I" MARCH 1988 News Features U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 3 Do you want CIA on your campus? Students want CIA off campus By Editorial Staff Vermont Cynic U. of Vermont The current fanfare raised over the CIA's on-campus recruitment brings up a number of interesting questions: the collective morality of the CIA, whether the university should "promote" the CIA through the Center of Career Development and discrimination against sexual orientation. The first is the least controver- sial. It is more than clear that the CIA is involved in operations which cause unnecessary violence and death. The offense is not just in covert operations, a good number of which may be justifiable, but in supportof operations and govern- ments which clearly have no be- nefit for the general population. The second pits personal rights against the rights of the "correct." The personal rights side says peo- ple should have the right to inter- view with anybody they wish. The "correct" side says any organization that is involved with evils such as murder and pillage should not be allowed the right to interview for new members. The third is the most complex. The thought is that the CIA (or the military or church) will not employ homosexuals. Government regula- tions do not provide anti- discrimination laws for sexual orientation, making it possible for discrimination against homosex- uals. It is possible to find evils in near- ly every company that recruits on campus. General Electric makes guns that kill children in Central America. They also sell light bulbs. Boeing makes fighter jets; they also make tires. The CIA is a necessary component of the operations in this country, but it seems that the agen- cy is responsible for a lion's share of this country's mischievous deal- ings, and a line must be drawn. The CIA should be allowed to re- cruit in Burlington, VT. U. of Ver- mont students should have the right to work for whomever they want. But the moral imperative im- plies that even non-action is action, thus the university should take an active role in the denunciation of the CIA's dealings and not allow them to recruit through the center. Arizona State U ..................Yes Ball State U., IN................Yes Brigham Young U., UT.. .Yes Brown U., RI....................Yes Duke U., NC....................Yes Georgetown U., D.C....... _.... Yes Harvard U., MAlnteriews at CIA offices Princeton U., NJ................ Yes Stanford U., CA..............Yes Tulane U., LA .............. .Yes U. of California, Berkeley . No U. of Idaho ..................Yes U. of Mass., Amherst...CIA won t come U of Missouri, St. Louis ...........Yes U of Nebraska, Lincoln ...........Yes U. of Pennsylvania ..............Yes U. of Texas, Austin..........Yes Washington State U ..........Yes FOCUS Debate rages nationwide over whether the Central Intelligence Agency should be allowed to re- cruit on-campus. Many students claim the CIA consistently violates international and national laws as well as university rules prohibiting discrimination because it refuses to employ homosexuals. Protesters are calling on univer- sities to take a stand on this con- troversial issue-to forbid on- campus recruiting. But most admi- nistrators say students should have the right to choose with whom they want to interview, including the CIA. === Anti-CIA protesters bearing placards demonstrate side-by-side with flag-waving CIA supporters at Northwestern U., IL. PROESS WEP'CROS HENAIO COLBY COLLEGE, ME-Students pro- tested faculty decision last November to bar CIA from interviewing on campus. Colby's trustees will rule on the matter at their April meeting. . Mike LaBerge, Daily Maine Campus, U. .of Maine U. OF IOWA-One hundred protesters attempted to halt CIA interviewing on campus last October. Forty students counter-demonstrated. Thirty were arrested. . John Bartenhagen and Scott Hauser, The Daily Iowan, U. of Iowa U. OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST- More than 125 student and non-student demonstrators staged an anti-CIA ral- ly, including a mock execution, in Springfield last November. Twenty- four were arrested.. Anthony Pado- vano, Massachusetts Daily Colle- gian, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst KENT STATE U., OH-More than 150 students staged an anti-CIA protest, in- cluding a mock CIA recruitment ses- sion. Few students counter-protested. No arrests.. Lisa Cardea, The Daily Kent Stater, Kent State U., OH NORTHWESTERN U., IL - Thirty anti- CIA protesters last October submitted a petition signed by 536 people-mostly students-to the university urging a ban on the agency's recruiting on cam- pus. Ten counter-protesters, not neces- sarily CIA supporters, advocated First Amendment rights. . Jimmy Quandt, The Daily Northwestern, North- western U., IL KANSAS STATE U.-Thirty students rallied against CIA presence on cam- pus. No arrests. . Chuck Horner, Kansas State Collegian, Kansas State U. STATE U. OF NEW YORK, ALBANY-Stu- dents'protest CIA interviews last Octo- ber, demand clarification of campus re- cruiting policy. President approved re- commendation of university panel to continue allowing the CIA to recruit on campus. . John Malitzis and Eric Lehrfeld, Albany Student Press, State U. of New York, Albany George A. Chdtn Ex-CIA agent barred from teaching class Thirty-eight students were arrested last November after they occupied the outer office of the U. of California, Santa Barbara chancel- lor in protest of the appointment of a 30-year CIA veteran to the political science department. Hired last July, George A. Chrit- ton remained a visiting lecturer un- til late October, when his appoint- ment became publicly known. After rallies, debates and a faculty vote, Chancellor Barbara Uehling stripped him of his teaching duties, allowing him only to appear in indi- vidual classes and participate in col- loquia. . Amy Collins and Steven Elzer, Daily Nexus, U. of California, Santa Barbara MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, VT - Students protested CIA's return to campus last October after the president rejected stu- dent/community proposal to ban CIA recruiting.. Barb Matusik, Middleb- ury Campus, Middlebury College, VT U. OF MICHIGAN-Students staged voc- al demonstration last November. Police are investigating assault charges by one protester against an assistant director of public safety. . Catherine Kaza, The Oakland Post, Oakland U., MI Recruiter: CIA's covert acts distorled By Andrew Steven Harris The Daily Targum Rutgers U., NJ Editor's Note: The CIA granted The Daily Targum an unprecedented interview last October with recruiter Jim Fitzgerald during his visit to Rutgers U. QIs the CIA's role to just carry .*out policy or do you also formu- late it? A *That's an easy question; we e do not formulate policy. The policy makers are the National Security Council, the secretaries of state and de- fense, the president and Congress. They just look to us for support and to give them the information they need on which to base their major foreign policy decisions. That's the number one mis- conception. *Where do you think the Qe misconceptions come from? A People only want to believe " what the movies, TV and news- papers say. The "glamorous aspect" only represents three to four percent of the entire agency's employees and the work they do. Nobody ever talks about the intelli- gence division or the administrative di- vision, which are the major parts of the CIA. Everybody gets strung up on this covert action business. QThe whole James Bond kind :sof image? A : The CIA's operations division A- thCespionage stuff, that's what gets all the publicity. There's a reason for the division. We live in a very small world, a world that's full of turmoil and terrorism. It would See RECRUITER, Page 6