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979-595-2609
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BAIN & COMPANY
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and May/August 2001 Graduates
to apply for the position of
Associates Consultant
in
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Cover letter, resume with GPA, copy of transcript, and
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Please send to:
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Bain & Company
5215 North O'Conner, Suite 500
Irving, Texas 75039
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THE BATTALION
Army recommends honorable
discharge for gay politician
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LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Army officials on
Sunday recommended an honorable discharge for Re
serve Lt. Steve May, an openly gay Arizona lawmaker
who the Army said violated its “don’t ask, don’t tell”
policy by acknowledging his sexuality during a leg
islative debate.
Officials would not disclose why a panel of three
Army colonels recommended an honorable discharge
after the Army had pursued a less-
than-honorable, general discharge.
Honorable discharges are typical for
soldiers forced to leave the military
because of sexual orientation.
“We presented the position that we
thought was justified in this case,” said
Maj. Mark Johnson, who argued the
military’s case.
May’s attorney Christopher Wolf
said the investigation was a personal
attack on the legislator’s integrity.
May’s record is unblemished and he
has been rated an exceptional officer.
“We believe the board ignored the
facts and ignored the law,” Wolf said.
May said he still considers himself
a member of the reserves.
“fm still in,” he said Sunday. “I’ll
until the appeals process is exhausted.”
Monday, Septemb
25t
dra
The Army is
kicking out a high
ly qualified and
valued officer to
day. The loss is to
the Army and the
American people.”
— Stacey Sobel
legal director of the Service Mem
bers Legal Defense Network
continue to serve
months. May will continue to serve two days amontli
in the reserves.
The Army could have allowed May to remain in the
reserves under a Defense Department provision by de
claring doing so would be for the good of the militan
Wolf said. The three colonels hearing the case at the Arm
base in this Orange County suburb south ot Los Angele>
rejected that argument Sunday.
The board's decision shows “l
the policy does not work," saii
Stacey Sobel, legal director of the
Servicemembers Legal Defense Net
work, a non-profit organization
helps military members facingdit
charge because of their sexual oriei
tation.
"The Army is kicking out a highl;
qualified and valued officer today.Tie
loss is to the Army and the Amend p a t ;l s a mar
people,” Sobel said. “This sendstht longs to retire
wrong message to the public ab®
how the Army values the contribute
of its people.”
The Army began investigatir
May after he acknowledged hisk
mosexuality in the Statehouse durr
a February 1999 hearing on a billtk
would have prohibited government benefits forempk
The discharge recommendation will be reviewed by
an appointing authority, typically an Army general, and
then be sent to Army personnel authorities, officials
said. Until that review is completed, likely within three
ees’ gay partners. May had been open about his sextii
ty since his first campaign for elected office in 1996.
May made the public remarks after he was honoraf
discharged in 1995 and before he was recalled to act':
duty in the Army Reserve during the Kosovo crisis
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News in Brief
checking fraud list
Tropical storm
loses strength
WASHINGTON (AP) — More
than half the states hire contractors
without regular reviews to determine
whether the companies are barred from
doing business with the federal gov
ernment for fraud or other violations,
an Associated Press review found.
The federal government main
tains an Internet-accessible list of
companies it will not hire. Fourteen
states said their contracting offices
’’ do not check the list, 20 other states
check only occasionally, and about
half a dozen instituted checks as a
result of the AP inquiry.
A review of state procurement
records in all 50 states found several
states that fail to consult the federal list
have repeatedly hired contractors that
have had run-ins with the government.
In Vermont, two dozen contractors
forbidden from working for the fed
eral government have done business
with the state, including Earth Waste
Systems of Pittsford, Vt., banned
from federal contracts in 1998.
The company, which recycles
metals and dismantles buildings,
emerged from bankruptcy in 1999
and has a contract from the Vermont
National Guard for demolition work.
Vermont maintains no central list
of its own and believes that problems
with barred contractors are not wide
spread enough to merit one, said Tom
Pelham. Vermont’s finance commis
sioner until he left in July.
“Vermont's a small state,” Pelham
said. “We do have a good competitive
bidding process.”
Steve Medlin, an accountant for
Earth Waste, said he was unaware
that his company had been on the
federal list.
Seri
Alb;
Failing to check the list
More than 30 states do not routinely check a federal list of contractors
banned from doing business with the federal government before awarding
contracts. As a result, many state agencies to business with companies that
have a record of fraud, mismanagement or abuse. Here’s a look at the states.
CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP)—Tro;
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strength as it charged towar
Florida's .Gulf Coast on Sunda
with winds just below hurrican-
strength, drenching rain and
storm surge threatening '
reach 10 feet.
Gordon's top sustained wind:
fell from 75 mph early Sunday
about 70 mph by afternoon,jut
below the 74 mph threshold ft
a hu/ricane.
A voluntary evacuation wa-
underway on the small islando
Cedar Key, directly in the stork goslavia
peth about 100 miles northo eader of an e
Tampa, but many of this rust* an rebel arm
fishing town's 800 residenlSerbia elain
were staying put. | |hat Serbian
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serbs attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presf^pt. 24 pre:
dent Clinton proposed spendi#arliamenlar
$1 billion to remedy what hesaTaid Bexhet
is inadequate staffing at nursrlpommander i
was marked
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increased funds
for nursing homes
homes, the “number one culpft ion Army
leading to neglect for too ma‘ qVledvcdja an
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older Americans.
“Older Americans, who ha
worked hard all their lives,d:
serve respect, not neglect," Clf
ton said Saturday in his wefiS
radio address. He was broadca: Recently and
live from the Washington Hoift
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from the White House.
The Republican-controlledCo'
gress, which expects to consikl^q wearing
health care this fall, “will try to k
fair middle ground" on a variety 1
issues, said John Czwartaci
spokesman for Senate Major'
Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss.
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