December 5, 1996
University Of Texas - Pan American Forty-fifth year, number thirteen
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Sexual assault more common than statistics show Victims should file report and seek counseling David Waltz Editor A female student was allegedly sexually assaulted recently in a swimming class on the UTPA campus. The alleged perpetrator, a 20 year-old freshman criminal justice major, is scheduled to appear before a Hidalgo County grand jury. Even though the alleged survivor of the sexual assualt came forward in this case, many survivors of sexual assault do not. "It is fairly well assumed that many (sur vivors of sexual assault) do not come for ward," Roy Balridge, director of police for the University of Texas System, said. This sexual assault is one of three reported to the UTPA campus police since 1990. This sexual assault is one of 47 reported to campus police in the 15 schools within the Rosalinda Sanchez, University of Texas System since 1990. McAllen Rape Crisis Center The system has a student population of about 150,000. The city of McAllen, with a population of about 110,000, had 54 cases of sexual assault reported in 1994 and 1995. "Even though it's hard to estimate, only 10 percent of sexual assaults are reported and 90 percent aren't," Roslinda Sanchez, a counselor at the McAllen Rape Crisis Center, said.
The 15 universities within the University of Texas System have had 47 reported cases of sexual assault since 1990. The system has a student popula tion of about 150,000.
" . . . only 10 percent of sexual assaults are reported and 90 per cent aren't."
A total of 54 sexual issault cases were reported during 1994 and 1995 in McAllen, which has a population of 110,000.
See REPORT, P. 3
David Waltz/11" Pan American
Tenure changing to post-tenure review system
Jimmy Garcia/'1" Pan American
Lighting of the UTPA campus buildings for the holiday season has become an annual tradition. This view from Sugar Road
faces East and shows the University Center at left and the Student Services Building in the background.
(AP) Tenure lately has come under increasing attack as a relic that shields bad professors, while proponents argue it is a vital perk that safeguards academic freedom.Virginia educators and politicians say they have found a compromise: post-tenure review. The idea is to annually evaluate— senior faculty members and threaten dismissal if the weakest ones don't improve. "In any work force, you want people to be productive," said Margaret A. Miller, associate director of the State Council of Higher Education. "When they're not, it's time for them to do something else." In 1993, Old Dominion University in Norfolk became the first state-supported school in Virginia to institute such a policy.
See TENURE, p. 2