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I don't want to get this guy in trouble it will stop his tenure." or "It will ruin his Job " Or. some students will Sit\. "I wonder if what happened is what really happened There is a tremendous amount of self-evaluation and potential doubt." he said As a result some students make an informal complaint, which can tie filed anonymous iy. with the request that nothing hi- done to the tern her It s cliffit uit for us to de< ide whether that is a complaint or not l.ehrman said "Hut at the same time, we want to respect their wishes and not drag the grim.’mts into investigations if they don't want to." he said, adding that if every grievalit wen required to cooperate ill a full investigation of the respondent, the number of grievam es would i>e greatly reduced Six women who did cooperate in investigations regarding sexu al harassment hv a University professor appealed the chain el ior's offii e last year after four of the grievnni es were dismissed The chancellor's decision to uphold only two of the grtev atu es because the others weren't filed within the IHO-day deadline drew much public i tv as the women denounced the University's deadline in a tele vised press conference last I let ember The women also accused the University of ignoring the women's complaints until the deadline passed in order to pro tect the reputation of the institu tion la-hnnan denounced the ac< u sation tli.it the University is ignoring women's i omplamts, saying that if it were discovered that University offii ials were i ov ering up that information, the University would lie vulnerable to a lawsuit. ) Date: 29th January 1994 Time: 7 pm 1 Venue: EMU Ball Room ' Price: $7 Students $8 non-students I (Tickets available at EMU Main Desk ami front door) OPTIONS Continued from Page i Another avenue is the Office of Student Advocacy, where Director Marlene Druse her will listen to and act as an advocate for students who have experienced harassment Students < an file grievances at both places, which an- then forwarded to the affirmative action office University omhud officer |anet Wentworth can infor mally seek a resolution to tho problem, such as talking to the alleged perpetrator on behalf of the student, or accompanying a scared stu dent to talk with the individ ual Wentworth also can schedule an appointment at the University Counseling Center or with Jacqueline Gib son. the University mediation direitor Gibson can bring both the grievant and !In* respondent together in an attempt to rein h a resolution. Students also can approach the affirmative action office directly, and will be referred to Mark Zunich, the human rights investigator, who will inform students of their options Students who wish to file informal grievances are usually referred to Went worth, and formal complaints are taken by Zunich, who will immediately draft letters to the accused individual. The letters list the rules against sexual harassment and retali ation. and state that the respondent must reply to Zunich within five days. Wit ness contact lists an- provided by both parties in order to get testimony to corroborate or dismiss the allegations. When Zunich finishes his fact-finding report, he for wards it to the Affirmative Action Administrative Coun cil. i omposed of six adminis trators. which reviews the report. The council debates the facts and then advises the appropriate vice president, who will decide either to dis miss the case or to impose sanctions against the respon dent University President Mvles Brand is informed of the deci sion. and Brand reports the decision to Chancellor Thomas Bartlett, who files the report. Grievanta can appeal the decision, in which case the chancellor either will uphold or overturn the deci sion. The l Jniversity administration is getting pressure to i hange the 180-day deadline to 3<>5 days, and discussion is underway to con sider that change \ Ifi.Vday deadline would have pluses and minuses, Lehrman said. Because sexual harassment cases are heavily dependent on witness testimony, such a deadline may cause wit nesses memories to fade, or wit nesses may have graduated or moved within that period, mak ing it difficult lor investigators to i ompile all au urate case, he said However, laihrman said he ival i/ed that many women who are sexually harassed lire severely affected by the incident and that women may go through counsel ing lor six months to get up the self-esteem needed to fai e a griev am e procedure. For them, some times 180 days goes by pretty (quickly, he said. "It is a hit unfair in certain cas es to have a short time line," he said. "Should we simply freeze people out of their right to file n grievance simply because the emotional ex|>eriencu they've had has made it difficult to come for ward7" It was difficult to come forward lor Newman, whose grievanie was dismissed because she filed it more than 180 days alter the incident occurred. Because the professor had admitted to the m< ident. Newman felt like she had been "kicked in the stomach when her grievance was dis missed. Newman, who still finds the incident difficult to talk about, said she wishes she had been stronger to stand up to the harass ment when it first began. But by speaking out, "I hope I can make other women aware of the prob lem at the University," she said. ♦ ♦ ♦ COjAAOf+ 4 + .*. ^00YeaR on ^Sh3rnan'sp*/> ^vecwre w/*/, The Oregon Special I pr undo ycHgie