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Text: Armed forces stay out of closet
ANDREW LEVY
Assignment Editor

U .S. Navy and Army
recruiters cancelled their
scheduled on-campus interviews for the Judge Advocate
General Corps last week, after
learning of the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual Law Students' plans
to erect a "closet" outside of
the interviewing room.
"The closet," made of twoby-four pieces of wood, would
be positioned so that interviewees would have to walk
through the closet in order to
get into the interviewing
room.
Protests against the military's policy on homosexuals

are staged by t11e organhation
every year the military comes
on campus to recruil.
According to a local Navy
recruiter, the difference this
year and the reason for canceling t11e interviews was the military "didn't want to subject
officers and students to that
level of harassment."
"We have no problems with
protesting," he said. "This
protest went a little too far."
In a statement made to the
Opinion, the UB School of
Law's newspaper, Barry
Boyer, dean of the School of
Law, said that it was unfortunate that the military canceled
their interviews.
He also said that the LGBLS
protest was in compliance

with all university regulations.
"We're just happy that after
years of protest we've been
victorious in keeping the military off campus," said Deborah Gottschalk, third year law
student and president of
LGBLS.
In a statement released
Thursday, the LGBLS stated
that the military should not be
allowed on campus because it
violates Governor Cuomo's
executive order #28, which
prohibits state agencies from
discrimination based on sexual
orientation, the SUNY Board
of Trustees resolution 83-216
and the policies of the American Association of Law
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LGBLS: Law students erect closet in protest.

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Students lose out
24 students were
affected by the canceiiations. Off-campus sites and times
have been made
available for those
who wish to reschedule their interview.
Omar Dennis, one
of the law students
whose interview was
canceled, said there

are plenty of better
places and ways the
LGBLS could have
protested and this
way was just harming
students.
They are forcing
people to join their
protest and they are
not seeking to inform
the general public,
Dennis said. "You
can caii that a protest
if you want."