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ZWEIG Continued trom Page 1A making the students question their in ademic abilities "(Students) should not lie psv - chologu allv manipulated in this wav. and if anything of the sort is happening, ii needs to be stopped immediately." said Wil son in the letter. The solution to the Universi ty's problem with sexual harass ment would be to adopt a non-fraternization rule, said Newman, and keep records of sexual harassment complaints on file indefinitely. Currently, the University dis poses of informal complaints after three years and formal com plaints after seven years, in accordance with the school's operating rules that are set by the state. Without the non-frater nization rule, Newman said the burden falls on the student to prove there was no consent. Since January 1002. bans on student faculty sexual relation ships have been instituted at sev eral major universities, including Tufts. Indiana. Harvard and Kad cliffe, according to a story in Harper's September issue. "You do what you have to do to get through," Newman said about the sexual contact. "If you have to do this to get through, especially if you are an incest survivor like me, you just do that and leave. It's easier to do that and get out of there" than to con front thi! person. Professors have a huge amount of power that can easily be mis used. A professor who has sex with a student can damage the student academically or later in his or her career with had refer ences. she said. "Once a man makes himself vulnerable by being told no. the professor would prefer the woman to leave because the pro fessor has dirts t contact with her (in the department),” she said Since the formation of the department of philosophy, only four women have graduated with doctoral degrees Newman contends in her for mal complaint that Zweig used her past as a survivor of incest to gain sexual favors. The allegations cover from 19HH to 1991. when Newman left the University Itocause of alleged pressure from other professors in the philosophy department Allegations in the complaint included sexual favors forced on her by Zweig. acts she said she was powerless to defend herself front because of the control Zweig had against her both psy chologic ally and academically The complaint was tiled May 25 with six other women. Those women are; Mary Birmingham, Joan Woolfrey, Ajit Mean. Jamie Ross, I.ani Robert and Kirstin (.arson, (.arson caier wnnuiew her name from tfit; complaint. Zweig denies all allegations by Newman and the other women included in the complaint He told the Emerald that he could not discuss the case because it is still ongoing. But one student went on record to voice her support for the professor Martha Osgood, who is cur rently taking Zweig's Kant class, said she enjoys his enthusiasm about the subject and the fac t he thinks about what he savs. “I'm worried that he's t>ecome a symbol instead of a human being.” Osgood said, fearing many women are wrongly attach ing their personal anger to him. "I'm still trying to figure out why he's in the paper so much," said the oart-time philosophy Women file appeal on harassment decision By Edward Klopfenstein O«*U0n D*>fy (r^rt*3 A group of six women, who originally filed a sexual harass ment complaint against Profossor Amulf Zweig. are expected to file an appeal today against the University's finding in that complaint. Marlene Drescher. director of the Office of Student Advo cacy. said Thursday she expects the appeal to be filed with the chancellor's office today. The Einemld was not able to verify Thursday if Zweig's attor ney. Brian Barnes, also was going to file an appeal Barnes was out of his office. The six women are filing the appeal because they feel many of their complaints were ignored or dismissed because they fell outside the 180-day limit set bv the Statute of Limitations, said Mary Birmingham, one of the women on the original complaint and one of the women joining the appeal. Others appealing are Joan Woolfrey, Ajit Moan. Jamie Ross. I^ini Rohert and Sandro Newman. Newman is expected to file a separate appeal. In the decision. University President Myles Brand said only two comments by Zweig constituted sexual harassment. Zweig told Kirstin Larson, who joined the original complaint but not the appeal, that she had "beautiful eyes." and tailed Moan a "Persian princess.” according to a memo from Brand con cerning the findings Birmingham said the appeal will argue that other complaints were valid, especially in tne time frame of 180 days. Many of the students originally argued that the Department of Philosophy constituted a hostile work environment. The appeal also contends the administration didn't act on claims by professors that sexual harassment complaints sur faced from graduate students in the department, said tjie grad uate philosophy student. One case in point was Professor Catherine Wilson's resig nation letter. Wilson was ex-chair of the philosophy depart ment. She resigned Dec. 16. 1961. Wilson said in her letter students were complaining of sex ual harassment. Although she didn't agree with the students' complaints, she did say, "If anything of the sort is happen ing, it needs to be stopped immediately." Birmingham said the administration not only did not inves tigate, but heightened the problem by hiring Zweig as depart merit cnair. Zwoig left the department chair position .»ft**r the original grievance. Because of that, the original complaint was well within the Statute of Limitations for sexual harassment cases, Birmingham said, quoting from the appeal. The appeal also asks the administration to investigate com plaints against other faculty members named on the original complaint hut not included in the finding, Birmingham said. According to the original complaint. Don Levi. Newman's adviser, told Newman to "leave the University because the department would not support her in her work toward a Ph 1). He told her in the complaint that she had "enemies '’ Me was not named in the finding. In Newman's appeal, she argues the basic decision-making process was flawed. In Brand's decision, there was no mention of retaliation against Newman for ending the alleged sexual relationship she had with Zweig. according to Newman's appeal. "In fact, Newman was constructively terminated from the program and had to move to another school in the Midwest in order to finish her degnst," the appeal states. Newman also wants to correct Brand's finding that shu had voluntary sexual relations with Zweig. according to the appeal. Brand wrote Newman Sept. 20 saying no violation of Uni versity rules took place in her case because Zweig was not responsible for preventing unwanted sexual contact, the appeal states. Newman contends she lacked the will to resist Zweig's advances because of her past as an incest survivor. undergraduate. Findings from the investiga tion were against Zweig. accord ing to a confidential memo from University President Myles Brand, but the discipline taken was not tvised on Newman's alle gations. Brand concluded in the memo that only comments made to l.ar son and Maan constitute sexual harassment. Zweig told Larson she had "beautiful eyes" and i.ailed Maan a "Persian princess." according to both the memo and the formal complaint. The departmentally required courses that Zweig taught will be offered by another professor as a disciplinary measure in the case, according to Brand's memo. According to a source request ing anonymity, both parties are appealing the decision. CORRECTION In the Oct. 6 issue of the Emerald, a story on the PEGASUS bicycle team that is riding across the country to raise AIDS awareness incorrectly stat ed in the last paragraph that the team will depart the University Monday morning. The story should have said that the team will depart Tuesday morning after speaking to Peer Health advisers. 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