Show Lesbian loses her bookstore job c students student protest by a boycott CPS LESBIAN ES IAN IAN- gay and other student stu stu- dent activists at atthe the h sity of Wisconsin are boycotting boycotting boycotting ting a bookstore after a lesbian employee ee was fired in May The boycott has the tile full sup sup- port of the schools school's Student Association Association Association As As- s said id Amy Friedman speaker of the Senate The association association association as as- represents U of W stud students en ts When we have civil rights violations we should support our students student Lois C Corcoran who worked as an administrative assistant at atthe atthe atthe the University book store filed fileda a complaint with Madison's Equal Opportunity Commission Commis Commis- sion saying that she was fired because she is a lesbian John Epple president of the bookstore did not return telephone calls to comm comment nt o othe on the case The bookstore is not offiCially officially officially of of- affiliated with the school but is the closest one to c campus n pus said Sara Oppenheimer the campus campus campus cam cam- pus news editor with the Daily Cardinal a campus newspaper Charles Squires who is co- co president of f the Ten Percent Society the schools school's gay lesbian lesbian lesbian les les- les- les bian and bisexual student organization organization organization or or- said the boycott so far has been fairly successful School began Sept 2 with activists ac activists ac- ac c- c picketing the bookstore during registration and the first week of classes Squires said Our flOur campus has to gay and nd lesbian students and it is atrocious that the bookstore discriminates so blatantly he said Its really demeaning The student government t is is not directly involved ed in the boycott but it is giving out information information information in in- formation to students and organizations organizations organizations or or- who want to par par- |