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149 No. 5
Sexual harassment
policy unveiled
John Cox
Staff Writer
"Sexual harassment is in the eye of the beholder," Dr. Janet Sehmelzer,
chairperson of the Sexual Harassment Policy Committee, told Student
Government Association's University Operations Committee. Her commit-
tee is rewriting the sexual harassment policy.
"When I looked at the current policy, I realized that it was out of date," Dr.
Sehmelzer said. A draft policy has been written and is being reviewed by
different organizations including the Faculty Senate and others as well as the
University Operations Committee.
There are three main section, one to define what constitutes sexual
harassment and the informal and formal procedures for complaint resolu-
tions.
As far as defining sexual harassment, "we did not have much freedom,"
said Chris Chandler, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of-
ficer for Tarleton. "We had to go by what the Texas A&M University System
policy says, which is set by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-
sion."
In the draft policy, sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome sexual
advances, requests for sexual favors or other verbal, visual or physical
conduct of a sexual nature, submission to which is made a condition of a
person's exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power or immunity,
either explicitly or implicitly.
There are two procedures for resolving complaints in the policy,
x There is an informal procedure which attempts to solve the problem
without focusing on motive or blame. The purpose is to stop the behavior
perceived as harassment.
The are several steps that can be taken to accomplish this.
The complainant can write a letter to the person who has committed the
alleged harassment. There can also be a meeting between the two individuals
with a third party present to solve the issue.
If the complainant wants, the Sexual Harassment Officer can address the
issue for him or her.
These steps include, but are not limited to, writing a letter to the respondent's
department or area indicating a concern about sexual harassment and enclos-
ing a copy of the university's harassment policy, conducting workshops on
sexual harassment and keeping attendance to document the respondent's
participation, having the respondent's supervisor counsel the respondent on
the complaint and explain the university's policy.
In the formal, procedure, either following an unsuccessful informal inter-
vention or initially, the complainant submits a formal written complaint to the
Sexual Harassment Committee through the Director of Human Resources or
the committee chairperson. This must be done within six months of the
alleged incident, if done initially, or one year after the incident if an informal
procedure is requested.
Within 25 days of the receipt of the formal complaint, the committee will
meet with the person who brought the complaint or a resource person to act
as an intermediary if complainant wants. The committee will conduct an
investigation, interview all parties concerned and determine whether harass-
ment has occurred. The vote for determination takes a two-thirds majority.
If the committee determines that sexual harassment has occurred, they will
recommend, in writing, the sanction(s) to be taken. Two-thirds vote is needed
for recommending sanctions.
If imposed, the appropriate vice-president receives the committee's rec-
ommendations and all material concerning the complaint. The vice-president
can then either impose the sanctions as recommended or modify them. Within
20 working days of the receipt of recommendations, the respondent and the
president will be notified of sanctions taken. The respondent will also be told
of the right to appeal to the president.
If the determination is that no harassment has occurred, the person who
brought the complaint, the respondent and the appropriate vice-president will
be notified in writing. Appeals must be made within ten working days to the
president.
When writing this policy, Dr. Sehmelzer said that "this policy is based
on the latest literature. We viewed the policies from other state universities
in Texas, as well as other institutions across the country.
"When I began this, some one told me that if there was one issue that
brought everyone out of the woodwork, this was it and I believe it. We have
had comments come in from all over," she said. There were students on the.
committee who provided some of the information in the draft policy.
The review process is not over. After being reviewed by several organi-
zations, additional suggestions were brought forward.
'These will be taken into consideration," said Dr. Sehmelzer.
Anyone interested in looking at the policy can see it in the Student
Government Association's office, Room 201H of the Student Development
Center, or by contacting Dr. Sehmelzer during her office hours.
TARLETON
stats:-: univtvrsrry
It's official -
Tommy Mathews prepares the new parking lot on the old Sav-on property,
fPhoto by Marc Parks)
Singleton,Crawson chosen Tarleton favorites
Class honorees
picked by peers
Special to the J-TAC
Tarleton State University se-
nior John Crawson of Dallas and
junior Kerri Singleton of Granburry
were selected by their peers for
special recognition for the 1994-95
school year.
The two were(chosen Mr. and
Miss TSU during campus wide stu-
dent elections held this spring.
Special honors were presented
to 10 Tarleton students after elec-
tions held last week to choose Mr.
and Miss. TSU plus eight class fa-
vorites.
Singleton, a social work major,
was doubly honored as she was
also selected as junior class favor-
ite. Crawson is a government ma-
jor.
Senior class favorites were
Amanda Spenrath, a Range and
ranch management major from
Comfort, and J.T. Eli, an exercise
and sports studies major from
Round Rock.
Joining Singleton as junior class
favorite was Barney Fudge, a so-
cial work major from Burkburnett,
Selected as sophmore class fa-
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Miss TSU Mr. TSU
Kerri Singleton John Crawson
vorites were April Smith, an interdis- Saline. The elections were sponsored
ciplinary studies major from Freshman class favorites include by the Office of Student Services at
Madisonville, and Chris Dietel, an Jayla Scuggs, a liberal arts major Tarleton.
animal science major from Grand fromHico. (See class favorites on page 3.)
Women's softball program debuts in fall
MudiAbubakar
Staff WHter
Tarleton State University Presi-
dent Dennis P. MeCabe reaffirmed
today that women's softball will be
added to the Tarleton athletics pro-
gram effective Fall 1995, Intercolle-
giate competition is planned for
Spring 1996.
"We are excited about the future
of Women's softball at Tarleton,"
MeCabe said. "High school girl's
softball is a fast growing sport and we
will benefit in meeting our long term
recruiting needs. Introducing this
sport to the total intercollegiate pack-
age at Tarleton will be a real boost to
women's competitive atKletics and -
moves us closer to meeting our Title
IX, gender equity commitment," he
said.
To provide some of the necessary
resources to support the new pro-
gram, the men's tennis and men's
golf programs will be eliminated.
"This is a good news, bad news situ-
ation," MeCabe said. "On the one
hand, we are breaking new ground by
offering an intercollegiate program
in women's softball. However, when
resources are limited, decisions must
reflect total fiscal responsibility and
we simply cannot afford to retain
every sport," he said.
A new softball field is currently
^liri'Sef cohsfeuction-'foside-'the-Ceqit-
Ballew Baseball Complex on Wash-
ington Street. Built to NCAA com-
petitive specifications, the softball
field will not displace any of the
existing intramural fields.
Tarleton Athletics Director Lonn
Reisman and Interim Women's Ath-
letic Coordinator Pat Stevenson will
meet with MeCabe in the near future
to initiate a plan for hiring a softball
coach and recruiting players.
Reisman said, "the softball facil-
ity will include a concession stand,
two or more batting cages with at
least one encased with fiberglass,
flood lights, scoreboard and a fence
around the facility." He, along with
--•iir: Me(=al reonfiHriedthatit-wouId
cost somewhere between $40,000 to
50,000 to build this elaborate facility.
Reisman also said that additional
improvements and other installations
would be made whenever necessary.
Having this facility would pro-
vide a boost for Tarleton women's
sports, which already suffer limited
support. Aside from basketball and
track, women do not have a variety of
sportstoparticipateinlikemen. "The
timing is appropriate now that
Tarleton is a member of the NCAA
Division II, it would encourage our
girls to participate in first-class inter-
collegiate competitions and a brand
new home facility to take advantage
of," Kevin Stahnke, J-TAC sports
editor said.
TSU alum is symposium speaker
noted heart transplant surgeon here March 31
By Mark Davis
Staff Writer
Dr. O.H. Frazier will be the guest
speaker at the Spring 1995 Lecture
March 31 at 11 a.m. in the Clyde H.
Wells Fine Arts Auditorium.
Frazier's lecture is being brought to
Tarleton by the University Speaker
Symposium Committee, the College
of Arts and Sciences and Tarleton
State University administration.
In 1959, Frazier graduated from
Tarleton State University. He also
graduated from University of Texas
at Austin and Bay lor College of Medi-
cine. In 1985 he was named a Distin-
guished Alumnus from Tarleton.
Dr. Frazier is Chief of Transplant
Services for the Texas Heart Institute
and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
He is also surgical director of the
Cullen Cardiovascular Research
Laboratories attheTexas Heartlnsti-
tute. He is an associate surgeon in the
division of surgery atM,D. Anderson
Hospital.
He served his general residency
at Baylor Affiliated Hospitals. He
then completed his residency in Tho-
racic Surgery at the Texas Heart In-
stitute.
Not all of Dr. Frazier's practice
has been in the private sector. He
served as a flight surgeon in the U.S.
Army 48th Assault Helicopter Com-
pany in Vietnam.
Frazier has experience in the pub-
lic eye. He is the author or co-author
of over 200 scientific publications.
He has also delivered over 500 lec-
tures. He is on several committees,
including the Education Committee
of the American Society of Trans-
plant Surgeons, chairman of the Fed-
eral Affairs Committee for the Ameri-
can Society of Transplant Surgeons,
serves as chairman of the Federal
Affairs Committee for the Texas
Transplantation Society, and the
Chancellor's Council for the Univer-
sity of Texas System. He is also on
the Organ Procurement and Distribu-
tion Committee for the United Net-
work of Organ Sharing.
In addition to serving on the vari-
ous boards, Dr. Frazier also has sev-
eral other projects. He is interested in
developing and testing both tempo-
rary and permanent mechanical
hearts, new ways to preserve donor
hearts, limiting rejection of trans-
planted organs, and testing heart valve
prostheses and synthetic vascular
grafts.
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Dr. O. H. Frazier
Family weekend will replace parents' day events
By Debra Claunch
Staff Writer
Rusty Jergins, dean of students,
is working hard to "revamp the par-
ents' weekend program."
The current program was origi-
nally called "Parents' Day" which
was a one day program for students
and their parents.
Because of the increase in activi-
ties the program evolved into "Par-
ents' Weekend."
Now Jergins sees a need for more
change. Thoughtheplansaren'tcom-
plete at this time, Jergins has apian of
action that will involve a "mix of
gender and a balance 6f traditional
and non-traditional age students."
Jergins is "looking for interested
individuals for a task force.to design
and implement a family weekend."
The program has been offered to new
students in the past and Jergins is
hoping to include all of the student
body. To do this Jergins will be
asking students what is needed to
make this program successful.
Anyone interested in serving on
this committee should stop by the
office of Dean of Students located on
the ground floor of the Student De-
velopment Center and pick up an
application. These forms should be
turned in by March 3 between 8 and
noon or 1 and 5.
This deadline will enable Jergins
to compile a committee with a good
balance of faculty, staff, students and
community representative so that a
meeting can be arranged following
Spring Break,
Though no data has been estab-
lished, the activities for Family Week-
end will be held in the fall. With
cooperation and teamwork the plans
should be finalized by the end of this
semester.
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