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Celebrating University Police Disney's 90th seize stolen bikes page9 page3 Student Historic Hoops University plans group more reductions accused of $8.3 million in cuts proposed for 1992-93 By jonathan Thomas academic colleges and academic Copy Editor support. Hollowell said. University officials announced "The position cuts wi.ll be spread harassment Monday that they plan to cut 76 staff across the university," he said. positions to reduce the university's "We'll look and decide what we sprawling budget deficit, which is have to do without." · Charges may be expected to top $8 million for the The proposed cuts for the 1992- next fiscal year. 93 academic year and the S 15.9 Provost and Vice President for mi Ilion in cuts that have occurred filed after review Academic Affairs R. Byron Pipes over the last two years are a result of told the Faculty Senate Monday that a decrease in state funding, rising of university policy the $8.3 million in cuts would affect health care costs and the university's seven academic departments in the attempts to prevent tuition from By Lewis. R. Ware 1992-93 fiscal year. increasing faster than the inflation Staff Reporter The programs to be effected by rate, Hollowell said. The limits of free expression, the proposed reductions include Stanley Sandler, chairman of the under the university's definition of interior design, medical technology, Faculty Senate's Committee on harassment, may face its next test. cognitive science, neuroscience, Budgetary and Space 1"1-iorities, said The Young Americans for ·theatre, linguistics and American the proposal to eliminate the medical Freedom (YAF) may face charges of Studies, Pipes said. technology and interior design harassment after "revising" the David E . Hollowell, senior vice programs is being reviewed by his advertisements for a Nov. 26 speech president for Administration, said 40 · committee and the Faculty Senate's by Cuban economist Carlos Tablada of the 76 staff positions are vacant Coordinating Committee on with comments such as "Capitalism and will not be filled next year. Education. works, why don 'I you," and "Human The 36 remaining positions will The budget council initially Rights in Cuba? Is this a joke?" be cut from the administration, see UNIVERSITY page 5 The university group was accused of harassment and misuse of property because of the comments added to the fliers which advertised the socia.list speaker, said Scott Mason, DuPont calls report assistant director of the Perkins • See editorial page 6 of cuts 'sensational' Student Center. Mason filed the charges on Nov. Professor says he leaked plans to newspaper 27 after receiving complaints from By Laura Fasbach indicated the cuts, for his university staff and students about Copy Editor comments appearing on the fliers deparunent.to study its effect on the which included the phrase "Revised The Du Pont Co. is refuting an state economy, which the deparunent flier, compliments of Young article written in the Wilmington does as a public service. · Americans for Freedom." News Journal Wednesday, which Stapleford then passed the According to Mason, Y AF may · ' claimed the company was planning a information to a News Journal $2 billion cut in costs, on the reporter. have violated the student code of grounds that the facts were conduct by adding the comments. There was no indication the memo sensationalized and taken out of was confidential, he said. The university's harassment context. In Woolard's letter he said: "The policy was ratified by the Faculty Du Pont Chairman Edgar News Journal decided irresponsibly, Senate in December 1990. Woolard said in letter to em ployees Since then, its effectiveness has in our opinion, to develop a story that the article was irresponsible, but been questioned by a variety of around the documents to suggest a he did not rule out any additional groups and individuals on and off new cost-reduction and restructuring cuthacks. campus because of what many said "Unfortunately, someone leaked see DU PONT page 4 was the lack of a clear definition of confidential documents to The News harassment. Journal," wrote Wool ard in the letter. In September, the Delaware He said Du Pont could save up to affiliate of the American Civil Maximillian Qelsch $2 billion within five years by Delaware Liberties Union announced that it streamlining production but he said would recommend revisions to the Delaware and Delaware State faced off in a major sporting event for the first time last night before the third largest crowd ever in Delaware Field House history. See page 13. there were no plans to cut jobs. policy to eliminate what it called "Some jobs will become '"vagueness."" unnecessary as we simplify work expects The ACLU also said its practices and eliminate recommendations would reduce the redundancies," he said. possibility of misinterpretation and According to a study at the help prevent an abridgement of free university , Delaware will lose $7.6 economic speech. million in stale and local taxes for Heath Buzin (AS JR), president of Defining sexual harassment every 1,000 jobs cut. Y AF, said he had not yet received John Stapleford, director of the notice of the charges as of Many college women fail to recognize, report offensive behavior Bureau of Economic Research, said recovery Wednesday. he thinks it is unlikely that Du Pont ,A. bout 150 copies of the "revised" By Cathy Campbell Office of Women's AfJairs said that in many will mak e the cutbacks without By Jodi Carpenter fliers were distributed on campus SWf Repotter Sraff Reporter cases when the recipient, usually a female, feels eliminating jobs. before Tablada's speech, said Jon Stapleford said he believes the The Delaware economy will Pastore (AS JR), executive director Christine F. is one of the few women in an uncomfortable with the behavior she does not engineering class where the professor frequently realize she is being harassed. News Journal got the information experience a slow recovery over the of the group. from him. next two years as average personal Pastore said he wrote the refers to female students in belittling and lewd What constitutes sexual harassment other than terms. She decides to drop the class because she the more obvious forms of physical assault is "a He said a Du Pont employee gave income increases and jobs open in comments with Anthony Renzette him a copy of a memo, which the retail and service industries, (AS GR), an associate member of doubts she will be treated fairly. very gray area," she said, Marie V. is a sophomore depressed over the "Usually it is in the eyes of the beholder," according to The Delaware YAF. Economic Report. "We saw our flier as political recent break-up with her boyfriend. She goes to Tuites said. "If that person feels she is being .----INDEX----. a school counselor who is sympathetic and harassed then that's all it takes to define it as The report by the university's satire," said Renzeue, lidding that he Bureau of Economic Research, believes that the code of conduct always available to talk.. One afternoon he such." Women tend to brush off the behavior as Opinion ...............................6 which was released Monday, "was never written to restrict suggests that they go out for drinlc.s to get closer. "what guys do" and "the way guys are" and Vivant. .. ............ ...................9 predicts increases in personal political satire. H it does, it should be Judith M . needs a "C" in a course to therefore do not perceive certain situations as income and job availability will fuel struck down." graduate and she knows she is on the borduline. Classifieds ......................... 1 0 sexual harassment. the recovery. Mason said the comments added The professor suggests they spend time together, Entertainment ................... 11 The university policy defines sexual John Stapleford, director of the to the flier may specifically perhaps have dinner, so he can get to Jcnow her Sports ................................ 13 harassment as "any unwanted sexual attention" bureau, said 1,000 jobs will open in constitute harassment of the better and figure out how to give her eXIra help. which includes suggestive or insulting sounds, Comics .. ... ......................... 15 the retail and service industries over university guest, African Americans These women have all experienced a form of sexual harassment. whistling in a suggestive manner, humor, jokes the course of the next year. He said and the university departments and Donna Tuites, program coordinator at the see DEFINING page 4 his office anticipates 5,000 job organizations named on the flyer. --Also inside:-- openings by 1993. One comment, with an arrow Stapleford said the recession will pointing to the Black Student Union, Drug deathsrise ..................3 end because it is a normal part of the seeYAFJJ¥5 Applicatations up ............... .4 economic cycle and always ends. Pearl Harbor ........................9 Since World War II, the United New Trek film ...................11 Statea hu experienced a recession for a total of about seven years, said Behind the scenes dealing led to releases Stapleford. However, not every economist By Donna Murphy hostages released this year include, On Monday, the United States agrees with the bureau findings Despite official .AJsh!M!I N~ Edllot Bdward Austin Tracy, releued in paid Iran. the main supporterS ~ the because expected Du Pont cutbacks American hostage, Terry A. Ausust, Jesse Turner, released in Lebanese kidnappers, $260 millioo in could let bec:lt lbe state economy. Anderson was releued Wednesday October, Thomas Sutherland, compensation for weapons seized James Butkiewicz, an economics denials, the release evening by his Shlite Muslim ClptOn, released in November and Alan Steen during lbe 1979-80 Tehran hostqe professor, llid the state will move ending 61/2 years of captivity in aisis.