Ninety- Three Years ofr Editorial Freedom i:l;t E Lit 43UU 1EkiiIlj Hibernation Partly cloudy today with a high around 40. The low should dip near 30 tonight. Vol.XCIII, No. 156 Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan-Saturday, April 16, 1983 Ten Cents Ten Pag Profs charged with sexual harassment es By JANET COHEN Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily Charges of sexual harassment this year have led to the resignations of two University faculty members and for- mal disciplinary hearings for two other professors, according to Univer- sity officials. Virginia Nordby, director of the Of- fice of Affirmative Action, said her of- fice also is looking into about 10 other cases of harassment which she terms "serious." IN ONE CASE pending in Rackham Graduate School, a medical school professor "did in the laboratory sometimes refer to women as cunts ... did on occasion grab or twist the arms of (a female student), did make Hundreds of women march to 'take back the night' By GWENDY STANSBURY ForBover an hour last night, about 500 women marched through the streets of Ann Arbor to "Take Back the Night." The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Coalition Against Rape called the fourth-annual three-mile march and rally preceding it to bring attention to the fact that women are raped and assaulted much more than people tend to think. Take Back the Night marches originated in Europe but quickly spread to the United States in the early '70s and have been growing rapidly ever since. These marches protest the fact that the See 500, Page5 sexually suggestive gestures, and did write instructions to (the student) on a notepad picturing female genitalia," according to the confidential report of a faculty review committee. The professor admitted, according to the report, that he "twice caused the release of potentially dangerous nitrogen tetroxide, once squirted (the student) in the eyes with acetone, and on one or more occasions left radioac- tive materials about in ways that were potentially dangerous." The three-member Rackham Appeals Board concluded that the medical school professor, who was ad- vising the female student on her doc- 'toral dissertation when the alleged in- cidents occurred, "should be removed from the roles of the graduate faculty 'For every case we hear about, many go un- reported because the cost (of speaking out) is so high.' -Robert Holbrook, University administrator faculty members knew about the situation, they did not take any action, she said. "No one cared. The medical school must be a real haven for those people." A SECOND,.professor involved in a sexual harassment case faces possible dismissal for his actions.. His case currently is being heard by the faculty's Committee on Tenure under "Section 5.09" of the Regents' bylaws for cases involving dismissal. This is the first time in the Univer- sity's history that such dismissal hearings have been held, said Charles Allmand, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs. The hearings began several months ago, said William Stebbins, chairman of the tenure committee reviewing the case. He said he could not predict how long the proceedings would last. Stebbins declined further comment on the case, saying that publicity would harm the individual's chance to receive a fair hearing. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS say the current cases ;may represent only a fraction of the actual incidents of sexual harassment on campus. "For every case we hear about, many go unreported because the cost (of speaking out) is so high," said Robert Holbrook, associate vice president for academic affairs. Students who report sexual harassment not only expose themselves to embarassment, they face what might be a very lengthy and difficult grievan- See 'U', Page 2 for five years," which would keep him off research committees and ban him from working with Rackham students. NORDBY WOULD not discuss the specifics of the case, but she said that the recommended penalty is considered to be severe. Others familiar with the case called the penalty "a slap on the hand," noting that the professor, who also holds a teaching appointment in the medical school, will continue to in- struct medical students. The student involved, who has since completed her Ph.D., said she went to the Rackham administration because the medical school has no grievance procedure. Although many medical school Comnittee Amanda McElya, Ruth McElya, and Bronwyn Maddux, applaud yesterday during the Take Back the Night Rally o side the Federal Building. okay schoo By BILL SPINDLE A top University budget committee has endorsed a proposed 40 percent reduction in the School of Education's budget, University officials announced yesterday. The plan would eliminate almost the entire undergraduate program in the ANKEL school and reduce the faculty by nearly a third. The cut would equal about $2 gut- million. JOAN STARK, dean of the education - school, sharply criticized the recom- mendation, saying that the plan would not leave the school with sufficient fun- ds to design quality, programs and that many education school faculty mem- bers will want to leave the University. in In a prepared statement, Stark also said that the recommendations were not adequately documented and con- tained "obvious biases, ommissions, and lack of understanding of our field." The Budget Priorities Committee, in [ endorsing the plan of its education school review subcommittee, said that the school should reduce its un- dergraduate enrollment to about 50 students in specialized programs. Un- dergraduate enrollment was about 450 students last year. THE PLAN calls for smaller reduc- tions in the number of graduate studen- s have ts, bringing total enrollment in the win- school down by about 43 percent. open. The committee's report said the n, the enrollment reductions were needed to inally allow the school to emphasize resear- ch and have "more intensive, focused under concern with the field of professional Cian- practice." ed. cuts Union 1 t renovatio proj ects approa ci completioi By SUE BARTO The rubble has cleared, moldings appeared around doorways and dows, and shops are beginning to After 14 months of construction Michigan Union renovations are fi near completion. "We're slightly ahead andi budget," Union directorFrank ciola boasts, "What we havz h finish work." THE MAJORITY of the remaining on the.67 year-old strui will be done on tYra 425-seat food se opera tionon. ground floor. Catered sl University Food Ser the restaurant will feature several up counters serving foods rangin coffee and doughnuts to gyro: potato skins. Cianciola said tile, c and food service equipment still h be installed before the restal begins serving in September, 1983 It will serve meals and snacks a and offer live entertainment in tl ter of its three-tiered common s area during the evenings. Food being test-marketed atthe temp sandwichstand in the first floor lo ALREADY IN full swing is th See UNION, Page 6, Undergraduate enrollment was hit the hardest because the committee felt "that preparation of teachers should not be the primary focus of the school." THE COMMITTEE agreed with an earlier recommendation that the physical education department be moved out of the education school but did not address other issues involving the department, such as its budget, number of faculty members, enrollment, or ties with the athletic department. The earlier report had asked for specific large cuts in physical education enrollment and faculty, but the Budget Priorities Committee said it would delay discussion of those issues until its other work is completed. The school also should reduce its faculty from the equivalent of 75 full- time professors to 45, the committee said. THAT WOULD mean the elimination of 21 tenured professors, according to Stark. The dean said yesterday that retirement would account for only six of those positions within the four years recommended for the cuts. The University has never fired a tenured faculty member, and top ad- ministrators have said that they hope to avoid having to do so. But the ad- ministration has left lay-offs as an op- tion if professors can't be relocated within the University or encouraged to leave through financial deals. Stark also said she was concerned that the large cut would prompt the school's better professors to look for See BUDGET, Page 5 Daily Photo by DAVID FRANKEL Phi Gamma Delta members Mike Nelson and Duncan McLean dive into the 600-gallon vat of jello yesterday on Palmer Field. leilo attracts warm support By JAYNE HEND E y el ' By JANE HNDELLast year's iello jump, held in the diag in equally frigid I Most students spend Friday afternoons anticipating Friday night. But about 60 brave souls spent yesterday af- ternoon plunging into a 600-gallon vat of green jello. It wasn't boredom that motivated the divers to bear the unseasonably cold weather. It was the chance to win a trip to New York and tickets to a broadway show which brought them to the Second Annual Jello Jump. CO-SPONSORED by Pi Beta Phi sorority and Phi Gam- ma Delta fraternity, the event drew 800 spectators to Palmer Field to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy. Over 4,000 raffle tickets were sold for the jump which made an estimated $2,000 said John Schierloh, social ser- vices chairman at Phi Gamma Delta. weather, raised the same amount of money but attracted a crowd of only 300 said Scheirloh, who is known as "jello head" to some fraternity members.. THE GUEST OF honor, Dick-the-Bruiser, a popular disc jockey on WRIF radio station in Detroit, drew the winning lottery tickets. Each ticket number corresponded with a golf ball which was buried at the bottom (f the vat. To win one of the 59 prizes or the grand prize trip to New York, the ticket owner had to take a dive into the jello and retrieve a golf ball, or have a fraternity or sorority member do so for them. ~ See JELLO, Page 2 eft is work ucture ervice vices, 1 step- g from s and arpet, ave to urant 3. all day ie cen- eating ds are porary Abby. the U- Exit Daily, enter finals With the coming of finals, the Daily goes out of publication today for the remainder of winter term. The summer Daily will start up on Thursday, May 5, under a new format. Due to budget con- straints, the summer Daily won't be quite a daily this year. Instead of its usual five-day-a-week format, the summer Daily will hit your doorsteps and the stores on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. Although we plan to bring back the five-day format next summer, we have plenty of enthusiasm for this year. The three-day-a-week paper will allow for expanded features, greater coverage of the local arts scene than we normally have in the summer, all the Michigan sports, and summaries of world and national events. For those of you heading out of town for the summer, we invite you to sub- scribe by mail. It only costs a few bucks, and you'll want to be the first kid on the block to know when the Univer- sity administration sneaks through the elimination of LSA or the engineering college or something. The fall term Daily - along with our highly popular Weekend magazine - will resume regular schedule on the fir- st day of classes in September. To subscribe call 764-0558. -The Daily staff TODAY Sold out show W ILL IT BE your Great Aunt Mabel or Cousin Elmer who will lose the privilege of seeing you take that hard-earned piece of paper at spring commencement? University officials have had / Skirts hurt ON'T TELL them in the South Pacific, but wearing grass skirts can be hazardous to your health. A report by investigators in Papua, New Guinea, said females and some males wear skirts, usually made from coconut or banana leaves rather than grass because they are traditional and economical. Unfortunately, said the article Synergy, a new literary journal. The journal, on sale for 75 cents at the school, includes samples of creative writing, artwork, and photography produced by Natural Resources students. The Daily almanac N THIS DATE in 1982, more than 250 students packed ignoring calls they received directing them to meet at Perry Field for the raid. " 1971 - A Daily reporter and free-lance photographer were arrested and charged with felony offenses while covering the activities of "billboard bandits"cutting down signs along a road near Jackson, Mich. On the inside. ; .