Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CAMILLE Holmes, president of the Black Students Association, is quoted in The Perspective as saying, "I don't think that the people who filed the complaint saw any other avenue." Why was direct contact with Thernstrom the road not travelled by? Why didn't the students talk to him first? The serious nature of any charge of racism (or even of "racial insensitivity") makes it imperative that these charges are not simply the product of a lack of communication. Professors and students both have to make an effort to understand each other...
...invasion of privacy, libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In 1984 his privacy claim was thrown out by a federal judge, and a jury found no libel, believing no reasonable person could think that the spoof was being presented as factual. But the jury agreed with Falwell's complaint about emotional distress and awarded the televangelist $200,000. Despite the novelty of the verdict, an appeals court upheld the judgment. The jury's award to Falwell set off alarm bells among journalists, political cartoonists, comedians -- anyone who might poke fun at public figures...
...students making the complaint agreed to compose a written statement detailing their criticisms and send it to Thernstrom, the professor said...
...unclear how College and Faculty administrators would resolve the issues raised, should a complaint be filed. Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence is responsible for handling complaints concerning professors...
Students making the complaint would not comment yesterday, although one student familiar with the case said, "they're in the process of getting [the statement] done...