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...Wednesday night at 10:30 pm Harvard police responded to a complaint near 641 Huntington Avenue of an elderly black male wearing a grey trenchcoat exposing himself. By the time patrolmen arrived, however, the man was gone. There have been no other complaints of such behavior near the medical school this year...
...implies acceptance, not only of a high frequency of harassment, but also of ineffective procedures. They survey data show that when people were harassed, they did not use the procedures. Only 6 percent of the women who were subject to the most serious incidents of harassment filed a formal complaint...
...hand, harassing situations can evolve from cases of genuine misunderstanding. In such cases of no ill intent it should be possible to resolve a complaint with minimal fuss, and generally without official intervention. For such cases falling into this "first tier," advice on possible solutions and support may be all this is required to arrive at a satisfactory solution. The existing "safety-net" of tutors, proctors and advisors is in many ways ideally suited, structurally, to meet this need. Clearly members of this safety net must be trained and sensitized however, so they may provide adequate support and counsel...
More problematic cases of harassment often require extra assistance for the victim or some form of intervention to reach a satisfactory resolution. In such cases a formal inquiry may not be necessary, or the victim may decide, despite the seriousness of the case, not to pursue a formal complaint. For this "second tier" of cases we have recommended the creation of a central office which would provide an ambudsperson to handle all intervention into cases, and also be responsible for campus-wide training and education on the issue. While the primary goal of this office would be to mediate solutions...
...critical at all tiers in the procedure that the victim be carefully informed of her or his rights within and without Harvard's procedures. All victims should be informed of the option to pursue their cases to the next tier, and also of the right to file a complaint with the United States' Office of Civil Rights or with the EEOC, if dissatisfied with Harvard's handling...