FEBRUARY 2ND 1983 { Sexual -Harrasment VICTORIA (CUP) - On the eve of accusations that a Uni- versity of Victoria professor has been sexually harassing students, the UVic admini- stration has finally set-up a “committee to examine sexual - grievance procedures. In early December, anon- ymous leaflets distributed around cdmpus_ warned women students that eco- nomics professor Ezra Mishan allegedly used his UVic office ‘‘to interview women for the purpose of using them as models in his home.’’ Student Wendy Warren told the Martlet student newspaper she went for .an interview in Mishan’s office. “Dr. Mishan said he liked to handle his models to a de- gree and it would be better if | enjoyed it,’’ Warren said. “One of the last things he said to me before | left was ‘well you brazen little hussy, I’Il see you in a few days.’ ”’ Warren said she decided not to model for Mishan. Neither Mishan nor UVic administrators will comment on the charges. Mishan was out of town when the leaflets were posted. Meanwhile, the UVic ad- ministration finally took action on a year-old proposal: to examine sexual grievance procedures. A committee composed of students, staff, Faculty and administrators will make recommendations for dealing with sexual harassment complaints on campus. Staff Lounges Some difficulty is being experienced in the use of staff lounges in respect to intended purpose. Firstly, staff lounges are ~ intended solely for that.pur- ‘pose and are not to be used for meetings, student interviews or other non rec- reational purposes. Secondly, lounges record- ed below are designated Smoking or non Smoking as follows: 2nd floor Sth. - Non-Smoking 3rd floor Nth. - Non-Smoking 4th floor Sth. = Smoking permitted. Board Rm. Lounge - Smok- ing permitted Library Lounge - Smoking permitted. Please respect these des- ignated areas as to their in- tended use. THE OTHER PRESS — r SASKATOON (CUP) -- Spokespeople for the Univer- sity of Saskatchewan Wo- men’s Centre are calling the recent vandalization of the centre’s office ‘‘just another example of violence against women being used to silence them.”’ Damage ranged from anti- woman graffiti on the walls and file paper thrown on the floor to destruction of photos of centre members, and urine on tables. A Red Eye, the Engineering Students’ Society newspaper, was lett on the couch. “‘Fuck me, | love it,’’ was scrawled on the chest of a daycare doll left lying on the floor. ‘We've been in the news callenging things lately,’’ said Cathy Holtslander from the centre,’’ so this was not entirely unexpected. We have no idea who it might have been. We suspect some Vandals hit center people who have been hostile to us but we have nothing firm.’’ The centre has approached the U of S Students’ Union (USSU) to repair the office. But according to USSU vice-president Beth Olley, the valdalism was ‘‘not that oad.’” ‘We're not going to the insurance company unless the Women’s Centre can demonstrate that the cost is over $50, otherwise it would be cheaper for the USSU to pick up the expense,’’ she said. Olley said the USSU is not planning any further action. ‘‘There really comes a limit of what you can do about a one-time act. “If it was us, we'd just get the janitors in and clean it up,’’ she said. Saskatoon police say the incident is still under inves: tigation. Move Over Buddy by Glen Nazaruk If you are finding the lights too bright in the col- lege, West Graydon recom- mends that you move your chair from immediately be- neath the fixture. This is a ._ far better idea than discon- necting any of the flour- escent light tubes from the fixtures because by doing so the guarantee which the electric contractor provided with the installation of the electrical services in the col- lege will be void. The college plans to have ‘these abusive fixtures either removed entirely or ex- changed with other - tubes that have different . levels of light emission. While various problems re- lating to the physital plant of the college are to be expec- ted it is hoped that any that are specifically related to lighting inthe college — can be alleviated promptly. A thorough check of all light fixtures in the college should be done immediately and any offending fixtures should be ‘either removed or altered so that their light emissions are more satisfactory. Until then all students can do, accord- ing toWest Graydon, is move their chairs to less offending areas. Move over buddy. PAGE 3 S | News | CHOP! by Glen Nazaruk Due to cutbacks to post secondary education, the 1982/1983. budget, | which was made known to the col- lege in May of 1982 was $1,200,000 short of providing sufficient funds for the col- lege to maintain the previous years level of service. One of the significant factors which caused this problem with in- adequate funding was the re- sult of the college split into two units; Kwantlen College and Douglas College. A further reduction of $350,000 was made in the 1982/1983 operating budget in July of 1982 under the provincial government's Re- straint 11 program which fur- ther reduced funding to post secondary institutions. These cutbacks directly af- fected the level of service which the college admini- stration hoped to maintain for the 82/83 academic year. A.review of administration ' date has identified major areas in the college’ curricu- lum which have been directly affected by these cutbacks. A large number of students have been affected and some examples are: Approximately five hun- dred students who applied and who were later accepted were unable to register in the programs which they had originally intended. Five hundred and seventy seven who were able to reg- ister after they were accep- ted were unable to enroll in all the courses which they had originally intended. Of these students, two hundred and sixty-five took substitute courses other than those which they had hoped and the rest were unable to fulfill their course requirements. In total this resulted in five FAS polls poor EDMONTON (CUP) - The» decision by the University of Calgary students to pull out of the Federation of Alberta’ Students (FAS) may be over- | turned by illegal polling pro- cedures. FAS is one of Alberta’s provincial student. organiza- tions. According to FAS presi- dent Don Millar, many pol- ling booths were mislocated, graduate students were seen voting illegally on two days, and the Chief Returning Of- ficer reportedly counted Thursday’s ballots without scrutineers. In the Dec. 2 and 3 referendum, 64 per- ‘cent of the voters decided to terminate FAS membership at the U of C. “It was pretty shaky, to say the least,’’ says Millar, who described the referen- dum as ‘‘a very frustrating experience.” Millar also complained about the election tactics used by the anti-FAS ‘’No’’ committee. ‘The ‘No’ campaign had people working for it that didn’t exist. The chairperson denied being involved with the committee,’’ he said. Rich Fercho. leader of the ‘““Yes’’ campaign, said the “‘No’’ side distributed most of the material at night, boy- cotted the forums and had very little contact with stud- dents. Lethbridge Community College students voted 81 percent a week later to pull out of FAS. The organization now has four members and one, Grande Prairie College, will hold a pullout vote soon. hundred and eleven fewer academic course registra- tions than had there been minimal or no cutbacks to post secondary education. There are still a large number of students who are unable to register in the college and of the students who meet the entrance quali- fications of the college, four hundred and fifty are on waiting lists for admission to applied programs of limited enrollment and are unable to register. Since 1975 fiscal restraint policies of various provincial and federal governments have been cutting back on post secondary education. These numbers of dissatis- fied students are only a minor percentage of the total number of affected students throughout Canada. In other areas the cutbacks have left the post secondary education system in an even greater turmoil and has caused an even greater number of dis- satisfied students who would like to enter institutions of higher learning. Disabled Parking Parking spaces for dis- abled drivers have been des- ignated on P1 level of the parking lot. There are 3 spaces marked by the south elevator and 2 spaces by the north elevator. Disabled drivers wishing to use these spaces must register their license number with West Grayden room and_ local number 4720 or with Gladys Klassen, 2791. Registration is necessary to ensure that the car will not be towed away. It is also advisable that’ the registered cars have a handicapped decal. Please contact Gladys Klassen if there are any problems related to acces- sibility.