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At leaet on paper. ^ / • Complete Design Assistance • Laser Typesetting 1201 “Q” Street • 475-2679 • Great Selection of Papers 330 N ^ S(reet. 466-8159 • Great Prices! kinko's the copy center CBA women faculty members disturbed by offensive letter By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter__ The question on the m inds of many women professors in the College of Business Administration iswhattodo now. Uiv Monuay, women faculty members of CBA received letters k that included sexu I ally explicit mate rial. The letter tne dooi. Mary McGarvey, professor of eco nomics in CBA, said getting the letter was upsetting. “I thought it was pretty disgusting ... maybe a little scary,” she said. McGarvey said she read the letter and took it to CBA Dean Gary Schwendiman. She latcrdiscusscd the letter with other women faculty. “Our first reaction was if it was against the law since it came through the mail,” McGarvey said. If the letters arc determined to threaten bodily injury, they could end up at the FBI, a representative from the post office said. NU General Counsel Richard Wood, whom University ofNebraska Lincoln officials gave the letters to for investigation, declined to comment if the FBI would be involved. “We’re looking into the matter, and that’s all I want to comment on it right now,” he said. Ann Mari May, an economics pro fessor in CBA, said she thought the letter was threatening. She also said there might have been another motive involved. “It’s disturbing that it came a few days before the confidential surveys (about the environment in CBA) were due,” May said. “It certainly doesn’t help the climate for women in CBA.” McGarvcy said there was some thing behind the letter. “I certainly don’t think it would have happened... if there hadn’t been so much questioning about the specif ics of the Committee W report,” she said. “Perhaps this person wouldn’t have felt so free to (write the letter)." The Committee W report was writ ten by the American Association of University Professors. It described the environment in CBA as hostile to ward women. May said this was not the first letter she had received of this nature. “It’s not the first time I’ve received material (I felt) was offensive,” she said. — 16 We always wonder, since the person is not rational, is this it or will there be more? — McGarvey CBA economics professor -»» - However, May said, she had never received a threat while she had been at CBA. McGarvey said she was glad ad ministrators and faculty were taking this matter seriously. “If nothing is done it’s kind of an invitation to do this kind of thing,” she said. “I hope (the author of the letter) will be caught so at least this will be stopped.” There were other concerns with the author of the letter, McGarvey said. “We always wonder, since the per son is not rational, is this it or will there be more?” she said. Schwendiman said Thursday no other letters had been received. He said no other actions had been taken, other than turning the letters over to investigators. “1 hope we are able to nail this person,” Schwendiman said. “This is just abominable.” ■% t Speaker: Domestic violence preventaoie By Julie Sobczyk Staff Reporter Domestic violence is a preventable problem, the director of the Nebraska Domestic Violence/Scxual Assault Coalition said Thursday. Sarah O’Shea’s speech in the Ne braska Union was titled “There is No Excuse in the ’90s—Where We Are, What Needs to Happen.” It took place in conjunction with Women’s Week 1994. “We need to end violence against women, and we need to find a way to get rid ofdomestic violence,” O’Shea said. Building more women’s shelters is not helping to decrease domestic vio lence, O’Shea said, because the shel tcrs fill up, but the problem still exists. She said an alternative to increasing shelter space was to increase aware ness of violence. “We need better public awareness, and we’re lacking good public rela tions. We need to fix our system to be more responsive to this problem,” O’Shea said. O’Shea said one solution to end domestic violence would be to involve men in the process. “Men don’t know how to get in volved. Men need to understand that women’s safety is a priority,” she said. Another solution to the problem of violence toward women is endi ng gen der-based stereotypes. “We have to look at how we raise boys and girls in society, and what types of role models we give them,” O’Shea said. O’Shea said children learned to stereotype while in school. She said boys learned to think that power and anger were male qual itics, while weak ness and passivity were female quali ties. “This is something we have to change. Men aren’t allowed to be emotional, except for being angry and lash ingout,” O’Shea said. “Men need to see they don’t benefit from a sexist society. They need to understand they will not benefit from power. “Things arc getting better,” O’Shea said. “We all want to reconstruct how we 1 ivc together in the world and gain more of a power balance.” Net?raskan Editor Managing Editor Assoc News Editors Editorial Page Edilor Wire Editor Copy Desk Editor Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor Ans & Entertainment Editor Photo Chief Jeremy Fitzpatrick 472-1766 Adeena Leftin Jeff Zeleny Steve Smith Rainbow Rowell Kristine Long Mike Lewis Todd Cooper Jett Qriesch Sarah Duey Staci McKee Night News Editors Art Director General Manager Production Manager Advertising Manager Senior Acct. Exec. 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