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...Unfortunately, most of the time it's not worth prosecuting because the incident happened too long ago, and there's just no proof," says counselor Lisa I. Backus '86. "If it's date rape or there's any hint that alcohol or drugs have been involved, forget about the Ad Board...
...always as overt as it is in the case of rape or molestation. "In science departments, what's prevalent is very much an understood sexism. The professsor assumes that the man in the class is going to be naturally adept. The woman is not considered as an equal," says Backus...
Teaching fellows are most frequently implicated in cases of harassment, especially with undergraduates, says Backus. Because the age gap is not that great, the line is blurred in terms of appropriate and inappropriate behavior, she says...
...that give the exhibit its full zest."The East Village" celebrates invention and the kind of creativity that is uninhibited by the fine points of technique, and it presents, in one humongous Day-Glo capsule, the liveliest fashion scene in the country. Some of the designers' names --including Susan Backus, Keni Valenti and Bayard--may pop up some day soon in more commercial settings. The show as a whole may or may not be a barometer of where street-savvy American fashion is headed, but downtown is the direction to go for spirit, smarts and a little...
...Backus says that the former president of these two defunct clubs, Tim M. Hunter '68, will be at Harvard this November as the Peter Ivers Visiting Artist of the year. The visit of the current director and screenwriter ("Tex," "Sylvester")--who currently has an office at Warner Brothers Studios--will be hosted in part by the new Film Society...