1e M diiga ait Vol. C, No. 52 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, November 15, 1990 CGP~r'ght 990 Senate Assembly to discuss faculty, staff harassment policy by Nicole James Daily Staff Reporter Twelve additional revisions to a policy which would punish Univer- sity faculty and staff for discrimina- tory harassment will be discussed at the faculty's Senate Assembly meet- ing Monday. The Senate Assembly has been debating the policy for three years. Under the policy, faculty and staff may not verbally, sexually, or phys- ically conduct themselves in a way that adversely affects or interferes with the education, employment, housing, or participation in a Uni- versity activity of an individual based upon the individual's race, re- ligion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or handicap. The policy also states that faculty and staff members should avoid con- sensual sexual relationships if one individual "is in a position to influ- ence the education, employment, housing, or participation in a Uni- versity activity of the other." Also, speech that "disrupts the workplace or substantially reduces or impairs the activities of other mem- bers of the University community... may be prohibited." The policy enumerates types of conduct which would be "protected by academic freedom." After a formal investigation, a policy violation may result in a rec- ommendation to be forwarded to the dean or director for punishment rang- ing from reprimand to dismissal. The policy will not be voted on at the meeting because two-thirds of the Assembly members are unfamil- iar with the policy, said Peggie Hollingsworth, chair of the Assem- bly and the Senate Advisory Com- mittee On University Affairs (SACUA). New members have been elected to the Assembly since the first version of the policy was passed. The Assembly will inform the new members on the policy, discuss the document, and "collect the con- cerns of the people," said SACUA Executive Assistant Laina Savory. University General Counsel Elsa Cole will attend the meeting to an- swer questions. Professor Tom Tentler, the SACUA liaison to the Civil Liber- ties Board, will be present to "tell the Senate Assembly where the Civil Liberties Board stands on the issue," he said. There may be concerns about some of the wording of the policy. The faculty has to decide if any in- fringement on academic freedom ex- ists, said Savory. Chalker may face criminal charge by Josephine Ballenger Daily Crime Reporter A University student may face the criminal charge of malicious de- struction of property for chalking on University grounds. Todd Ochoa, an LSA junior and member of Michigan Student As- sembly's Student Rights Commis- sion, was writing with chalk across campus Saturday afternoon when a University maintenance truck caught up to him near the C.C. Lit- tle bus stop. Ochoa wrote "No guns, no cops, no code" on cement areas while walking from the Union to the bus stop. He was stopped at 1:33 p.m., according to Ann Arbor police re- ports. City detective Douglas Barbour, who investigates crimes on Univer- sity property, said the Chemistry Dept. filed the complaint with De- partment of Public Safety and Secu- rity (DPSS). Barbour said Ochoa chalked up concrete pillars of the new Dow Chemistry Building and of Haven Hall. Ochoa said three grounds crew workers approached him on N. University, told him to stop chalk- ing, and asked him to "step against their truck." Ochoa said he felt threatened and "politely declined" the workers' re- quest. The maintenance workers then radioed DPSS, and two officers soon arrived on the scene. Lieut. Rachel Flint questioned Ochoa See CHALKER, Page 2 40 occupy 's. office, pr 10( )s march Students present demands for dialogue with 'U' officials A Music school senior takes part in the sit-in at the Fleming Building yesterday to protest the University's deputization and arming of campus security officers. 'U' and students clas on deputization issue by Sarah Schweitzer and the administration to turn back are deputizing security off Daily Administration Reporter the clock on the decision - a deci- sure the safety of students icers to en- by Tami Pollak and Sarah Schweitzer Daily Staff Reporters Regents Plaza was lit up by hun- dreds of candles last night to show solidarity with the approximately 40 members of Students for a Safer Campus (SSC) who stormed Presi- dent James Duderstadt's outer office yesterday afternoon. The students took over the of- fices armed with a list of demands aimed at rectifying "the alienation and isolation of students from the University's decision-making pro- cesses." Just after 3 p.m. students marched into Duderstadt's office in an orderly fashion, presented their list of five demands to personnel, and asked to see the President. When told that he was not in, students an- nounced they were prepared to sit and wait until administrators agreed to open negotiations. Executive Director of University Relations Walter Harrison, represent- ing the administration, immediately confronted the students and declined to recognize any of their demands. "We have no plans to do any- thing except proceed along the lines the regents have already approved," Harrison said. In response to Harrison's refusal to consider the demands, one student said, "Since you won't deal with us in a respectable way, we'll just wait." Heading up the list of demands was a call for the University to stop all plans to deputize its security force. Harrison called the sit-in an overt display of "political theater." One student responded to Harri- son's comment by insisting, "We're not actors - we're telling the truth. Instead of telling the truth and run- ning, this time we're sitting down." By 5 p.m. the doors to the Flem- ing Building were locked and flanked by a team of University security per- sonnel. Phone lines to the Presi- dent's office were also shut off. At 10 p.m. a candle light vigil was held outside the Fleming Build- ing to show support for the students still barricaded inside. To the beat of a drum and the flash of office lights which were flicked on and off by students inside, approximately 100 students held candles and chanted, "No guns, no See SIT-IN, page 2 Student opposition to deputiza- tion, which has steadily gained fol- lowers and visibility all year, now stands poised for a head-on collision with University officials with no resolution in sight. sion officials say will stand. Many student leaders see armed security as the instrument by which the administration will control stu- dent behavior. With the specter of police brutal- ization of student protesters in the 1960s in mind, activists fear the armed officers will attempt to quell protests and will create a force de- signed to intimidate students. But University officials say they "Sheer nonsense," was how Re- gent Paul Brown (D-Petoskey) de- scribed the suggestion that armed se- curity officers would be used to quiet student protestors. Students opposed to deputization, however, claim if the University were truly concerned with safety, it would implement other safety sug- gestions - such as improved light- ing, expanded night walking ser- See DEPUTIZATION, Page 2 Daily News Analysis Today, hundreds of students will flood Regents' Plaza in the hopes of convincing the Board of Regents Sunrunner drops to fifth by David Kheingold Daily Staff Reporter CHANDLER, Australia - "Gentlemen, we have a race. Right here, in the middle of the Outback, we have a true race," said Paul Weissel, a sports director for a local radio station, yesterday. Indeed. After an intense but cloudy fourth day of the World Solar Chal- lenge, Sunrunner, the solar car from the University of Michigan, dropped to fifth place, behind Ingenierschule Biel, Honda, Hoxan, and Western Washing- ton University. Although the Sunrunner technically pulled off the road in fifth place, Hoxan, a Japanese manufacturer of so- lar cells, and Western Washington con- tinued racing after 5 p.m., when the cars normally stop racing for the day. Race regulations allow the cars to leave the road within ten minutes be- fore or after 5 o'clock every afternoon, provided they compensate the follow- ing morning when they resume the 1900-mile race. As a result, Michigan will begin this morning before the other two teams. "It looks as if we're not doing very well because yesterday we were in third and today we're in fifth, but the third place team is two kilometers down the road, the fourth place team is one kilometer down the road, and we've made a 25-kilometer gain on Honda, who's in second," said Engineering se- nior Susan Fancy, the team manager. Overcoming Honda seems more likely to the team than overcoming the Swiss team Biel, with its 276 kilome- ters (171 mile) lead. place Engineering graduate Doug Parker, who handles logistics and finance. The big goal now seems to be sec- ond place. Since Biel holds a nearly unreachable lead, Hoxan, Michigan, 'It looks as if we're not doing very well because yesterday we were in third and today we're in fifth, but the third place team is two kilometers down the road' - Engineering senior Susan Fancy Sunrunner team manager Larrimah Tennant Creek Barrow Creek Alice Springs Kulgera Cooper Pedy i k Pimba 4 Port Piria FINISH- Adelaide Racing the Worldu "It would be extremely difficult. It could be done. You can't rule it out. It would take some sort of failure or catastrophic weather intervention," said and Western Washington University are all hoping to surpass Honda. "Anyone could catch Honda now, including us," Fancy said. - - V V Westen's lectures inspire students MSA election turn out may hit record by Joanna Broder Prof. Drew Westen stood in front of his more than 600-person after- noon lecture and demanded his stu- dents quiet down immediately. He told them he was sick and tired of constantly having to handle incon- siderate loud students when he was ready to begin class. All of a sudden Westen's harsh- ness lifted and he asked his students "I think when you teach you don't want to just impart concepts, but if you want people to really un- derstand them, you have to do it in a way that seems alive. The thing about psychology is that it is about people, and if you can take a psych class and be untouched personally, you probably haven't taken a very f good psych class," he said. Many students enjoy Westen's by Christine Kloostra Daily MSA Reporter Although final tabulations have not been made, a high number of students cast ballots in the first day of the Michigan Student Assembly elections. Rebbeca Gebes, administrative coordinator and former election direc- tor, said the turnout was higher than average and could possibly set a day of voting tomorrow would de- pend on several factors, such as weather and voter apathy. l:SA elections '90 Minor problems - such as poll I Sf . l t . ...zv :, .-..v. ...