycled. ^or Humanity. She i rhis university is going downhill at a rapid and has been involv ate, and it needs to start going up again. and Carolina Classi We are losing professors because of bud- wants to do researc ?et cuts. We need to do something about eminent on an inte V VIAZI continued from page 1 election," he said. "I saw so much bitter- As a senator fron less in the last election. This campus is neering, Niazi serv noving in two different directions, so Minority Affairs Co vith me being a third party, I thin* I have cpu and is a memb i better chance of advocating unity." nl . , . Electrical and Electi Niazi, 24, is a computer engineering najor. He was president of the Interna- In future, Niai ional Students Association for two years, to $audi Arabia, his iresident of the Pakistan Student Associ- ^'s own business. N ition and general secretary for the Mus- work in some way im Student Association. tion. I The*Elections Commission issued inf candidates Thursday. Executive Candidates Office j Stephen M? Brown: ||:i; v President ;i Blegal Brian Comer President jfoey Dituri C. | i % ^President September LeFevre President Illegal Wesley Locklair i Resident llfiiil Yasir Niazi President Trav Robertson II1 President i Illegal Amy Bigham Vice President T&mmy Butler !?? Vice President fl?|t||| Mike Moore Vice President Whui Chang :? Treasurer f IMiilli Zak Gilbert Treasurer Shawnna Wilson llf' Treasurer Senate Candidate College ] Alex Vu Science & Math Iliegal ] Sourc Pat Holland/The Gamecock DIWIE%J uumui SHI JODECI II DANZIG || CANDLE i88 Mfis mm wm *? ? *1 >im wa #tam 11 co Mr Apt I 4ILADELPHIA 11 ZZTOP I BIG WAD ontoureSoundtrack Antenna AMD THE MO |88$4|m $?88 5**88 SJ9* *( PTAPf McD ?TAPI WCB #TAF1 I IND MELON I RAGE AGWNST ttOWDEDI THE MACHINE Together IriS RIMS? 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