Former Prof Assails School's Policies Toward Minority Faculty

The University of Pennsylvania's policies toward minority faculty members came under fire last month, as an Asian woman professor at the Wharton School of Business reportedly claimed that she was sexually harassed, denied tenure unfairly, and then offered money to accept the school's decision.

Quoting unnamed sources, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that Former Associate Professor of Management Rosalie Tung, a Chinese-American, alleged that the chairman of her department at the time of her tenure denial, Peter Lorange, sexually harassed her.

According to the sources, after Tung refused Lorange's alleged advances, he reversed a written evaluation of her scholarship, changing his positive assessment into a negative one, the paper reported. The University Grievance Council is investigating Tung's sexual harassment charges.

Tung also claims that the Wharton School offered her a settlement, which sources claimed to exceed $10,000, if she would abandon her discrimination charges. Philadelphia's Equal Opportunity Commission is investigating those charges.

But university officials said either that the school offered no such settlement, or that if there were such a deal, they were unaware of it.

After five years at the university, Tung left her university post two years ago. She is now the director of the University of Wisconsin's International Business Center. SMITH

Black Administrators Quit Posts

Two Black administrators at Smith College late last month left their posts, saying that they were frustrated because the school lacks concern for minority affairs.

The assistant to the dean for minority affairs, Alice Smith, and the assistant to the director of admissions for minority concerns, Gregory Vaughn, said they will leave their jobs by the end of the year.

Their resignations came one week after the first Black woman ever to win tenure at Smith, Professor of Afro-American Studies Johnella E. Butler, announced that she would leave the school because she was disturbed by the school's attitude toward minorities.

"Minority administrators are in positions of immense responsibility but have little or no authority to properly execute those responsibilities," Vaughn told The Boston Globe. WILLIAMS

Students Oppose Plan To Put Locks on Doors

Most students at Williams College oppose a proposal that would provide locks for all residential buildings and some academic buildings, The Williams Record reported last month.

Late last year, the college sent students a letter discussing the proposal and invited undergraduate comment on the proposed "IDenticard" locks. The system would cost between $300,000 to $450,000 and could be opened by Williams IDs.

All residential and some academic buildings now have no locks.

Dean of the College Stephen Fix told students at an open meeting that the locks would reduce personal harassment and property theft and make students feel more secure.

But students who objected to the proposal said they feared being locked out at night and that the system would be ineffective in reducing property theft and excluding outsiders, who could convince students to open the doors.

Some students suggested that the college should encourage more students to lock their room doors. STANFORD

President Remarries Shortly After Receiving Divorce

Stanford University President Donald Kennedy '52 and attorney Robin Hamill of the Stanford Office of General Counsel were married late last year, just two months after he received his divorce from another woman, The Stanford Daily reported.

All four children from the couple's previous marriages participated in the ceremony, after which Kennedy and Hamill left for a four-day honeymoon at an undisclosed location.

Hamill graduated from Stanford in 1968 and received her law degree in 1978. She has been director of the university housing program and the Office of Real Estate and Lands Management.

Kennedy, divorced last fall, has been a member of the Stanford faculty since 1960 and university president since 1980. OBERLIN

Trustee Sponsors Students' Trip To South Africa

An honorary trustee of Oberlin College will be sponsoring a trip to South Africa this month for three Oberlin students studying the impact of economic sanctions and divestment on the country. The Oberlin Review reported.

Honorary trustee Jesse Philips said that it would be productive for students to gain first-hand knowledge of the situation, especially in light of Oberlin's recent decision to divest.

College President Starr told the Review, "It's very important that the Oberlin campus get facts on their own, as opposed to operating in a vacuum, which they have been doing up until now.

"How can all the agitators on campus who were promoting divestment claim to have any grasp of the situation with no firsthand experience?" Starr asked.

Three students have been selected from the staffs of campus news organizations because they are thought to be most capable of reporting on their experience.