Professor Faces Four-Year-Old Charge of Sexual Harassment

Yale officials are reportedly investigating charges of sexual harassment against a senior professor made by a woman who had considered applying to the university in 1988.

Kate Joost, now a graduate student at the University of Ohio, made the charges of harassment this fall after years of counseling to overcome her trauma.

Joost said she first met the professor at a speech at a college near her home. When she visited Yale to discuss attending graduate school there, the professor allegedly attempted to kiss her.

Yale officials declined to comment on the incident. The Yale Daily News did not name the professor. BROWN

After Fraternity Party Incident, Brown Police Want Handguns

After a fraternity party incident involving a handgun, Brown University police officials are asking Brown President Vartan Gregorian today to allow them to be deputized so they may carry firearms.

As full-service police officers under the Providence Police Department, Brown's 22 police officers would carry standard police issue handguns. Brown's security officers would remain unarmed.

The university's policy currently forbids police officers to respond to situations in which guns are involved. Officers "do not feel safe," said Lesley Pan, Special Services Manager for Brown Police and Security.

The new proposal comes in the wake of an incident in which an unknown suspect pulled and attempted to fire a gun at a Brown student during a fraternity party last weekend. The suspect, who has not been apprehended, fled across campus firing shots into the air.

Brown Graffiti Decries College's Revised Sexual Assault Policy

Graffiti has once again returned to the walls of Brown University bathrooms.

In 1990, women's restrooms there made headlines after women frustrated by Brown's sexual assault policies scrawled the names of alleged rapists on the walls.

Since then, Brown officials say they have worked to improve the disciplinary process.

But some Brown women clearly disagree. In addition to the names of accused men, graffiti this year includes sharp criticism of the revised sexual assault policy.