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Show UTAH 4B Friday. July 26. 1996 Standard-Examiner BYU association frustrated other members of the administration. Why not work with the Faculty Center to schedule a meeting wherein your items are on the agenda?” said Bateman, who succeeded the late Rex E. Lee as university president Jan. | Academic freedom group can't get mary with school's president @ Assoc ated Press PROVO Members of an association promoting academic freedom on college campuses are ustrated by the Bingham Young University presi- 5 pc. Oak DINETTE SETS Entertainment CENTERS But some 50 chapter members feel the forums proposed by Bateman are inadequate for addressing the concerns they outlined in a March $ report the group submitted to the Northwest Association of ient’s apparent refusal to acknowledge themor grant their request for a meeting. Schools and Colleges. The campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors has sent three letters to President Merrill J. Bateman, asking to meet with him and discuss academic freedomissues at Brigham Young, a university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Associate English professor Susan Howe, who serves on the chapter’s board ofdirectors, says the issues include the university denying tenure last month to feminist and assistant English Professor The agency recently accredited Brigham Young for another 10 years. In the report, AAUP members decried an erosion of academic freedom on campus, citing a new policy requiring religious leaders tell administrators whether university employees in their congregations are worthy to enter Mormon temples. Gail Turley Houston The report also alleges faculty have been dismissed without due process and a general fear about speaking out on campus. Houston’s termination letter cited a 1993 speech where she rejected the right of Mormon priesthood leaders to teach about the role of women and her “We hope to be of use to the university, and we think our perspective (on academic freedom) is valid and necessary,” Howesaid. advocacy to pray to a Heavenly Motheras well as a Heavenly Father. She has since accepted a tenuretrack position with University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Physics professor William Evenson of the chapter’s board of directors says Bateman has responded to AAUP’s requests for a meeting by sending letters to university faculty members listed on its letterhead. anorpene w/2 Recliners el Bateman was out of town and could not be reached for comment. But Alan Wilkins, academic vice president, provided a statement through a university spokesman. Without mentioning the AAUP, Bateman told its board members that he has an open-door policy for meeting with any faculty member or group. “At the same time, I wish to remain within the system that has been established at the university, including the Faculty Center,” Bateman said in the June 26 letters. “The Faculty Center has sponsored a number of brown bags (luncheon meetings) with myself and . *1059” oe: Pp q aT x RECRINE “We have a system that represents all the faculty,” Wilkins said. “The Faculty Advisory Council, the Faculty Center and the open-door policy of the president provide ample opportunity for faculty members to talk with us.” Bioeke The AAUP, a nationally recognized organization dedicated to promoting academic freedom, was organized by several faculty members last year - 21 years after the first chapter was disbanded due to a lack ofinterest. Since that time, the organization twice met with Lee before he stepped down as president for health reasons. 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This bill will help correct that problem,” Hatch added. child porn on the Internet and ther computer-based exchanges. ‘It is impossible for any de- The bill makes any visual de- combat recommendations to increase maximum prison terms for child sexual exploitation and child pornography offenses. Further, people with prior federal or state convictions can be sentenced as repeat offenders. purveyors of child pornography The senator said his bill amends the U.S. Code to establish, for the first time, a specific, comprehensive, federal statutory definition of child pornography. needed to effectively The bill also implements the Hatch emphasizedthat his bill does not propose new or expanded restrictions or regulations regarding the Internet. David Glen Morrell, JW80x A PHYSICIAN TRAINED IN GENERAL SURGERY, HAS JOINED THE STAFF AT TANNER MEMORIAL CLINIC. D; Morrell is the son of Mr. & Mrs. David N. Morrell of Brigham City. 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