The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 25, 1989- Page 3 Facult Y MARION DAVIS Members of the faculty's Senate As- sembly debated for months over a policy to Deter and punish acts of discriminatory ha- tassment. On Monday, the policy passed unanimously, and now faculty members are beginning to discuss how it will affect them. The policy imposes disciplinary action, $uch as formal reprimands or even suspen- $ions, on faculty members accused of dis- *riminatory harassment. The policy will now return to its origi- hal drafting committee and then to the ex- ecutive officers for approval. But assembly nembers will not necessarily have input in further revisions. "It is definitely necessary to have the y members debate new 'code' policy," said Karen Kempf, an administra- tive assistant in the College of Engineer- ing, adding that she has witnessed acts of racial discrimination and sexual harassment while she worked at previous jobs, and where victims had nowhere to complain. Unlike the previous staff policies, which were scattered throughout regental bylaws and the Standard Practice Guide, Kempf said the new policy more effectively specifies places to file a complaint. But Kempf said the true test of the policy is yet to come. "Until they are actually faced with a case, they will not be able to find loopholes in the language of the policy," she said. Many assembly members concurred dur- ing Monday's debate that the policy was vague. Several wording amendments passed because faculty were concerned that people would not know when they were actually violating the policy. SACUA member Gayl Ness, a professor of sociology, said he was concerned about vague language in the policy, but he thought the amendments addressed most of the concerns. "We should have articulated it like this a while ago," he said. Ness noted that the policy is a good starting point, being both a law and an at- tempt at therapy. The proposal provides re- sources and suggestions for confidential personal counseling for both the accused and the complainant, he said. But Sheila Mallett, an academic secre- tary in the School of Social Work, said she hopes people will realize the policy is there to help them and will not be afraid to voice their complaints. She said she is worried that people might think their complaints will leak out to the public. Others have reservations about the pol- icy's scope. Civil Engineering Prof. Don- ald Gray, a Senate Assembly member, said the policy should address discrimination complaints based on socioeconomic status, as well as racial discrimination and sexual harassment. Academic freedom was another major concern of the faculty. During Monday's Senate meeting, many expressed concern about academic freedom might be limited or "chilled" if the policy does not include a provision to protect controversial state- ments in lectures. Ness said the policy does a much better job of protecting academic freedom and first amendment rights than previous drafts he has seen. Faculty and administrators started work on central guidelines for staff members after the University accepted a similar policy for students last year. Michigan Student Assembly President Mike Phillips said it was significant that the faculty created its own policy. Phillips, who had criticized the student policy because he said the administration did not listen to student input, said, "Maybe it will not hurt for students to work on their own harassment policy." Foreign group holds a ,forum BY STEVEN FELDMAN The University's "Diversity Day" nay have came and gone, but at the Ecumenical Campus Center (ECC) on 921 Church Street, every Tuesday is a "diversity day." Every week the ECC holds an4 informal dinner and discussion called ;the "Tuesday Global Village," a fo- rum regularly attended by 10 to 12 y foreign students to meet and discuss international issues while making e -1 new friends. The students come from :such nations as the Netherlands,[nternational students meet at Mexico, Indonesia, Zaire, and Korea. Center. New pro-choice group formed BY LAURA COHN Last night, members of a new pro-choice group drafted a response to the National Organization for Women's charges at an East Lansing rally on Saturday that they were "vigilantes." About 30 members of the Ann Arbor Committee to Defend Abor- tion Rights, formed earlier this month by the Lesbian and Gay Rights Organizing Committee, par- ticipated in last night's meeting. AACDAR spokesperson and alumna Rhonda Laur said after the meeting that her group opposes blockage of women's health clinics, while NOW prefers to hold pro- choice rallies. The new group's goals include the defense of abortion rights, sup- porting the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abor- tion, and retraction of Proposal A, which banned state-funded abortions. The AACDAR members said they wanted to stop forced steriliza- tions of women of low economic status, stop attacks on women's health clinics, ensure free contracep- tion, and encourage quality sex edu- cation, including sexual orientation issues. The group's first meeting was on Jan. 12, at which they decided to participate in both the pro-choice rally held Friday at the Diag. and in a demonstration Saturday at the East GYN Center in Northeast Detroit. About 100 people from Ann Ar- bor and Detroit, including several AACDAR members, guarded the doors to Detroit's East GYN Center last Saturday so Operation Rescue, a group which opposes abortion, could not block the clinic. "Our function on Saturday was to get there before the anti-choicers," said Laur. "We argued that there needed to be immediate response to the situa- tion," said Paul Henry, a member of LaGROC. Laur said she is very concerned about the abortion issue.+- "Especially after the passing 6f Proposal A, I'm so worried thit women are not going to be able t'o have abortions. If certain women atp so poor that they need state aid, not way are they going to be able to af- ford an abortion," she said. LINDSAY MOHHIS/Uay a "Tuesday Global Village" last night at the Ecumenical Anjali Pathak - a history gradu- ate student who founded the group 'along with ECC director Rev. Nile Harper - said she "felt that (previously) international students did not have an appropriate forum to ,discuss their interests and also meet 'people" When the group was first formed lust October, it was comprised mostly of women and the topics discussed were mainly women's is- sues, said Pathak, who is from India. 'But in the new semester, "Tuesday Global Village" is attempting to be more inclusive of male foreign stu- dents and their views. Four men were at the discussion table last night, even though the evening's topic of abortion could be considered by some to be a women's issue. Ann Arbor resident Christine Ilunga talked about her experiences performing abortions in her home country of Zaire. Lourdes Sanchez- Solis, a Natural Resources senior from Mexico, told of a high school teacher she knew who was fired for talking about birth control and abor- tion during class. Sharif Wahdan, an Architecture school graduate from Egypt, pointed out that it is important for men to actively participate in the discussion of such topics. "If men and women are not working together, you cannot have society," she said. The group is encouraging more male participation, and it also en- courages American students to come to the discussions. First-year Residential College student Anna Schlossberg, for ex- ample, has become a regular at the meetings. "I thought it was so unusual... people were talking about things that were so important, discussions I didn't even have with my American friends," Schlossberg said. 1 J T , 'Four Uni KY MONICA SMITH Four male University students were detained by campus security and arrested by Ann Arbor police for stealing a Foosball machine from Couzens residence hall early last week. , Residents of Couzens witnessed the students' activity around 3 a.m. and called a resident advisor to report it, according to the police report and Building Director Darlene Ray- Jphnson. The men removed a foos- ball machine, a mechanical soccer game, from the game room and out of the building. After resident advi- sor, Jeffrey Kolcon, confronted the iversity students arrested for 'Hell Week' prank. men and called campus security, the men were detained by security until police arrived. Ann Arbor Police Detective Frank Hoy said yesterday that he submitted the report on Monday to the prosecutor's office, which deter- mines the charges to be filed. Hoy said he expects to hear from the prosecutor later this week. Police will not release the names of the students - who are all mem- bers of the Sigma Alpha Mu frater- nity - until their arraignment. The fraternity has confirmed that the men are members, but declined comment on whether any disci- plinary action would be taken. "The fraternity does not condone their actions in any way," said Vice President Todd Fishbein. "Yet, as fraternity members they are deserv- ing of our support and they will get it." Fishbein added that the fraternity did not suggest that the men should steal anything. He would not con- firm if the robbery was a prank. According to the police report, one of the students said they took the machine to impress other frater- nity members. The men also claimed EE V J it was part of a scavenger hunt in which they were participating that night for 'hell week.' According to Johnson, the four men are not residents of Couzens. Johnson said she had spoken finished collecting information briefly with the resident advisor in- the incident. volved and that the advisor followed the proper procedure by calling Kolcon was unavailable security. She added that she has not comment. INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS FOR:sf: Spring-Summer 1989 Study Abroad Programs are as follows: THE LIST What's happening in Ann Arbor today OXFORD, SUMMER -Speakers "Laser Fluorescence and Pho- toionation Detecto for Liquid Chromatography" - Victoria McGuffin, MSU, 1200 Chem., 4:10 pm. "Transition Metals Promoted Addihers of Carbon Nucle- philes to Alkenes and Dienes" - Carol Retherford, Chem. Dept., 1300 Chem., 4 pm. "A Very Proper Discussion of the Gross Indecency Laws" - Privacy Challenge Forum, Hutchins Hall, Rm. 150, 7 pm. All interested persons are encouraged to attend. Meetings LASC Meeting - Wolverine Rm. A, B, C, Michigan Union, Mercedes Selgado Video, 8 pm. Indian & Pakistani-American Students' Council -- Michigan Rm. Michigan Union, 7:30 pm. Mitzvah Project - Biweekly Meeting, Hillel, 1429 Hill St., Rm. 2, 6:30 pm. U of M Taekwondo - 2275 CCRB, 6:30-8:15 pm. Contact Tim pm. For more info. call 764-4084 or send message to Archery @ UB. UMASC (U of M Asian Stu- dent Coalition) - 2439 Mason Hall, 5 pm. Furthermore Impact Dance Workshop - Dance workshops for non dance ma- jors, Michigan Union Ballroom, 9 pm. Starting Up an International Friendship - Brown Bag Discus- sion, International Center, 12 noon-1 pm. Part of Global Friendships and Relationships Series. On-Campus Recruiting Pro- gram Information Session - MLB, Lecture Rm. 1, 8:10-9:30 am. Emplopyer Presentation: Ford Motor Co. - Career Planning and Placement Center, Conference. Rm., 5:30-6:30 pm. Pre-Conference Workshop - Michigan Union Anderson Rm., 6- 7:30 pm. Concerned Faculty Brown Bag Lunch - Guild House, 12 noon. Beans & Rice Dinner - By .. .. w w Wednesday Haven Hall, January 25, 4:00 P. M. 7th Floor Lounge .. . V ' i yi « ii Z i LONDON, SUMMER' Thursday January 26, 7:00 P.M. Tappan Hall, Room 180 PARIS, SPRING Monday January 30, 4:00 P.M. MLB 4th Floor Commons FLORENCE, SUMMER Tuesday January 31, 4:00 P.M. MLB 4th Floor Commons SEVILLE, SUMMER Tuesday January 31, 4:00 P.M. MLB Room B-116 I 3