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THE DAILY ILLINI
THURSDAY March 8, 2018
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Day 11: GEO occupies campus buildings Altgeld
chimes ring in spring
Tower to reopen for live student performance BY THERESE POKORNEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After a year long hiatus filled with repairs and automated music, the Altgeld Bell Tower chimes are opening again this spring to continue the tradition of real-time student performances. The bells were shut down in March last year due to severe restorations inside Altgeld and Illini Hall, according to Jonathon Smith, gradu-
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Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization occupy the hallway outside University President Timothy Killeen’s office in the Henry Administration Building on Wednesday. The Swanlund Administration Building is also being occupied by members of the GEO. The GEO has been striking since Feb. 26.
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Protests won’t harm Social media connects assault survivors admission decisions BY HEATHER SCHLITZ STAFF WRITER
BY MADELYN FOSTER STAFF WRITER
Future Illini’s admission to the University will not be negatively affected by prior disciplinary action resulting from the participation in peaceful protest, the University announced on Feb. 4. The University joined over 180 universities across the nation, including Harvard, Yale and Stanford, to protect future applicants. “Future Illini: We support students engaging in dialogue that further informs their worldview,” said Illinois Admissions in a tweet. “Non-academic disciplinary action as a result of participating in peaceful protest won’t affect a student’s admission decision.” Those in the hiring process for University jobs will also be unaffected by participation in protests, said Daniel Mann, interim associate provost for enrollment
management and director of student financial aid, in an email. This statement comes in the wake of the Never Again Movement, a gun control movement ignited by the activism of students who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Alex Garcia, computer engineering student at the University of CaliforniaSan Diego, maintains the movement’s website, which tracks universities who have made statements similar to the one released by the University. Some high school students who wish to participate in the #NeverAgain movement fear discipline from school administrators, according to the website. Garcia said university SEE ADMISSIONS | 3A
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From a camera velcroed to the inside of a toilet, doctors at a major hospital videotaped nurses as they changed inside the women’s locker room. In another instance, a factory f loorman questioned his female employee about her sex life and showed her a picture of his penis. He asked if it’s bigger than her husband’s. Louise Fitzgerald, professor emerita at the University, is no stranger to cases like these. For the past two decades, she has been hearing and researching stories of sexual harassment in the workplace. “People would look at me like I was crazy. It was not easy to do research on this topic,” Fitzgerald said. “It wasn’t seen as a serious issue — most people at the time simply thought it was flirting.” Though the #MeToo movement has left a trail of actors, politicians and
executives facing public scrutiny, Fitzgerald speaks about the movement's potential with measured optimism. She keeps in mind the Clarence Thomas hearings in 1991, a scandal she thought would
Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Under close scrutiny from the media and the public, Thomas was narrowly confirmed to the Supreme Court.
to trigger something the Thomas hearings didn’t: a nationwide reckoning of sexual harassment that has leaked below the high-profile cases that sparked the movement. By breaking down barriers of location and industry, Fitzgerald said social media connects women across the country who have shared the experience of sexual harassment. “Social media taps into what is essentially collective rage at what has been going on ever since women entered the workforce,” Fitzgerald said. “We’re a long ways from solving (sexual harassment), but I do think it’s on the table now. I think it’s on the agenda and I don’t think it’s going to disappear.” Fitzgera ld predicts social media will give the #MeToo movement the staying power the conversation around the Thomas hearings did not see.
“Social media taps into what is essentially collective rage at what has been going on ever since women entered the workforce.” LOUISE FITZGERALD PROFESSOR EMERITA AT THE UNIVERSITY
have been a turning point in the discussion of sexual harassment. Thomas’ nomination to the Supreme Court was stymied by testimony from Anita Hill, his long-time employee, who alleged Thomas had made inappropriate sexual comments while she worked for him at the Department of
Unlike the Thomas hearing, which left people in power untouched, the #MeToo movement has managed to topple senators and Hollywood kingmakers. Fitzgerald attributes the bulk of its success to social media, a powerful tool that allowed the Harvey Weinstein scandal
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Popularity in the term ‘sexual harassment’ in 2017 and 2018 100 75 50 25
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