By
Hillary Davis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
University Committee on Corporate Relations withdraws proposal from consideration
Plans to debate a new policy that would allow UA student athletes the choice of whether or not to display corporate logos on their apparel were tabled at yesterday's Faculty Senate meeting, at the request of the committee that created the proposal.
Jory Hancock, vice chair of the faculty and the head of the University of Arizona dance department, said the proposal's authors on the University Committee on Corporate Relations chose to withdraw the proposal from yesterday's agenda to retool the language.
"Among the committee members who made the proposal in the first place, there was some confusion just on the semantics," Hancock said.
Committee members wanted to all agree that their message is clearly stated before offering the proposal for vote, he added.
Sen. Robert Mitchell, a UA librarian, displayed an updated version of the university sexual harassment policy that was revised last Thursday.
Some changes to the document included an additional section addressing anonymous complaints, featuring guidelines the university would use in determining whether or not to investigate a claim.
"Because of the inherent difficulty in investigating and resolving allegations from unknown persons, individuals are discouraged from making anonymous complaints of sexual harassment. Although anonymous complaints are discouraged, the University will reasonably respond to all allegations of sexual harassment," the policy states.
Several senators requested minor adjustments in language and punctuation, but the updated policy was ultimately accepted by the senate.
In other business, UA Provost George Davis responded to concerns that the Center for Creative Photography would cease to be under the control of UA libraries. A resulting diminishing emphasis on exhibition and a changing mission would create a "perilous" situation for the center, he said.
"I want to provide assurance to you that that is not the case," Davis said.
Although an article appeared in the Oct. 26 Tucson Weekly hinting at such a future for the photography center, Davis said he thought yesterday's meeting would be a good forum to explain the center's status and that the story was not the driving factor.
"Even before the Weekly article was published, I received a letter from the department of geography, which was commented on in the Weekly article, and general inquiries" on the center's future, Davis said.
Also, Hancock announced the approval of a name change for the Family and Consumer Resources building. The building will be known as the Family and Consumer Sciences building, mirroring a name change for the UA School of Family and Consumer Resources.
