January 14, 1997

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CIMN Update

By Anne McElroy

It has been almost nine months since UPEI’s campus/community radio station, CIMN, lost all fund- ing due to an under-re- searched decision by the 1995/96 Student Union.

In June of 1995, CIMN recieved a licence to transfer to the FM dial by the Canadian Radio-televi- sion Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) -- an

circuit (AM) on campus and cable FM to transmitting on the FM band.

Since that decision, much has changed. The Stu- dent Union has given CIMN a $2000 grant to help defray operating expenses, and the radio station won a Stand- ard Broadcasting Award in the category of small sta- tions, adding another $4000 to their budget. In this new

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unprecidented decision as CIMN was the first cam- pus/community radio sta- tion without full time staff to recieve such a licence.

This acheivement, however, was not to be ful- filled. Less than one year later, the UPEI-SU passed a motion crushing the sta- tion’s progress and almost shutting down the station for good.

The decision to cut all funding was led by last year’s SU President, Am- ber Allin, Vice President External, Fidel Murphy and Ombudsman, Chris Burns. This move left the station in financial dire straights at a time when it was ready to make the move from closed

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year, CIMN is starting afresh with a new manage- rial staff, new volunteers and a new outlook. Although FM is no longer a prospect, the station carries on bring- ing an alternate view of cul- ture, music and politics to an otherwise mainstream Charlottetown. Campus/community radio stations are a vital part of student media and stu- dent life in general. It will take years for CIMN to com- pletely recover from the hasty decision made by last year's SU. It can only make each student hope that the actions of one student coun- cil will not be trendsetting for those that follow in their footsteps at UPEI or any

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Harassment of Faculty a Problem, Study Finds

By Richard McKergow

(CUP) - A substantial number of faculty members at the Uni- versity of Toronto are harassed by students, suggests a study sponsored by the university’s faculty association.

Harassment was defined in a survey as aggressive, intimi- dating behaviour considered either physically or psycho- logically threatening and other non-intimidating disruptive behaviour that creates stress in the job, or prevents teach- ing staff from performing their duties effectively.

Margaret Hawthorn, a member of the association and chair of U of T’s Status of Women Committee says the survey suggests that approxi- mately 30 per cent of women faculty and 17 per cent of men teaching at the university have been harassed or threatened by students over grades.

It was also found that of the 662 faculty members sur- veyed, 10 per cent of women and seven per cent of men have been harassed over

course content. And 28 per cent of women and 19 per cent of men said they have had lectures disrupted.

The study also reports that among respondents, ap- proximately 32 per cent of women and 19 per cent of men experienced other forms of harassment.

And it is noted that fac- ulty face harassment from other faculty as well. Varying degrees of harassment were revealed by the study, says Hawthorn.

“(Incidents ranged from] relatively minor, all the way up to frightening inci- dents,” she said. “There has been physical assault.”

Rhonda Love, vice president of grievances with the faculty association, says she was not taken aback by the substantial number of harassed faculty.

“From my position, I’m not the least bit surprised. We always felt [faculty harass- ment] was there, but not being

acknowledged,” she said. “All the anecdotal evidence we have...has indicated this is an important issue for academic staff,

Love says she is not surprised that women profes- sors at U of T experience more problems with harassment than their male counterparts, as this is common in society generally.

“International data in- dicates that the academy is affected by all social phenom- ena, so we shouldn’t be sur- prised,” she said. “This con- firms what we know [from] other conducted surveys that women get it more than men.”

Paddy Stamp, U of T’s sexual harassment officer, said she could not explain why the study showed that women fac- ulty were harassed more than men, but she had a few ideas.

“Maybe students feel it is easier to persuade females and maybe men did not report harassment to the same extent in the survey that women did.”

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