Current, September 23, 1991

University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (1990s) Student Newspapers 9-23-1991 Current, September 23, 1991 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, September 23, 1991" (1991). Current (1990s). 55. https://irl.umsl.edu/current1990s/55 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (1990s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Features This Week Campus Reminder Sports This Week Keith Hamilton looks . AxI Rose gets richer. Starting Monday, all graduate and at UMSL goalies St. Louis gets even. undergraduate students must h(!~e a Dulle and Lynn. Read Dean I s signature to add or drop a Hamilton's Headli class. Issue 705 . UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI- ST. LOUIS September 23, 1991 Schwetz Says Her Live From UMSL- See page 2 Tickets No·t Fixed by Max Montgomery news editor "There has been abso Julie Schwetz, Student Govern lutely no wrongdoing on ment Association vice president, said my part." last month 's disclosure by the ClU7'enJ -Julie Schwetz about having herparlcing tickets fIXed SGA vies president by the Student Court is unfounded. "There has been absolutely no wrongdoing on my part." Schwetz be will not look into the situation until said at the first 1991-92 Student Gov substantial evidence warrants an in ernmentAssociation ~g. "r went vestigation. through the process [appealing tick "I need substantial evidence ets] just like any other student can." brOught to my desk." Grimes said. According to records from the "I'm not going to act on allegations. UM-St. Louis Police Department, I'm not going to look for [evidence]. Schwetz received six tickets during It's not my job." the Winter 1991 semester. Schwetz The newly formed committee will said she hadn't paid for any of them. be chaired by Kathy Groh, SGA rep "The court foundmy reasons were resentative. Other members of the valid and approved my appeals," she committee will include Gary Garufi, said. Timothy Jennings, Laura Berardino No disciplinary action has been and Catherine Boatner. taken against Schwetz for having her A report of their findings will be parking tickets fued, but a committee given by the committee at the next Photo: Dirk Fletcher . has been fonned by the Student Gov SGA meeting on October 9. ernment Assembly to investigate the Sandy MacLean, vice chancellor Evelyn Garner, a UMSL student, makes a mock weather forecast as part of the CBS matter funher. _. - - ~ College Tour brought to UMSL by University Program Board and Student Activities. SGA President Mark Grimes said Sell SGA, page 4 FactsandMythsAbouf! Don't 'Goggle' At Women, Expert Says Sexual Harassment .~ by Thomas J. Kovach advances from faculty. Student Moves On With edi10r ·At Harvard University, 32% of tenured female pro \ fessors, 49% without tenure, 41 % of female graduate MYTH: ~xuali ~nt is not a serious Sexual Harassment Suit Barry Shapiro tells the story of two men on the students and 34 % of undergraduate women report having problem for universities since it affects only a few . by Thomas J. Kovach telephone at a university in the Eastern part of the United encountered some fonn of sexual harassment from a women. editor States . One works at a registrars office, and both men person in authority at least once while they were at the FACT: At Harvard, 32% of tenured female jokingly plot their next move on a female employee. University. professors, 49% without tenure, 41% of female ~~ A clinical psychology graduate student says while "The phone rings: 'Oh, hi AI. What's up. What (Both ·A brochure by the UM-St Louis Office of Equal graduate students. and 34% of undergraduate l • univers ity officials have taken steps to prevent sex ual men start laughing). Sure. Ok. Bye-Bye. ,,' Opportunity says men and women can be sexually ha women report having encountered some form of . I harassment on campus, she is still moving on with her 'The man goes back to the female employee and says, rassed; however studies indicate that more than 95 Percen t sexual harassment from a person in authority at sexual discrimination suit against UM-St. Louis. 'That was my friend AI on the phone. He is bringing a rope of the victit¥ in college are female. According to national lalSt once while ~Y were at the University. Carolyn West is close to getting her doctorate in down and we are going to tie you up surveys, at least 20 percent of female clinical psychology and she alleges a UM-St. Louis staff and rape you in a room down the college students have been subjected to MYTH: It is harmless to harass womenvemanyat member made several sexual overtones to her over a four hall. Ha-ha-ha.,n some fonn of sexual harassment school or.on the job. Women who object are prudes "Experience has year span . Shapiro, an expert in sexual ha The Office of Equal Opportunity, and have no sense of hwnef'. See page 4 rassment prevention seminars, told shown that it is pos headed by Norman Seay, said sexual WEST, FACT: Harassment at school or on, the job is true stories like these to UM -St. Louis harassment "may be defined as humiliating and degrading. Women victimized by sible to stop many mance." faculty, staff and students earlier this unsolicited, non-reciprocaI behavior of He said oth er types of sexually harassi ng behavior sexual barassment suffer emotionally and physi- kinds of sexual ha- cally. month. The sexual harassment ses a sexual nature by an individual who is includes pressure for dates, sexually suggestive looks or , .' sions were sponsored by the Office rassment, " in a position to control or affect another gestures and pressure for sexual favors. of Equal Opportunity. individual's job or status as a student MYTH: !fa woman reAlly wants to discowage -Norman Seay "People will say, 'What do you mean a guy can 't 1.ook Shapiro continues the story. and who uses that position to cause that at a girl anymore, '" he said. "No. It' s not that yo u can ' t unwanted sexual attention, she can, do SO;. If sbe~s . "Upon hearing that, she Las individual to submit to sexual activity, sexually harassed. she must have _~ for it look, but you can't goggle or leer." trouble breathing and she goes into the bathroom. She or to fear that he or she would be punished for the refusal FACT: Many men believe that a womlUi's "no" is The Office of Equal Opportunity said if you are doesn'tcom~ back until sheis sure that both men are gone. to submit" really a "yes." and therefore doootaccept bet sexually harassed, you should, How did they know that she was raped by two men when -"Sexual harassment may take any of these threefonns," .iell the harasser to stOll as forcefully and directly as refusal. Moreover, men's greater. physical. ec0- 'she was 17?" Shapiro said. "Offers of employment or academic rewards nomic, and social power enables ~ to persist you can. He cited a trend of women, both students and tenured for sexual rewards or sexual favors. Threats of employ .Discuss with the incident(s) with other students, co- and coerce an employee or student believing that faculty, who have been sexually harassed. For example: ment or academic punishment if sexual favors are not workers, parents or other close relatives. they can overcome bee temporary resistance .. ·A study at the University of Florida revealed that given and creating a hostile environment by verbal acts, • Discuss the incident(s) with someone who has au- approximately 31 % of the women graduate students and physical acts or graphic displays which unreasonably See SHAPIRO, page 4 Copyright 1991 BarryM. Shapiro & ~es 26% of women undergraduates were recipients of sexual interferes with the recipient's work or academic perfor- Arguments For More Student Financial Aid Set For Fall Protesters by Jaret Seiberg ibly tough battle and you need to call examine the bill before it goes to the College Press Service Washington your congressmen," said Selena Dong, full House for debate. Correspondent legislati ve director of the United States The Senate also will begin Claim Racism Students Association (USSA). later this fall marking up its versions Signs saying "Touhill supports racist W ASHINGTON- Students soon may The House Postsecondary of the Higher Education Act When Wenli?" and "Stop racism at KWMU"were fmd more grants in their fmancial aid Education Subcommittee led the the House and Senate pass their ver seen Tuesday when Winnie Sullivan, who packages. reauthorization effort, holding more sions of the act, a conference is suing the University of Missouri all eging Higher education associa than 45 hearings during the past two COmmittee will try to combine the racial discrimination, and two other people tions have been fighting to expand years. two bills into one, which must be held a small protest at the main entrance to grant eligibility while simultaneously The subcommittee has fin . approved by both houses. North Campus. arguing that a decade-long trend to ished its hearings and is expected to Dong said this mark-up pro Artie Solomon, 50, said they were protesting because of the phrase- "The . ward loan~based aid should end. The begin marking up the bill early this cess gives students a chance to fight University supports the station and the sta battle will climax this fall when Con fall. Mark-up is the crucial phase for for proposals they favor, such as tion manager ," made by Uill versity spokes gress rewrites the Higher Education all bills because congressional repre switching fmancial aid emphasis from man Bob'Samples, in response to a down sen!atives go over the bill section, loans to grants.

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