LEADERSHIP AWARDS ANNOUNCED

UPEI PRESIDENT Dr. CWJ Eliot announced today that leadership awards of six hundred dollars each will be presented to six full-time stu- dents who are making a ma- jor contribution to Univer- sity life through their. in- volvement in extra-cirricular activities on campus. The students have been nomi- nated for these awards by their peers, faculty, and staff. The award winners are listed below.

RON CAMERON, Se- nior Biology student, has played a major role in a wide variety of activities on the campus through his involve- ment with student council, academic and social commit- tees, as well as university clubs and societies. Ron is also involved as a ski instruc- tor and a member of the Atlantic Society of Fish and Wildlife.

GORDON COX, a Se- nior Education Student, is the current president of the Education Society. He has been active in the intramu-

ral council of the university, a_member of the campus po- lice, and has served on sev- eral other campus commit- tees. He has assisted in the development of public edu- cation programs on drinking and driving. Mr. Cox was the 1986 youth coordinator for the village of Sherwood. VIVIAN HUIZENGA is a third year Psychology Ma- jor. Ms. Huizenga sets an example of determination and sacrifice for those that know her. She is the presi- dent of the debating society and has been an active par- ticipant in the Mature and Part-time organization (MA- PUS) for the last three years. She has recently completed a three - part painting of the University. Vivian is also the mother of three children.

MITCHELL MACLEOD, a Senior Politi- cal Studies major, is the past chairperson of the Political Studies club (Le Club Polli- tique). He has been an exec- utive member of the Model United Nations program. He

is the Student Union Om- budsman, Chairperson of the Food Services committee, a past member of the Senate Discipline Appeals commit- tee, and a campus organizer of the Terry Fox Run. HEATHER HICKEY is a Senior En- glish major. She is currently the vice-president of Opera- tions for the Student Union. She has served an many com- mittees throughout the Uni- versity, including the Sen- ate committee on Ethics, the Freshmen Orientation com- mittee, and the Student Ser- vices committee. She has also served as a French mon- itor for the past two years.

LISA MURPHY is a sec- ond year student, majoring in both Canadian Studies and Politial Studies. Ms. Murphy is a member of the Debating Society, a member of the student nespaper staff, and a UPEI representative for the Canadian Federation of Students. Ms. Murphy re- turned to University life af- ter several years in the work- force. 8

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DALHOUSIE PROFS ASKED TO KEEP DOOR OPEN

by Eleanore Brown

HALIFAX (CUP) - A request that professors keep office doors open when meet- ing with students is among three recent policies adopted by Dalhousie University’s so- ciology and social anthropol- ogy department to fight sex- ual harassment.

The were initially recommended by the department’s new sex- ual harassment committee. Also adopted was a double- marking system and added course evaluations questions dealing with sexual harass- ment and discrimination.

policies

“Our main role is keep- ing the issue alive in the de- partment,” said Brenda Bea- gan, a sociology graduate student who chairs the six- member committee, created last March after an ad-hoc group of students and profes- Sors met to discuss sexual ha- Tassment.

ST ts virtually Certain. sexual harassment is something which hap- Pens throughout (the uni- Versity),” said another com- mittee member, Sociology Professor Graham Morgen.

“ There’s no reason other de-

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partments shouldn’t be do- ing it.”

According to a _ recent guide co-sponsored by Lake- head — University’s student union, sexual attraction and relationships are likely to oc- cur in a university environ- ment.

“What makes sexual ha- rassment different from ‘flirt- ing’ or casual ‘asides’ is that it is unwanted by the recip- ient and it occurs in a rela- tionship in which the parties are generally unequal,” the booklet says however.

“In the educational set- ting, harassment in its ex- treme form occurs when a faculty member who is in a position to control, influence, or otherwise affect a stu- dent’s academic future uses that authority and power ei- ther to coerce the student into sexual relations or to punish the student for refus- ing to enter into such rela- tions, or threatens to do so.”

The booklet also says ha- rassment includes repeated or unwanted looks, com- ments, jokes, hugging, pat- ting, or brushing against someone which causes dis- comfort on the job or in the

classroom.

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Beagan says the depart- ment is so small and friendly that concerned professors are unsure just what sexual ha- rassment is.

“A responsible use of that power (held by profs) is making sure you ask those questions (about what makes students uncomfort- able),” she said.

The new “open door”

policy means office doors

won’t be shut unless both the professor and the student agree that it be closed.

The three ques- tions added to the regular course evaluation forms stu- dents are requested to fill out at the end of each course ask whether sexual harassment, or gender or racial discrimi- nation has been encountered

from either students or staff.

Also, students who feel they have received an unfair mark for any reasons which could include sexual harass- ment may present their work to the Undergraduate or Graduate Education Com- mittee, which will appoint a second reader. That second mark replaces the first. a

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