Emporia State panel: Add sexual orientation

From: The Topeka Capital-Journal | Date: January 22, 1999| Author: RYAN WILSON | Copyright information

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EMPORIA -- Emporia State University administrators were urged this week to include sexual orientation in the school's nondiscrimination policy.

The discussion was organized as part of ESU's educational programming on sexual orientation that was launched by the president's office after sexual orientation was removed from ESU's affirmative action policy last semester. Each of the four discussion panelists criticized the ESU administration for removing...

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