Berkeley violated Civil Rights Act
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BERKELEY. Calif (AP) fho
University of California <it Berkeley
violated c ivil rights laws in Us han
dling of sexual harassment com
plaints against the campus police,
the U S Office of Civil Rights has
found.
The federal office found UC Berkeley violated Title
IX of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibit* discrimina
tion on the basis of sex. Sexual harassment is a form of
sex discrimination, according to the office
The findings of an investigation were made public
Doc 2. The report said certain procedures used bv the
university were "confusing and misleading even to per
sons exercising reasonable diligence in ascertaining
their rights "
UC, Berkeley must comply with t itle IX to receive
federal funds The school did not admit to wrongdoing
but said it would work to change 1.1 proc edures cited in
the fix! ora I findings
One of the changes will he to extend the time stu
dents can file a complaint against the campus police
from 30 to oo day v
The federal irn litigation stemmed from .1 complaint
filed (>v Kathleen Russell, a psychology student who at
loged she was falsely arrested by polite (hiring a dent
onstratlon against the Persian Gulf War on March 14.
1001
KuvmiII. 27. filet I a complain! claiming the arresting
officer sexually harassed her
"He was pressuring me for personal details, bash ally
treating me as il we were sitting in his living room, she
told the Sitn I'r.itu ism Chronicb He » as coming on
to me "
Russell also has filed a civil lawsuit against the uni
versity
Russell said she was moved from office to olfite
when she Irietl to file .1 complain! and when 'fa rc
ceivt'il the torret t papers she was told the 10 ‘lav dead
line had passed
if t/( Berkeley administrators cannot decipher or
agree on the applit able proi wiunts and filing deadlines,
students 1 an not he expected to do so." the federal office
found
Lack of day care
brings kids to class
HOUSTON (AIM Hundrud* of students at Texas
Southern University are taking their young t hildrtm
to class t»'< a Use they i ant find affordable day rare
'"There are three- and four-year-olds running
around classrooms, there are infants being breast-fed
in unsanitary bathrooms it’s till over campus,"
said Student (Government Association President Ta
mara Sterling,
Sterling said she asked 500 randomly selected stu
dents and found GMH bad t hlldren and 22GI liK)k
them to school t'here are more than 1 1.000 students
at the university
Sterling on i-'riday asked the Hoard of Kegenls to
set up an affordable dav-care facility so tfie image of
TSU students doesn't become "'iiooks in one arm. a
child in the other arm and another child on the
back "
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