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Despite the policy change, many
feel there is an understanding between
students and faculty that certain ideas
and statements should not be expressed
in the classroom or anywhere else on
campus. -
"I feel that universities are not in
the sameposition as society as awhole.
The reason is they have a mandate to
educate young people in this country
and they should be more sensitive to
what is appropriate and set the stan-
dard for appropriate behavior," said
Mike Dashner, an employee of the
University's Minority Student Ser-
vices.
"The problem lies with defining
what is appropriate behavior. There's
a broad spectrum. One person's feel-
ing of freedom of speech might in-
fringe on another persons feeling of
personal harassment," Dashner added.
Although there have been no for-
mal complaints made under the in-
terim policy, issues of free speech and
discrimination have arisen in Univer-
sity classrooms.
Sociology Prof. David Goldberg
was the target ofanoymous charges of
racial and sexual harassment in March
by students in his Sociology 510
course.
The students alleged that Goldberg
harassed "entire groups of people
based on their particular racial or eth-
nic identities, gender, or sexual orien-
tation" by questioning the validity of
statistics that have often been used to
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prove that women and minorities are
oppressed.
Then-Sociology chair Howard
Schuman considered attempting to
remove Goldberg but did not com-
plete the process. The department
opened an alternative section of Soci-
ology 510 to be taught by another
professor.
"There was an anonymous com-
plaint that was made about Goldberg,
but he was never charged with any-
thing," said Richard Lempert, Sociol-
ogy chair.
Although there is no official ban,
students still have ways to redress
harassment by faculty members.
Students are protected from dis-
crimination in regents' Bylaw 14.06
which prohibits discrimination on the
basis of sex, race, sexual orientation,
national origin and other characteris-
tics.
They can also file grievances
against faculty members with their
school or college. If a student feels
discriminated against, "the student can
raise questions with the department
chair. It is a more productive way to
have their concerns addressed. The
department chair is in charge of the
siaff and is in the position to take
action," Griffin said.
The interim policy remains in ef-
fect in the workplace.
"(The policy) deals with discrimi-
natory behavior including harassment
toward individuals based on differ-
enCes in race or ethnicity, in gender,
r, ligion, in sexual orientation or other
differences not germane to the perfor-
mance of the work," Whitaker said.
The values of civility and free
SpeCh in the University community
will be iscussed at the October meet-
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"It looks a little chaotic," said RC
sophomore Chris Mordy. "If I didn't
know anybody on MSA I probably
wouldn't have come."
Both MSA President Craig
Greenberg and Vice President Brian
Kight said last night's meeting was a
success, despite the low turnout.
"Good or bad, successful or not, it
opens us up to more students," Kight
said.
Much of last night's discussion
centered on the question of who the
assembly should nominate to the Bud-
get Priorities Committee (BPC). The
10-person committee is responsible
for making recommendations toMSA
about student organizations' requests
for funding.
The MSA members of the com-
mittee were approved as nominated,
leaving the fate of the four student
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the nominating committee, the entire
board or even subcommittees ... and
this authority must be in Act."
Baker said he and the other regents
did not intentionally break the law.
"We acted in good faith in what we
thought was permissible under the
law, but the state Supreme Court has
ruled otherwise."
Harrison concurred. "The regents
acted in good faith under the Open
Meetings Act and the Freedom of In-
formation Act."
Harrison also said the regents were
faxed the synopsis of the case early
yesterday and will be mailed the en-
tire opinion.
Baker said this would have an im-
pact on future presidential searches
and, potentially, other searches of
lower-ranking officials.
But Harrison said, "I don't believe
this will apply to other University
searches, because presidential
candidates up in the air until next
week's meeting.
A number of MSA members ques-
tioned the process by which candi-
dates were chosen, asking that more
diverse representatives be considered.
"These students came to me out of
their own desire to be on the commit-
tee," said BPC Chair Jacob Stern. He
stressed the importance of getting
more students involved in MSA, re-
gardless of their background.
In other business, a resolution to
support the addition of "sexual orien-
tation" to regents' Bylaw 14.06had to
be tabled by the assembly because
there were not enough members on
hand by the end of the meeting for a
vote to be held. MSA also decided to
help fund this year's Homecoming
celebration, sponsored by the Univer-
sity Activities Center.
searches are the only ones that regents
are involved in."
The regents and the University
have argued that high-quality candi-
dates would not apply for the position
if their identities were made public.
Baker, who spoke to the
University's legal counsel yesterday,
said the decision will make the pro-
cess more difficult and cited the re-
cent presidential search at Michigan
State University.
"Look at MSU. After the list of
candidates was released, the 15 seated
university presidents pulled their tails.
And the principal candidate (Dale
Lick) was fired."
Petykiewicz said applying for the
University presidency would notharm
candidates' reputations.
"It's a great institution and I just
don't believe people will see that as a
black mark against themselves," he
said.
Another issue addressed by the
court was the University's refusal to
release travel records of regents.
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