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OF Mlf OCT 1 4 1993 estae LAW LIBRAI Voi.~No . 3 The University of Michigan Law School October 11 , 1993 Survey: Some Claim Sex Harassment By Julie Beck Anolher administration concern RG News Writer which surfaced after lhe survey was In lhesummerof 1992, at a major that women may not speak up about corporation, a second-year law stu­ thetr experiences because "it can be dent from Michigan "-<IS kissed by a dangerous tocomplain," said Eklund. supervising auomey. After coming One survey response echoed this forward about lhe incident, lhe stu­ concern: "W h~.:n I came to lhis school, dent worked out a moneta!) settle­ I was very naJ\·e. I believed lhatthc ment wilh lhe corporauon. work place inevitably was a horrible, That same summer, anolhcr stu­ d1scriminatOC) place for women and dent associate in a big city was ver­ thauo 'make it' as a lawyer,you have bally harassed by an attorney wilh to learn to 'take it.' As a result, I d1d whom she worked; he was "let go" as not report lhis firm [where sexual a result of her complaints to senior harassment had occurred to a house­ auomeys. mate l when I carne back to school." The law school became aware of The WLSA survey revealed the these two incidents following a sur­ two most common scenarios in "-h1ch vey conducted by lhe \\omen Law harassment occurs: during lhe inter­ Students Association (WLSA) last viewmg process and during casual semester. conversauon while working at a "The solutions don't get much summer job. better lhan lhese cases," Dean Sue If a student is asked an inappro­ photo by Amit Bhan Eklund said. "Those women were priate question during an on-campus believed, supported, and action was interview, he or she should report it The New Punishment fot• Violating§ 8(a)(l) taken," she continued. to Nancy Krieger. If lhe interview In a letter to women law students docs not occur in Room 200 and is Professor St. Antoine takes aim at cups set up at a booth at Friday's LSSS Oktoberfest Carnival. Proceeds from Deans Eklund and Virginia from the carnival went to the law school's loanforgiv eness program. See insidefo r story and more photos. Gordan and Placement Director See 1/ARASSME T , page 7 L- -------------------------------------------------- Nancy Krieger last April, lhe ad­ ministration pointed out that lhe Computer Lab Undergoes Improvements numbers ofovert instances of harass­ ment were small, but were nonethe­ By J oe Wallace ally breaking down. As Director of provemenL The administration flfs t signaled less disturbing. RG Staff Writer Student Computing Services Ted Law students apparently agreed lhat it would commit to improvement The administration also dis­ This year's law school computer Graham said, "It was about as bad as with him. Most students did not even almost a year ago when it changed cussed its "policy" regarding cases lab is unrecognizable from last year's it can get." use lhe computer center because the Ted Graham's job desc ription. Previ­ of discrimination and harassment version. This year, thelabcontains twenty outdated equipment and software ously responsible for boll) faculty and The "LAw School" cares about, Lastycar,lhelabcontainedabout Gateway 2000 486SX computers simply did not serve lheir needs. studen t computing services, he was but does not feel able to investigate fifteen IBM Pes wilh monochrome (five w/ CD ROM), five Mac LC3 Those wilhout computers traversed reassigned to strictly student serv­ andformallydea/ with,tsolated cases monitors, four early edition Macs, computers, four HP Laserjet4Si, an to Angell Hall or anolher campus ices. Thischangcgavehim much more of discrimination or harassment of and two printers. The equipment HP LaserjetiiiSi, and a Novell net­ computing site lhat did feature the time to devote to serving student our smdents when they occur off ranged from five to ten years old, work server. Along wilh lhe latest latest technology. Graham's student computing needs. He and Dean campus and are not a result ofan em­ which, in lhe computing world, is equipment comes lhelatestsoftware. survey last spring showed over­ Eklund finally gained approval and ployment policy. about several lifetimes. The machines Currently lhe DOS machines have whelmingly lhe student di ssatisfac­ funding to improve the computer lab Eklund, Gordan, Krieger and could not run most of lhe latest soft­ the latest versions of DOS, Win­ tion wilh lhe sad state of lhe law in early summer. Shortly lhercaftcr olher female faculty members, how­ ware. They were slow and continu- dows, Word for Windows, and school's computer lab. The question lhe transformation began. ever, offered lhcir support and lheir WordPerfect for DOS. Before too became whelher lhe admin istration More lhan just new equipment phone numbers to assist any Michi­ long, WordPerfect for Windows will do anything about iL wi ll be forthcoming. The computer gan students who were experiencing replace WordPerfect for DOS and Since lhe law school runs its lab will-provide increased services, harassment during lhcir summer jobs. lhc spreadsheet program Excel will own computing center it receives no .,.. hich will take many forms. For lhe In addition, lhe administration be added. Already installed on the funding from lhe University's Infor­ first time in its history, lhe lab will hosted an informal discussion led by network are the employer and judi­ mation Technology Division. Thus employ computer consultants. More upper-class students who had experi­ cial clerkship databases. A DOS lhc law school budget would need to on-line help and how-to leaflets will enced subtle, and not-so-subtle forms machine has been set aside wilh an provide lhe funding for any improve­ become available. Computer aided of harassment or discrimination. older laserjet exclusively for resume menL Ted Graham and Associate legal learning exercises will be in­ "I lhink our main hope was to printing. Air conditioning now will Dean Susan Eklund advocated im­ stalled. Training sessions will begin. make students aware lhat lhis still keep the lab cool. Yet lhe equipment provement. Alternatively, if lhe The lab will link to lhe University's happens in lhe world. These are not and software is only lhe beginning. administration did not want to im­ large computer network, resulting in old and bitter people complaining of Graham said that ever since he prove, then lhey should have closed more access terminals for LEX IS and problems. Harassment and discrimi­ became a computer consultant at the the computer lab aiLOgelher. Yet the Westlaw. Ten new laptops (with nation arc real, and lhey are lhere," law school seven years ago, lhe administration continued in its reluc­ modems) will become available for said Eklund. Graham computer lab has needed vast im- tance to take any action. 48 hour checkouL 'J1.e Ia Ce~t ee- Oc&ober 11, 1993-page 2 Commentary: remper Hope lor Mid-fast Peace Process By Larry Seegull If true peace is to be accomplished, it must be comprehcn- from the global trade community locksoutsignificantoppor­ Special to the RG sive. The Arab State need to recogni7..e the permanent existence tuni ties for development and cooperation that can be mutu­ The handshake has apparenlly consummated the start of of the State of Israel and to commit themselves to regional ally beneficial LO Israelis and Arabs. peace negotiations. That long desired (by some) but never stability. The United States has done much to end the Arab anticipated meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Reality #2: Peace on the ground must be the goal. boycott. ll is already illegal for American companies to and PLO head Yasse r Arafat seems to portend great historical This means the rioting in the territories must end. Terrorist participate. Secretary of State Warren Christopher has pressed promise for peace in a region that has been forever blistered by incidents against innocent civilians must end. Palestinians must the Arab governments for a complete lifting of the ban. But war. Perhaps, the pundits say, the goals of security for the State be free to keep their shops open (which is against the Palestinian to no avail. In fact, Syrian President Hafez Assad has since of Israel and autonomy for the Palestinians are not mutually hierarchy's demand for strikes}. And the intifada, the violent called for the Arabs to "tighten rather than abolish the exclusive. I share the hopes of all who dream of such harmony. murders within the Palestinian community stemming from Is- boycott." The Arab countries had promised ending the boy­ But before we dream, we must recognize reality. lamic fundamentalism, must be quelled. cou in return for an Israel concession. Israel ended sellle- Reality If1: The Palestinians never posed a threat to the None of this may happen. The PLO is not a democratic ments, no end to the boycotL Israel recognized the PLO, no Swte ofIsra el.