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GRIEVANCE
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a) way," be said
Some victims may opt lo speak
to friends or counselors instead
of filings grievance Students
often have refrained from filing
formal complaints against limit
professors out of fear that the pro
fessors will retaliate against them.
mu h as victimising them on tlimr
final grade, he said
Lehrman said that some stu
dents file informal complaints
beta use they say." 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.
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OPTIONS
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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.
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