Survey Tells Why Incidents Not Reported Candidate for 30Th District Addresses
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UTC communication professor Dr. Melissa Hefferlin, a UTC art student, The Moccasin football team claimed Joseph Trahan is also a major in the talks about the experiences she its Fust home victory over the UT- Army reserves. He was recently sent to encountered while studying art in the Martin Pacers Saturday at Chamberlain Miami to aid in the Hurricane Andrew Soviet Union. Hefferlin is only the Field. The Mocs will enjoy a week off recovery effort with the Presidential | second American to attend the before hosting Central Arkansas next Task Force. For story, see A 2. academy. For story, see B4 week. For story, see CI. THE STUDENT ECHO Volume 87/Issue No. 4 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga September 17,1992 Survey Tells Why Incidents Not Reported Council Majority of sexual harassment incidents on campus are handled by victims To Make By Kim M. Johnson • Avoid harasser — 57.5% • Did not feel the university could or would Echo Managing Editor • Report incident to parents — 34.5% help —34.5% • Confront harasser — 31.0% • Were concerned about anonymity—34.5% Fortwood In this week's installment of the sexual • Tell another faculty member — 19.5% • Were concerned about retaliation—34.5% harassment series, the Echo would like to fur • Complain to University official — 9.2% • Were concerned they would not be believed Decision ther examine the finding of the recenUy re • Tell a councilor or their RA — 5.7% — 24.1% leased Sexual Harassment Survey. The report also questions the students why • Unwilling to discuss member of opposite Tuesday The survey, as reported last week, ques they had not reported the incidents to the proper sex —8.1% tioned 568 students, 326 female and 242 male, officials. Most of the respondents (57.7%) said When questioned about where they thought By LeeAnne Sneed about personal instances of sexual harassment. they believed they had handled the situation the instances of sexual harassment should be Echo Asst. News Editor themselves. Other responses were as follows: reported, 71.0% of the students thought the re • Believed no action would be taken — sponsibility was divided among three campus Next Tuesday night, two 41.3% offices: the Counseling Center, the Dean of UTC fraternities will once • Were concerned what actions would be Students Office and the Affirmative Action Of again face the Chattanooga taken — 36.8% fice. City Council in a last-ditch • Did not know where to complain—35.6% effort to remain in the Fortwood Neighborhood. The fraternities, which University Deals With Sexual Harassment are currenUy zoned R-3 (resi dential), are now seeking a By Kim M. Johnson By the same policy, it is also defined as zoning change to R-4 (resi Echo Managing Editor "unsolicited or unwelcome physical or ver dential and commercial). bal behavior of a sexual nature which has the Last week the City Council According to results, 18.9 percent of the One of the most important issues on the purpose or effect of creating an atmosphere denied the fraternities' re students had been harassed in at least one of UTC campus is the recendy released findings of intimidation." quest for a new zone, R-4 A. four categories: unwanted sexual statements, of the sexual harassment survey. Of the 568 Students who experience harassment The R-4 A zone was cre unwanted personal attention, unwanted physi students questioned, 18.9% percent claimed should contact the Affirmative Action of ated specifically for this situ cal or sexual advances and unwanted sexual to have been harassed. ficer, who will explain the EEO grievance ation by Barry Bennett and propositions. According to UTC policy that is taken procedure. the Chattanooga Hamilton Sharon Rose of the UTC Women's Com from EEOC guidelines, sexual harassment is According to Sharon Rose, director of County Planning Commis mittee told the chancellor that students had an "Sexual advances by any UTC employee UTC's Women's Committee, the survey in sion. "obvious reluctance to pursue any official ac toward another UTC employee or student Brad Beltz, president of tion," which is illustrated by their responses to which become a condition of employment or dicates that "the university has failed to corn- Phi Delta Theta, said that the the incident: affect the academic relationship." See UNIVERSITY, page A2 Fortwood Neighborhood As • Report incident to friends only — 81.6% sociation "misrepresents" the neighborhood. "They're such a small group of people, Candidate for 30th District Addresses SGA that they don't represent the By Shannon Phipps An advocate of public educa go to Nashville and fight it out, entire neighborhood." Echo News Editor tion, McCormick said, "public edu and I'm willing to do that." Scott Hibberts, Phi Mu cation has made our country what it Keeping the students in the Chat Alpha's president, feels that Gerald McCormick, a demo is today, as far as, economically tanooga area is a major concern of the media has generated so cratic candidate running for state and intellectually." McCormick. "The most important much negative publicity sur representative in the 30th district, "UTC gels the shaft every time issue is our economy, because with- rounding the controversy and was the guest speaker at the SepL the legislature in Nashville meets. out a productive economy we don't that this false publicity has 15 Student Government Associa All the money goes to UTK, it goes have a tax base," to fund education, probably already affected tion meeting. to the Ph.D. program and the mas he said. the opinions of certain coun The 30th district is made up of ters program even other graduate McCormick closed by saying, cil members. East Ridge, East Brainerd, Brainerd programs. It's not fairand it doesn't "A good education system is the Belt/said that if the coun Hills, Tyner and the Westview area. have to be that way. I've been told first step, because good education cil once again denies the zon McCormick, a small business to not even try to tackle Nashville, is good business." ing, there are other options. owner in Chattanooga and a vet you'll never get it done," he said. McCormick hopes to return to Hibberts, though, stated that eran of Operation Desert Shield/ McCormick in his bid for Con another SG A meeting to debate with the future "doesn't look real McCormick addresses SGA. Storm, came to UTC in hopes of gress feels that, "We need people his opponent Ken Meyer. good" for the two fraterni Jennifer Weller/The Student Echo gaining campaign help and votes. from Chattanooga delegations to ties. A2 The Student Echo/September 17,1992 Professor Trahan Involved in Miami-Hurricane Recovery By Leslie Smith and Shannon Phipps ture has helped out Health and Human things that can't be replaced." according to Trahan, is just something The Student Echo Services, Small Business Administration, The recovery from Hurricane Andrew, that he'll never forget even the IRS helped out I felt that we helped Less than one month ago, the southern out in a small way. coast of Florida was devastated by Hurricane "We were there for eight days. We set up Andrew. Millions watched the remains of a joint information center and we worked for Miami as they were shown through the me the presidential task force. We had brief dia. credential (escorting the media). We worked A little closer to home, Dr. Joseph Trahan 8-16 hours a day, receiving up to 500 media a Major in the Army Reserves and a profes phone calls. We held conferences at 2:30 sor in the UTC communications department, everyday. We also set up a radio program was sent to Florida to help with its recovery. called 'Radio Recovery' that told people "What was shown on television is noth how they could get assistance," he said. ing compared to what 1 actually saw. I've Trahan is returning to southern Florida lived through five hurricanes, but they weren't this weekend. His unit is still there. quite like this one. i had tears in my eyes as The time the clean-up effort probably we were flying by. The houses were poorly will take according to Trahan is, "six months constructed. For miles all that I could see was to a year for the needs to be met. We need the remains of houses and other buildings. people to send in donations. The Red Cross Parts of schools were blown away, and trees is helping out with this. lay in them. From the helicopter, fields "The people need to know that they aren' t looked like ash," Trahan said. forgotten for the most part. If it happened These sights were theones seen as Trahan here in Chattanooga we would want the same flew over Florida City and Kendall, Fla, assistance," he said. As far as the emergency organizations, Trahan said that upon arriving home he Trahan feels, 'They are doing all that they has learned to appreciate things more. "My UTC communication professor Dr. Joseph Trahan, a major in the US Army Reserves, can now. The U.S. Department of Agricul family, friends and everything. These are is spending this weekend in Florida. Sherri Pals/Echo Photo Editor SGA Acclamates AH Bills on Agenda for Second Week in Row By Shannon Phipps choice since she had been doing the job for ment to come see me." He also is asking for Pringle asked a question concerning the Echo News Editor three weeks on a interim basis. help from the students on campus to tell him parking across the street from the Frist Build The Senate Rule of order number four what needs to be done here on campus.