Senate Ratifies New Harassment Pol.Icy
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STAINED PAGES Shave and a haircut - Students send music to St. Francis prevails , a few bucks J J/ troops in Saudi Arabia at the buzzer ~~~ page 9 of' a e2 age 13 't1 FRIDAY Senate ratifies new harassment pol.icy. By John Robinson individual and family studies. education for those subjected to it less than Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks Faculty Senator Farley Grubb. associate lldministratM N~ Editor Shade said recent incidents of equal." said there was a definite concern that the professor of economics, vot.ed apinst the Faculty senators ratified a proposal harassment on campus based on race and Prohibited harassment now includes old policy would not pass a legal review. policy. · Monday that better defines harassment sexual orientation increased the need for a discriminatory intimidation by threats of "The old policy was vague and broad, "The new statement is in too much offenses in the Official Student Handbook, policy change. violence, and personal vilification of and could be misinterpreted," he said. detail and loses control of how harassment a university official said. students on the basis of their race, creed, Mike DiFebbo, president of the is defined," Grubb said. Faculty Senate President Leslie See Editorial Page 6 color, gender, sexual orientation, age, Delaware Undergraduate Student "We are imposing the death sentence on Goldstein charged the Committee on "Basically we improved the definition religion, national or ethnic origin, Congress, said the old policy was Salman Rushdie." Student Life to review and clarify the of harassment by clarifying it," he said. disability or veteran status. ineffective because there was no clear Grubb added he thi.nki the .new policy statement earlier this semester, said According to the new statement, "McCoy calling Spock an ugly, pointy definition of harassment. will not have any effect oa sl*lellts. committee chairman Daniel D. Shade, "Harassment ... contributes to a hostile eared Vulcan is an example of personal "It basically said harassment is "It was an extreme attpnpt 10 codify a assistant professor in the department of environment that makes access to vilification," Shade said. harassing people," DiFebbo said. policy that was not codifiablc... l Committee Skinhe~ds holds hearing· distribute leaflets 10n on divestment campus By Richard jones financial investments from that and John Robinson nation and any companies that Racist literature Adminisrrative News Editors conduct business there. About 30 members of the The university currently owns placed on cars university community expressed about $35 million in common stock differing opinions about divestment in seven companies with operations in parkin§ lot in South Africa, including DuPont, at an open hearing organized by a By Denika Oark university committee Wednesday. Bristol-Myers, Squibb and Staff Reporter International Paper. David L. Colton, chairman of Several university students found Colton said the committee's "white power" flyers that were See Editorial Page 6 report will reflect the faculty's distributed randomly on their cars opinion of divestment and will go the Faculty Senate's Ad Hoc Sunday morning in a Lainl to the senate early next semester. Campus Committee on Divestment, said he parking lot, University said. The senate will then make a Police thought the meeting was a success. "We are trying 10 determine who recommendation to the board of "We accomplished our main is passing out the literature," Lt Joel trustees to either keep or remove goals of asking questions and Ivory said. "Hate literature is not the university's investments in getting information from people," permissible on campus." South Africa based on their Colton said. The flyer read "Fight for Your conclusions. The committee is trying to Race" and named the Eastern The committee, composed of Leslie D. Barbaro determine the community's views Hammer Skinheads, a white Colton, Wunyabari Maloba of the TREE·MENDOUS The university's 15th annual holiday tree lit up the sky Tuesday night to on divestment to help in the supremacist group, in Maryland as a history department, Mark Miller of the sound of an eight-member brass band and community chorus. President David P. Roselle .~ompilation of its report on the contact the political science department picked numbers out of a baseball helmet to choose three children to flick the tree's switch on. 'subject, he said. According to Maryland State : Divesting from South Africa The current tree was donated to the university last year by former President E.A. Trabant see COMMmEE page 4 Police, Eastern Hammer is a new involves the removal of all faction of skinheads that has been distributing the flyers along the East Coast. Dusc opposes $100 mid-year tuition increase Brian Johnson (EG 92), president of the Black Students By Heather Appleton · Around the nation, other schools face rising costs, cutbacks Union (BSU), said the organization Staff Reporter plans to send copies of the flier to The Delaware Undergraduate Lori Gaynor trying to wait until the end of the Novak said. all black students on campus to Student Congress (DUSC) sent a Staff Reporter year for tuition increases, but they Increases in sales tax, low infonn them of the incident statement to administrators Delaware students will not be might be unavoidable. property sales and the low ' value of Kevin Houston (EO 92) and his Wednesday opposing the $100 alone when writing a bigger tuition Because of national economic the dollar have all contributed to the roommate found a flyer under his tuition increase for spring semester. check for the spring semester. problems, some states have taken tuition hikes, he said. windshield wiper at about 10:30 DUSC President Mike DiFebbo Because of budget cuts across the back money already allocated to A spokesperson from the a.m. Sunday. (BE 91) said the memo is to make country, many campuses will be universities, he said. Tuition costs University of Massachusetts said "I looked at it, read it. and shook administrators aware of student forced to initiate unusual mid-year sometimes increase to compensate compulsory fees at that school will my head," Houston said. "It made "objections to the increase and to tuition hikes. for the budget cuts. "The state must increase by $400 in the spring. me defensive to think [skinheads) give some suggestions for handling Most schools, however, will repossess the money because the Compulsory fees include health, were very close." sir.1ilar situations in the future. refrain from mid-year increases and economy has turned bad," he said. athletic, art and undergraduate Houston said his car was the · The suggestions include: wait until the fall semester, said If the state does not repossess the curriculum fees. only one he saw with a Oier on it . • Decreasing any tuition hike next Richard Novak of the American money, it must either reduce Students at the University of "I don't knoW if they knew my car monthly payments to the schools, or year by $100 to offset the mid-year Mike Difebbo Association of State Colleges and North Dakota, St. Cloud University was owned by a black penan, or if increase. Universities. the schools must make cuts in their in New Orleans and the University • Making any increases in future Novak said many schools are staffs or raise their tuition charges, He said Thursday's announce see TUITION page 4 see FUER5 page 4 'years increases as early as possible ment came as a shock, but added: in the year rather than waiting until "My impression is that Roselle does ~id-year have a genuine concern for students • Improving the communication and will take our statement to between the administration and bean." DUSC Administrators should try to keep • Considering student input next year's tuition down, DiFebbo before making decisions about said. futme increases. The statement suggests that this N E W Rob McAnnally (EG 92), unexpected utition increase will Interfraternity Council repres damage the credibility of the E R S E entative to DUSC, said the university to prospective students, statement, which was sent to parents and alwnni. President David P. Roselle, Acting DUSC is organizing a cornmiWle ~ Provost Richard B. Murray and led by Jamie Wolfe (AS 91) to lobby Faculty Senate President Leslie > the state legislature in Dover for 0 Goldstein, "was generated from a more funds for the 1991-92 school ~ c:oncem for the students, especially yell'. < m those who are paying their own "I hope [SIBle lesislataS] ~ how ,... I'"" tuition." important the university is to the "'ne hllldred dola.s will really overall welfare ol the swc," he said. > > make a difference for some people," Tbe statement concludes with: . z ~ McAnnally~ "The university fiscal situation is . At last Monday's DUSC meeting. unfortunate and [DUSC] urges the 0 > R01eUe sugested the $100 increase university administration and ~ p one solution to the university's trustees and the Delawire state · .budget crisis, but gave the legislature 10 take precautionary impression thll it would be used as a measures so that the situation is lalt raon. tkAnnllly Slid. never repealed." •• '2· • 7HE REVIEW • December 7, 1990 Committee studies budget ~~~!l~f~! Senate Committee questions growth of professional positions, expenditures Student group plans By Richard Jones administrative areas. is aware of the change in growth or not the $300,000 expenditure disabled veterans visit Administrative News Editor In a memorandum addressed to and the council is examining it. for the University of Delaware A committee studying the Acting Provost and chairman of Although Murray said he did not Magazine was a spending increase Citizens Against War [CAW], university's budget is questioning the budget council, Richard B. know the exact cause of the that could be justified. a student group which opposes spending increases in some Murray, dated Nov.