Petition critical of procedure
By Laurie Schwartz
Of the Knwrald
The Graduate Teaching Fellow Federation
is circulating a petition asking for an indepen
dent committee to review the University's pro
cedure for handling sexual harassment com
plaints, according to Chuck Hunt, president of
the GTFF local chapter.
The petition originated with a group of
faculty members who asked for support from
the GTFF. Hunt said.
Members of the group who could Ik? con
tacted asked that their names not appear in the
Emerald due to "fear of retaliation."
Petitions were mailed out to GTFs last
week, although Campus Mail blocked distribu
tion of the petitions for 24 hours based on a
claim that the petitions were political. Hunt
said.
The petition states, "At the very least, the
spirit of the University of Oregon's affirmative
action programs has been violated numerous
times, leaving the University vulnerable and
compromised because of a widening gap bet
ween what it espouses and what it actually
accomplishes."
Sexual harassment complaints are handl
ed by the campus Office of Affirmative Action.
The University's Committee on the Status
of Women currently is reviewing the policies
on sexual harassment.
University President Paul Olum ap
pointed the 15-member committee.
Hut Hunt and members of the faculty
group who wrote the petition said an outside
review was needed to avoid conflicts of in
terest that arise when an institution in
vestigates itself.
Hunt said the GTFF first became in
terested in the issue following the August 198K
conviction of Stephen Reynolds, a former
religious studies professor, for the rape of a
five-year-old girl. Six students interviewed by
the Emerald in an article published Oct 13 in
dicated Reynolds had sexually harassed them
in some manner. One incident dated back 14
years.
"Harassment (complaint) procedures on
this campus are n joke." Hunt said on Sunday.
Hunt said in speaking with GTFs about
their departments he was "amazed at the
general knowledge of harassment — and
nothing's being done."
The timing of the petition drive, "right in
the middle of dead week." will probably
lessen the response by students, faculty and
staff. Hunt sa^d. but added. “Even if we don't
get a lot of signatures, it's an educational
tool."
The petition calls for protection from
retaliation for those filing sexual harassment
complaints, and expresses concern about in
complete record keeping on the progress of
complaints.
The petition also calls for "the need to
eliminate the conflict of interest that exists
when the director of affirmative action also
serves as an assistant to the (University)
president."
The petitions state that they should la
returned to the Reading and Research Discus
sion Group at tiitti FLC. The group hopes to get
1.000 signatures, and is considering taking the
petition to the University Senate, according to
a member of the group who does not want to be
identifed.
Yvonne Vowels, a GTK who is circulating
the petition, said she is not faulting the work
of the Committee on the Status of Women, but
she added that independent consultants are
needed to augment that committee’s work
"The Committee on the Status of Women
can only go so far in calling for reform of a
system of which it is a part." she said.
Legislative update
AIDS test okay given nod
By B.J. Thomsen
(M l hr Kmvnld
The Oregon House on Friday
gave a resounding 57-2 nod to a
bill that would require patient
consent before testing for ex
posure to the AIDS virus could
be performed.
Kristine G e b b i e, a d -
ministrator for the Oregon Slate
Health Division, requested the
consent provision, House Bill
2067, because she said she
feared prejudicial action against
a person if discovered to have
been tested for AIDS.
In other business on Friday,
the House was divided concern
ing a bill that, if approved by
voters, would require motor
cyclists to wear helmets
The bill was sent to the
Senate with a 32-26 House vote
after debate on who should pay
the medical costs for those sus
taining head injuries in motor
cycle crashes and whether in
dividual freedoms were being
encroached on by a desire to
save lives.
A proposed child por
nography amendment to the
Oregon Constitution designed
to strengthen laws prohibiting
pornography involving people
less than age 18 years of age
passed the Senate 22-7 on
Tuesday.
The amendment says,
"nothing in this section (ad
dressing free speech) affords
protection to photographic
displays of sadomasochistic
abuse or conduct by persons
under 18 years of age."
Senate Joint Resolution 18
now moves to the House for
consideration.
Movie makers may see
Oregon through a more
favorable eye if a bill passed by
the Senate on Wednesday 25-4
becomes law
Senate Hill H20 would exempt
the wages of film crews coming
from other states to make
movies in Oregon from Oregon
income taxes.
Supporters of the bill say film
making environmentally is
clean and lucrative for the state,
and Oregon should do
everything in its power to en
courage movies to be filmed in
the slate.
Sen. Hill Frye. D-Kugene. op
posed the bill, arguing the
measure was unfair to working
Oregonians because it give a tax
breuk to a particular group of
people that Oregon could be
collecting tuxes from.
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