ACLU to Offer Revision of Harassment Policy Faculty Senate Committee Agrees to Consider Recommendations
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Hens blow away Condoms sold Drop/add operators Minutemen in Christiana Commons speak up ..... page 19 2 page 11 ACLU to offer revision of harassment policy Faculty Senate committee agrees to consider recommendations By Paul Kane Adminisrraritle News Editor From Code of Conduct:. A local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union !h~ Univ~rsity (ACLU) will recommend revisions to the university's 4. Disnif)tiW t.ordK:t ' , · .' . , ; : harassment policy to eliminate what it calls vagueness in · B: ~~ ; _ Deli~~Y acting ~th off~ e,.p~~iori ·. ~an the 10-month-old measure. member& or tp.~CSU ' of the university <x>mmunity, '...t...tl.... r n.. The policy, which prohibits students from occasions. · Thlli !Ofludes but li nrit limited to. haras~nt based "deliberately acting with offensive expression toward creed ~l gertder, sexual orientation, ag«:, religion, national 0r · any members... of the university community," was disability Or vee.an itatus. ' : criticized by the ACLU because of the possibility of Hara&~ment. •• contrlbutes tD a hostile environment that makes misinterpretation. education for thole sUbjected to.lt lc!ss than equal... ' ·Mr~i.: ,.,.,~;n.~ • Members of the Delaware affiliate of the ACLU met Prohibited harassment Includes discriminatory Intimidation with a Faculty Senate committee at the end of last violence, and also Include$' personal vilification of students oo semester to voice their concerns about the policy. their race, creed, Color... etc. Judy Mellen, director of the ACLU, said her Speech. or ~~ion constlt4~~ llarassmept by pelrJQI'I~ ::'"Iil~ organization is concerned with what she deems the if it: . it :c~··,-;A· ,; / i ··.!!; •.> . : .·· ; , overall vagueness and lack of specifics in the policy. • is interlc:fed co' ihsblt or stltpnatlz~ an" lndividuat or·agro!JP;of . · She said the policy, which aims to protect students the basis of their r.ice, creed, miOr etc. ' . ' . •. from harassment based on "race, creed, color, gender, • i' ~dres~CI dlri!etly to tlie ·Jodlvidual or group ... whom sexual orientation, age, religion national or ethnic stigmatizes; and .,..""; . · origin, disability, or veteran status," is not specific • ~ IJ.SE! . ~f'!'fighiing" ~or n9f1Verbal symbols. enough. In the·context of dlscrlmi natory hara~sment by pe'"SoJw, YUI She added that the policy could be broadly insulting or "t''ghtlns'" words or nonveJbal Symbols are interpreted and lead to the abridgement of free speech. very uttef'a!1Ce Inflict !rJury or tend to incite tp anlmrnecliatl! bJeac:fi ~Jf 1M! The Commiuee on Student Life agreed to hear ACLU and ~ic~ · are ~ly _ unders~ t9 ~direct~ .. -.-·-· ....-. recommendations to improve the policy when the CQntempt for human.bei'1181 on the basis Of ~heir race, ae,ed, aJtor.,.~:. · ACLU fmishes preparing its recommendations this fall. 1-,~ ·' . ' .• However, Daniel D. Shade, former chairman of the see ACLU page 9 Winter session room fee waived : Administration aims to increase January enrollment by removing financial barriers, diverting housing costs to fall and spring tuition By Robb Enright was between $140 and $180 per person. years. Senior Staff Reporter Now the cost is covered in the total Butler said the university hopes 10 On-campus students planning to attend room bill for the entire year, Butler said. reverse this trend by also increuing tht · Winter Session will save about $150 this Traditional year-long room rates rose availability of more popular courses. year because the university board of from $1,800 last year to $1,930 this year. Butler said the recession, housinJ trustees waived housing fees in May. Butler said part of the increase was due costs and a smaller number of courses The board approved the measure to lost revenue from waiving the Winter offered were all reasons for the declint eliminating the fees, hoping to reverse a Session fee . in Winter Session enrollment. · four-year trend in declining Winter Winter Session board rates, however, Allan G. Fanjoy, program specialise · Session <:nrollment. were not eliminated, and will cost $270. for International Programs and Spccia! FANCY FOOTWORK To the beat of "Gravity's Pull" Blue Hen Director of Housing and Residence In 1991, Winter Session undergraduate Sessions, said waiving the housing fet cheerleader Ouistine Botte (HR JR) puts her trust in the hands of her spotters Life David G. Butler said, "We need to enrollment was 7 ,128, down 7 percent will make it easier for students to attend market Winter Session a little more and from the 1990 emollment of 7 ,641. Winter Session. , as she practices a "liberty extension" on Harrington Beach Thursday. make it more exciting." Enrollment peaked in 1988 at 8,200 Fanjoy said enrollment declined partlf. The room fee for Winter Session 1991 and has fallen steadily the last three see WINTER HOUSING pap~, '80 hazing decision may be overturned Equal access Verdict on fraternity suit under question Handicapped students say university By Erica Houslceeper be forced to to redefine the legal StUdMt ~&;, Ediror responsibilities it has in protecting facilities have improved, but need work · The university may toughen its. students, said G. Amo Loessner, vice policy against hazing of fraternity president for Advancement and By Lori Salotto who is confined to a wheelchair, said Student AH.in Editor pledges after the recent reversal of a University Secretary. although he doesn't have much difficulty court decision which cleared the Dean of Students Timothy F. For Donny Moore (AS SO), the opening doors he frequently encounters 'university of liability for the injuries Brooks agreed and said, "Oearly the closest dining hall to his apartment is what he calls, "the thoughtlessness of. a pledge suffered during initiation. couns are telling the university to Rodney. But Moore just can't walk over others." Former student Jeffrey V. Furek supervise the fraternities and to Rodney when he feels hungry. He has For example, Amery said students suffered from firSt and second degree sororities with more belligerence." to think of how he'll get his wheelchair frequently park their bikes and cars in burns in the Sigma Phi Epsilon "But we are caught between a in, and from there, how he will get to the front of ramps. He finds students also tend to be, "ignorant towards injury or :~Ina incident December 4, 1980 rock and a hard place, he added. second floor. _after lye-based liquid oven cleaner "Fraternities and sororities are "I'd have to take the freight elevator," disability." wu poured on his neck and back, private organizations, so our access he said. "Hopefully they'll change that." In the spring the university began a .permanently scarring him. is limited." Moore, a history major, was born series of renovations to increase access In 1987, the state's high court "This is the new Sig Ep, not the with arthrogryposis, a disease which to university facilities for disabled cleared the university of any liability. old," said Dave Forgash (AS SR) limits the use of his arms and legs. Aside students like Moore and Amery. But because of a reversal of that president of Sigma Phi Epsilon who from typica!. student worries, he has to The number of disabled students decision in July, the cue will return stressed that his organization find a way to get to classes and attending the university rose this year to court and a jury will decide if the currently enjoys a positive advisement meetings in Ewing Hall. from 36 to 41, showing that the university is liable, said Victor F. relationship with the university. "The doors are heavy, and the renovations have come at the right time. .Battaglia, the lawyer who Furek filed his cue with Superior elevator buttons are too high," said Dean of Students Timothy F. Brooks :represented the university in the Court in September 1982, naming Moore, who cannot raise his arms to said, the renovation began in the spring orisinal suit. the university, Sigma Phi Epsilon, reach them. when the university added a wheelchair Baaqlla said a court date for the the fraternity's national parent "Ewing is accessible," he said. "I can ramp onto Mitchell Hall. case has not been set. organization, and Joseph Donchez, Jet through the doors, but I need Similar ramps near Brown and Sharp ....... \\tlly Dl5llfMo Furek could not be reached for the fraternity member who poured 10me0ne to open them." Laboratories were re-paved this summer Despite Improvements, students n• Donny Moore comment. the oven cleaner on him, as Jotm Amery (AS SR), another student see ACCESS page 5 (AS SO) still haw trouble entering aome bulldlnp. If found liable, the university will see HAZING page 8 .-------------------------INDEX------·~ Opinion .......................... 6 DuPont layoffs impair state economy ~ Vivant. .......................... 11 By Larry ~ignan "The state is very sensitive to Stapleford predicts JIWiutel will: Entertainment ............... 13 City News Edrror the chemical industry," he said, have an easier time fiodiq job~:" Graduates may have a tough indicating DuPont's Influence on because the supply of labor wllli Sports ........................... 19 Aftershocks from time finding jobl in lhe state this the Delaware economy. shrink due to the baby baa Classifieds ..................... 17 year because of a $1 billion DuPont, Chrysler, General &eneration. • Delaware company's DuPont cost cuttlna measure and a Motors and the banking industry Srapleford. referlni to a relallci Comics. ......................... 21 slow recession recovery, a account for half the wqes in the study, said the state ec:oaomy wm;: ---Also inside: --- cutbacks will university economist predicted. state, he said. lose 3,400 jobs because of ~ "Grads will have a tough time According to a study done by DuPOnt cutblcks. Mudslinging advertlsing ....... 3 reach much further finding jobs just • they have had the Bureau, the state will lose Throuah the 19801, tbe I&Mtj Yugoslav republics ............... 8 the past two years," said John 1,437 jobs and $7.6 million In state produced 12,200 new jobs ~ Stone Balloon lawsuit..