The Michigan Daily--Thursday, May 10, 1979-Page 9 NOW STUDY RESULTS: Women sexually harassed in workplace DETROIT (UPI) - A representative of the Michigan chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) says studies show at least 75 per cent of all women have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. This problem, according to Ruth Jef- fries, merits specific legal safeguards. "THE NATIONAL Organization for Women feels the woman in the work force and/or the victim of sexual harassment requires the protection of the law," Jeffries said yesterday. "She cannot take her husband, her father or her brother to work with her." Jeffries testified at the last of a series of statewide hearings dealing with sexual harassment at work. Several women also told of how they were for- ced to quit or change jobs because of advances by their bosses. Labor and civil rights officials spon- sored the hearings to help determine whether current state law is adequate to deal with sexual harassment on the job. SOME WOMEN testified anonymous- ly at the hearing sponsored by the Michigan Task Force on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace and the state Department of Labor, saying they were embarrassed or feared for their jobs if they spoke publicly. One woman, Tami Hudson, 19, of Detroit, testified she was forced to quit her job working for a suburban veterinarian because of repeated harassment by a doctor with whom she worked. WHEN SHE complained, Hudson said the doctor denied making advan- ces and two female co-workers who also had been harassed refused to back her up. She now is seeking unemployment compensation. "I felt I could handle it on my own," she said. "My father wanted to come down but I said no. I thought I could do THE V NEW YORK (AP)-"The Vikings" is scheduled to open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October of 1980. The museum calls it "the largest and most comprehensive exhibition ever organzied on the storied seafaring people of ancient Scandinavia." It says objects in the exhibit will be drawn from museums and other collec- tions in Denmark, Germany, Britain, it myself, but it justgot out of hand." Current state law does not specifically outlaw sexual harassment. However, it does bar sex discrimination and state civil rights officials conlider sexual harassment to be a form of sex discrimination. IKINGS Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. It says the objects "will be organized to reveal aspects of Viking religion and way of life as well as to show the Vikings as warriors, traders and ex- plorers of Europe and the North Atlan- tic." Before its New York showing, the exhibit will be at the British Museum in London, beginning Feb. 14, 1980. ur ro th di je 01 Major revisions made in Project Outreach (Continued from Psaid the elimination of some projects Despite the major revisions in the work," said Reinharz, who will be on Page3) will hurt students at the University. program, Reinharz said she hopes the sabbatical next year, leaving Outreach ndergraduates in this (supervisory) "To cut back on projects like this is many problems will be alleviated. in the hands of Psychology Prof. Har- le. We felt Outreach was going over disappointing," said Nickerson. "Also, "I view it as a conservative action, vey Reed. "One year has passed and a 1e line between education and ex- a good part of the program involves the and it will be a real challenge to make it new era is approaching." erience." real peer closeness which develops - it Knott said the Executive Committee cuts through the role differences ex- dl eno oppos ther cp of exprie- perienced with faculty members." n t O rs O n W la d sted to certain practices in Project utreach. NICKERSON ALSO said other b Many students who have been in- changes such as increasing reading bill continues in House volved with Outreach were disappoin- ted . and angry with the revised Outreach plans, and said reductions in undergraduate supervision of projects would seriously hurt the program. "I REALLY feel badly about what they've (the LSA Executive Commit- tee) done," said Kathy Bohn, an April graduate of the University who served as a coordinator for Outreach last semester. "I don't think they looked at students' opinions about the project, and instead just used their own judgment. I think it was a political decision." Bohn said by eliminating the "step- by-step" undergraduate supervision in the program, a valuable leadership ex- perience will be lost. "I learned a lot and changed in more ways than I can say in the four years I was involved in the program," said Bohn. Mark Nickerson, a graduate student in the School of Social Work and a TA for Outreach agreed with Bohn, and Milliken calls of Indian fish requirements and revising individual projects would have been more ap- propriate than those demanded by the LSA Executive Committee. However, Knott said it was necessary to go beyond such minor revisions and revise the basic structure of Outreach. "We understood the necessity for community service, but we don't believe it's necessary to get credit for it," said Knott. "We decided a very dif- ferent arrangement was necessary, and not just (reading) more books." KNOTT WILL meet with Reinharz and several Outreach staff members tomorrow to discuss detailed revisions, as well as to decide the format for review of the new program. Knott said the LSA Executive Committee would conduct an annual evaluation of Project Outreach to see how the program is working. for appeal ing ruling ms, I would ask sports fishermen, commercial fishermen-Indians and non-Indians alike-to continue to work toward an amicable settlement and to avoid confrontations." Milliken said an assessment of fish populations being conducted jointly by Indians and the DNR will continue, while the Indians will honor an agreement to close Lake Michigan to tribal commercial fishing south of Good Hart until May 15 or the assessment is completed. "I believe it is even more critical now, following the recent federal court decision, to continue discussions so that we might arrive at a mutual agreement to deter unwarranted exploitation of the fishery resources," Milliken said. By ADRIENNE LYONS Although the controversial wetlands bill finally made it to Michigan State House of Representatives Conver- sation, Environment, and Recreation committee yesterday after being passed by the State Senate early Tuesday, the controversy is not yet ex- pected to end. After hearings are held in the com- mittee and more amendments possibly added the bill will be sent to the House floor for more intense discussion and a final vote of approval. One sore spot among the bill's sup- porters and opponents is the form in which it came from the Senate. "The Senate bill was in such bad shape," said Ken Dorman, an aide for Represen- tative Dominic Jacobetti (D- Negaunee), who is expected to be a leading opponent of the bill. Doug Reece, of Representative Thomas Anderson's (D-Southgate) of- fice agreed that he didn't approve of the bill in its present form. "Certain amen- dments aren't good," he said, declining to specify which amendments he disliked most. The wetlands bill is an effort to protect the wetlands of the state of Michigan from being drained, filled, or developed without a permit from the Department of Natural Resources. Wetlands, according to the Senate bill are defined as swamps, marshes, or bogs. Although it has sparked a great deal of debate, Reece denied the bill is a sen- sitive issue. "In certain circles some in- terest factions have tried to make it sensitive. If you examine (the bill) the sensitivity shouldn't be there," he said. Reece said major opponents of the bill were likely to be from the Upper Peninsula (UP), where many wetlands are located, or "persons of a conser- vative philosophy, who don't like land regulation laws." Dorman agreed with Reece. "Seven- ty per cent of the UP is wetlands," he said. Comparing the Senate bill to a similar federal bill, he added, "If you own property, you can't be taken to court if you violate a permit (under the federal law). Under the state bill, you don't even know what the definition of a wetland is." U-M STYLISTS at the UNION Open 8:30 A.M.-5:15 P.M. Mon.-Sat. (Continued from Page3) members of those two bands, the judge said. INDIAN FISHERPERSONS have outraged sportspersons by taking fish with gill nets. The sport fisherpersons claim unrestricted fishing preys upon and threatens fish species whose populations are supported by fishing license revenues. Milliken asked that-all parties in the dispute remain calm. "As with other court decisions, the appropriate way to contest findings is through the higher courts," he said. "I urge all Michigan citizens to refrain from any overt acts which would jeopardize the personal safety of anyone," he said. 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