Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 25, 1993, Page 4, Image 4

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Women drop racial complaint
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PHILADELPHIA {API —
The University of Pennsylva
nia dropped charges of racial
harassment against a white
student who called a group of
black women "water buffalo"
when they made noise outside his dormitory
Hai kney said that Penn should review its judi
cial procedures to ensure everything is being done
"to promote a wholesome and mutually supportive
* am p u s corn mu nit y."
After learning of the school’s decision,
)oi obowit* said at a separate press conference with
members of the American Civil Liberties Union
University President Sheldon
Hai kney informed 18 year-old
Kden Jacnhowitx (hat the school's
charges against him were being
dropped because the women
withdrew their complaints Mon
day.
lacubnwit/, a freshman who
has denied the comment was
ra< ial, could have been expelled
from the Ivy League school of
22.0IM) students if he were found
guilty.
The women, in dropping their
charges, said the judicial process
had not allowed them to tell their
side of the story, while
)a< ohowitz attracted a national
media audience. They said he
had on unfair advantage and that
These words
likened us to
beasts and
banished us from
an intellectual
environment to one
more suited for
animals, like the
zoo.’
Statement from
women who filed original
harassment complaint
that he*, too. felt victimized by the
judicial process.
'This all could have been set
tled a long time ago" said
Jacobowitz. who claimed the
school thwarted his efforts to
apologize to the women.
The women, members of Delta
Sigma Theta sorority, said that on
|an. 13 they were barraged by
racial slurs and epithets with sex
ual overtones as they participated
in their annual Founder’s Day cel
ebration outside Jacobowitz's dor
mitory.
Among the slurs they heard
were “Shut up. you black water
buffalo” and "Go back to the 7.00
where you belong.” said Nikki
Taylor.
pressing their case would no
futile.
Jacobowitz and his faculty advisor, history pro
fessor Alan Charles kors, "chose to cin univimt the
process and (rv this grievance among students in
the national media, making it an issue of freedom
of speech and political correctness, while blanket
ing the real issue, racial harassment,'' the woman
said at a news conference to announce their deci
sion.
Nikki Taylor, Ayanna Taylor. Colleen Bon nick
lew is and Denita Thomas, appeared at the news
conference. The fifth complainant. Suzanne Jenk
ins, was absent, but concurred, the others said.
"These words likened us to beasts and banished
us from an intellec tual environment to one more
suited for animals, like the zoo,” the women's
statement said. The women contacted the campus
police.
Jacobowitz, who admitted his role in the shout
ing. told investigators that he shouted "Shut up,
you water buffalo," then added “If you’re looking
for a party there's a zoo a mile away."
lacobowitz said the women attributed to him
tilings shouted by other people.
"1 would still like to be friends with them." he
said.
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