BURNABY (CUP) - A university inquiry into alleged sexual harass- ment by Simon Fraser Uni- versity political science pro- fessor, Leonard Cohen, will deliver its findings at the end of the month.

University of British Columbia law dean and chief investigator, Pe- ter Burns, said in Decem- ber the inquiry was extended because of input from addi- tional witnesses.

Cohen was acquitted in provincial court last July of two counts of harassment, based on the strength of his professional standing and the corroborating evidence of de- fence witnesses.

In mid-spring of 1987, Cohen was granted a medical leave of absence until the end of the term. He is now in his third semester of paid leave of absence since the summer term of 1987.

Student Linda Cromp-

who was working for Cohen, and her fiance Gary Teeple, a sociology profes- sor, testified for the crown that between November 3 and 25, 1986, they received a series of anonymous, ha- rassing phone calls at both of their homes. B.C. Telephone traced the calls to Cohen’s home phone.

On November 17, the day Crompton sent Cohen a letter of termination from their work-study project, 27 calls were recorded within an hour and a half from Cohen’s residence to Teeple’s, and on November 18, 14 in roughly five hours.

Cohen testified that he had made many calls because

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by Stephen LaRose

REGINA (CUP) - Engi- neering students at the Uni- versity of Regina decided to cough up an extra $50 per Semester for the next eigh- teen months so their fac- ulty can purchase new equip- ment. ,

Students presented a pe- tition calling for the increase to U of R Board of Gover- Nors last month. The peti- tion was signed by more than 70 per cent, or 240 of 330 stu- dents enrolled in engineering signed the petition.

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he was very anxious to re- trieve the manuscript he had assigned Crompton to index, as he had personal deadlines to meet and pressure from his publisher. My entire in- tention was to get back my material,” he said. ,

Judge Wallace Craig said the calls Cohen made to Crompton and Teeple had a purpose and "I accept that purpose - and (the calls)

were not of a harassing na- ture.”

Craig ruled the two key defense witnesses, their close as- sociation with Professor Co- hen,” supported Cohen’s tes- timony that he had difficulty

contacting Crompton. The judge also dismissed

a letter Crompton wrote to SFU president, Bill Saywell, complaining of Cohen’s al-

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leged sexual and telephone harassment, as a gross ex- aggeration of the truth, if it is at all truthful.”

”We wouldn’t have gone through with this whole pro- cess if we were not harassed,” said Teeple, following the ac- quittal. This proves how lit- tle an individual can do - how little an can do.”

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Engineers

gineering. ”The whole fac- ulty was startled, and, I think, very impressed. We’re pretty proud of (the stu- dents’) responsible stand.”

*T can’t see an extra fifty bucks as a lot of money,”

_ said Engineering Student So-

ciety President Dave Fulton, a fourth-year electrical engi- neering student. "It’s an in- vestment in the future.”

Both Cooke and Fulton said that the university’s de- partment of engineering is in dire need of more and mod- ern equipment. ’What we’re really lacking in Regina is the labs. A lot of the equipment we have right now needs up-

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grading and replacing, and we could really use equip- ment we don’t have right

now.” : "Because of the rapid

technological change, equip- ment can get out of date very quickly,” said Cooke. He cited the purchase of a robot, a numerical-controlled lathe, and computer soft- ware for the new equipment. We bought that over the summer, and it cost about $100,000. The robot was about $40,000.”

Fulton said the students’ contribution alleviated fears that the department was on the verge of closing. —

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ment, the fund- raising drive, which this is part of, was showing Hepworth that this is a good school and we’re willing to help all we can.” In his brief to the Uni- versity of Regina on March 13, 1987, Education Minis- ter Lorne Hepworth said the University of Regina must concentrate its core curricu- lum” at the expense of other faculties. Engineering was one of those on the outside. "Before the ’Friday the 13th’ script, things were fine,” said Fulton, also last

year’s ESS president. ”But :

when it came out, there were a lot of people that came up to me and asked, ’What’s go- ing to happen to us?”

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said Cromp- ”Anyone associated with this university and es- pecially with Cohen knows the truth of this case.”

words,”

"We've had a tremen- dous amount of support from faculty and students, and particularily the politi- cal science department,” said Crompton.

Political science student, Andrew Dewitt, circulated a petition last sammer, ’’which expresses our opposition to Dr. Cohen’s anticipated re-

turn to a teaching position at SFU?)

The inquiry is to hear other complaints of harass- ment against Cohen. Burns confirmed in July that the in- vestigation will consider sex- ual as well as general forms of harassment.

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