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To: Campus Community
From: EEO Office
Date: October 4, 2001
Subject: Reasonable Efforts To Prevent Sexual Harassment/ Oct 2001

Courts have mandated that employers use "reasonable care" in preventing sexual harassment in the workplace. In Harrison v. Eddy Potash Inc., the court provided its expectations of an employer's efforts to use "reasonable care."

A female employee sued Eddy Potash Inc., claiming that she endured "consistent sexual harassment" from her foreman. Eddy Potash Inc. claimed an Affirmative Defense, stating that they had used reasonable care to prevent sexual harassment in their workplace. However, the court denied the claim, pointing to deficiencies in Eddy Potash Inc.'s efforts in using "reasonable care" to prevent sexual harassment.

The court stated, "the evidence indicates that non-supervisory personnel were not provided with copies of the sexual harassment policy and copies of the policy were not posted anywhere on the worksite for employees to access. Eddy Potash Inc. did not provide training on sexual harassment to any employees and Ms. Harrison was never provided with a copy of the policy when she filed her complaint. In addition, this court has discovered compelling evidence which shows that the sexual harassment policy was largely ignored."

The Board of Trustees has recently approved revisions to our policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination and harassment. A second training product will soon be offered to all employees, and the revised policy will be provided to all University employees during the training.

As Eddy demonstrates, training sessions are a primary element in our ability to demonstrate that, as University employees, we utilize reasonable care in preventing and addressing issues of unlawful discrimination, including sexual harassment.

NOTE: The enormous evils perpetrated on the United States on September 11, 2001, have resulted in emotional toll that is unimaginable. As a community that appreciates differences, let us remember that each of us is responsible for promoting tolerance, and we are to guard against illegal workplace bias based on national origin or religion. Preventing and prohibiting injustices against our fellow workers is one way to fight back, if only symbolically, against the evil forces that assaulted our nation. The EEOC has notified employers that it will aggressively pursue allegations of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation perpetrated in the workplace.


To: University Community
From: Human Resources
Date: September 24, 2001
Subject: Commitment Statement for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention

In compliance with Part 86 of the Drug-Free Schools and Campuses Regulations, and the requirements set forth by the 1998 Amendments to Higher Education Act of 1965, Part B, the University of Redlands commitment against unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol is available to all employees and students on the University's web site at www.redlands.edu/student_life/abuse.htm.

The "Commitment Statement" contains a description of the applicable legal sanctions under local, state, and federal law for the unlawful possession or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol. It lists the health risks associated with the use of illicit drugs and the abuse of alcohol and provides a description of drug and alcohol counseling, treatment, and rehabilitation or re-entry programs that are available to employees and students on campus. Finally, sanctions that the University of Redlands will impose on students and employees for violations of the standards of conduct are also listed within the Commitment Statement.

A paper copy of the "Commitment Statement" or information regarding its content is available upon request by contacting the Human Resources Department (909) 335-4040 (ext. 4040 from campus) or from Student Life at (909) 335-4053).


To: Campus Community
From: Kevin Edwards, EEO
Date: October 4, 2001
Subject: Diversity Calendar

Diversity Calendar October 2001

November: National American Indian Heritage Month

October 1: Ch'usok: S. Korea, N. Korea
Korea's Thanksgiving Day is a harvest moon thanksgiving festival. Families gather for large feasts and visit their ancestor's graves to give thanks. This day is celebrated in many Asian countries, and under many different names.

October 1-2: Sukkot: Jewish
Also called the Feast of Booths, this is an eight-day festival commemorating the divine protection given to the Israelites during their 40 years of wandering through desert. It is also a festival of giving thanks and celebrating the fall harvest. Traditionally, occupational duties are not participated in the first two days of this holiday.

October 11: National Coming Out Day: United States, International
Commemorates the largest gathering to date of gays and lesbians supporting gay rights in Washington D.C., in 1987. It is also an international day of visibility for the gay and lesbian community. This day encourages gays and lesbians to step out and be proud of their identity.

October 12: Columbus Day: United States
Commemorates the discovery of "America" by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

October 19-20: Birthday of the Bab: Baha'i
Bahai observance, remembers the birth of Siyyid Ali Muhammad as the one who announced, on October 20, 1899, in Shiraz, Persia, that the messenger of God would soon appear. He later took the title, "The Bab" and is recognized as the prophet-herald of the Bahai faith.


To: Campus Community
From: Information Technology Services
Date: September 24, 2001
Subject: Nimda Virus Update

Like many universities and businesses, we have been hit very hard by the nimda worm virus. This virus will damage files on your computer, and full recovery of infected files may not be possible. A machine that is infected should be turned off immediately until the virus is removed. Infected machines that are left on will have more damaged files, and may infect other machines as well.

We believe that our primary equipment; servers, etc. have all been secured and are at least safe from the form of this virus which was being propagated last week. We are very concerned, however, that workstations throughout the campus are continuing to be infected. Through our various support sources, here are the best recommendations that we make regarding your PC and computing practices:

    As with all potential virus situations, please scrutinize all email attachments before opening them. The nimda virus can spread as an email attachment named 'readme.exe'. There is no good reason that anyone, known or otherwise, would send you an attachment of this type. If you receive an email that you suspect to have a virus attachment, please let the HelpDesk (x4357) or ResNet (x2020 for students) know immediately.

Evaluate your file-sharing practices and/or the need to share. The worst part of this virus is that it can spread rapidly between machines via file shares. The most likely to be infected are those shares which are open to all, with full rights to the files within. Sharing files in this way is a dangerous practice. Shares which are read-only combined with password protection and/or locked-down to specific users are the safest. Shares which are simply read-only should also be safe, but are not recommended. Please call the HelpDesk (x4357) or ResNet (x2020 for students) if you are unsure about your file-sharing, or if you suspect that your shared folder is infected (the presence of files with the extension, '.eml' is a sign of nimda virus infection).

Be aware that the virus can spread by simply browsing a web site with an infectious plug-in. In this case, versions of browsers which do not have the latest patches (latest Internet Explorer versions are IE 5.0sp2 and IE 5.5sp1) will automatically run certain plug-ins that can infect your machine. You can avoid this by taking the following actions: visit only known sites, avoid clicking on URLs that are emailed to you and ensure that your browser has the latest patches (call the HelpDesk @4357 for help with your browser version) or ResNet (x2020 for students).

In addition to the above, Norton Antivirus (and others) now have updates that will help detect the virus. Please update your antivirus software or call the HelpDesk (x4357) or ResNet (x2020 for students) for support in getting the software updated.


To: Campus Community
From: Help Desk
Date: October 1, 2001
Subject: Nimda Virus Alert / Fake Fix

We are still experiencing many problems related to the Nimda virus. We hope you are not using file sharing from computer hard drive to computer hard drive. The virus can easily return if this is being done. We have contacted many departments about working on an alternative way to share files. This alternative way is now in progress. If you have not been contacted and have a need to do file sharing, please send and e-mail to Linda Spugnardi.

We now have an alert about a fake message related to a Nimda fix it will appearer as follows:

    A fake message claiming to come from SecurityFocus' ARIS system and Trend Micro is being used to send what appears to be a Trojan. These messages do not come from SecurityFocus or Trend Micro. Trend Micro does not send e-mails with executable attachments, unless specifically requested to do so by individual customers. The email arrives with the attachment FIX_NIMDA.exe. The Trojan appears to include a .ZIP file that, when run, creates a directory called FIX_NIMDA with the files FIX_NIMDA.exe, readme.txt, SLIDE.DAT, and slide.exe. The readme.txt file is a copy of Trend Micro's readme file that is included with our free NIMDA fix tool, but the FIX_NIMDA.exe fix tool that is included appears to be a Trojan.

WARNING: Discard any messages that have the above appearance. Call the Help Desk for support with any suspected virus. Please update your Norton Anti-Virus program daily.




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