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Jenny is not a Harvard student, but she is typical of the many women at Harvard who have bulimia, says Ellen Porter Honnet, assistant dean of the college for co-education. Annette is a real student. And people, men and women, like them are a growing population at Harvard. Bulimia and anorexia have not struck Cambridge in epidemic proportions, but the eating disorders on campus can't be ignored either...
...Anorexia and bulimia are not diseases. If labeled as such people think they can take pills or something to get rid of it. I call it a 'coping strategy gone awry.' It's a combination of the psychological and the physical," says Honnet, who is also an assistant psychologist at University Health Services dealing with eating disorders...
Certainly the administrators in the Dean of the College's office are good people sensitive to the issues. Ellen Porter Honnet, newly-appointed Acting Assistant Dean of the College in charge of students with sexual harassment complaints, seems perfectly suited to her job. Her advising of two peer counseling groups, Response and Eating Problems Outreach, gives her not only experience with the issues but contacts with students. No one can doubt her concern and interest in the topic, nor can one doubt the sensitivity of Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett...
...Honnet said that among the sexual harassment issues she will look into are increased educational efforts on campus, peer harassment issues and adminstration of the University's procedures...
...Honnet said she has been actively involved in sexual harrassment issues. She was an original faculty sponsor and supervisor since 1982 of Response, a Lowell-based student peer counseling service for victims of rape and sexual harrassment. She has also been active in Eating Problems Outreach, a program for women with eating disorders...