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Engi neer’s Period ica | Thursday, act 22, 1990

Engineers and inflatable dolls

(Source: The Varsity)

By Krishna Rau

and Clive Thompson

TORONTO (CUP) — Univer- sity of Toronto engineering stu- dents are being called sexist — again.

Civil engineering students put up a rope bridge over the a stu- dent cafeteria, with an inflat- able female doll standing on it. The doll wore coveralls open to the waist, with its breasts clearly visible. A sign beneath read “Erected to Last.”

The display was taken down after Sharon Clapp, a library technician in the building com- plained to Engineering Dean Gary Heinke, and a campus pa- per.

“I was really quite offended,” said Clapp. “And they wonder

why people think they’re sexist. Considering what women in en- gineering have had to face lately with Montreal, it seems very ill- timed. Not that it would ever be well-timed.”

Heinke said he thought engi- neers were getting too much cov- erage for their actions.

“Some student had a stupid idea and put this up. We took it down. I don’t know what else there'is to say.”

Heinke said the faculty does have a policy against offensive displays in its buildings

“Of course we have a policy. With all the emphasis on this, I’m getting a bit tired. Things hap- pen in life that should not hap-

_. pen. They happen in other fac-

ulties. It’s impossible to be a po- liceman all the time.”

Engineers dump persecuted

paper’s papers

(Source: The Varsity)

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ing it has an anti-engineering bias, engineering students re- moved copies of a University of Toronto campus paper from sev- eral downtown campus buildings March 12.

And police say that might be illegal.

Some copies were dumped on the front steps of The Varsity’s Offices.

Sergeant Len Paris of U of T police said there could be a crim- inal case.

David Neelands, assistant vice president Student Affairs, thought removing the papers re- flected badly on engineers.

“It’s a discreditable thing,” he said. “If they value their free- dom to publish, they should re- pect others’ rights.

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“If the people could be iden-

tified, they would probably be li- able to criminal charges for mis- chief.” One of those involved was Kevin Fair, an engineering stu- dent. council executive, running for council president. He said he did only watched and it was not an official council action.

“I think it’s good. I’m glad,” he said. “The Varsity has been sliming engineers for a long time.”

Varsity editor Karen Hill said the action was not completely un- expected.

“['m appalled, but I’m not surprised,” she said.

“I find it ‘ronic that people who supposedly support the con- cept of freedom of speech are the first ones to crush it when they see something they disagree with.”

Engineering student council president’ Cosetta Caporella, did not object to the display.

“I don’t think that it in- terferes with anyone’s academic life,” she said. “If you’re intelli- gent enough to get into engineer- ing, you can recognize a joke.”

Sandra Rehm, a first year industrial engineering student,

didn’t mind the display.

“T guess because it doesn’t al

fect me, really, that it doesn’t bother me. And I’m not really a feminist, I don’t participate in things like that.”

But, Anita Shrivastava, a me- chanical engineering student, was angered by the display.

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“T think it’s pretty disgusting. There’s all this stuff going around about how engineers should be more sensitive. But, its obvious these people don’t care.

“Her top is non-existent. It might as well not be there.”

J.C. St.-Amour, a male metal- lurgical engineering student, said he didn’t understand why the doll might be offensive.

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