Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 16, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hill insists testifying was the Rig harassment How part to Law prof says Emma Reuters Anita Hiu quietly accepted Clarence Thomass confirmation to the supreme and said she hoped the out Idle Stop others from complaining about harassment in the the Issue of sexual harassment is in twp part of a Hill told a news conference last night outside her Home with her Mother standing next to she comment specifically about the Senate i cannot Tell you How Many letters and cards i have received from peo ple throughout the country who Are concerned about she women who have experienced the same thing have writ ten and said now for the first time they could talk about i and that what i Hope is that none of this will deter others from coming this is an important Issue and the dialogue should not Stop it testified before the Senate judiciary committee and a National television audience that she was sexually harassed by Thomas when she worked for him at the depart ment of education and the equal employment Opportunity Thomas vehemently denied the Alle later last Hill again met with reporters outside her she was asked if she had it to do she would have testified against f at first Hill said she then she added right now my gut reaction is that it was the right thing to do and even looking at How hard it i would do it again be cause it was the right in not sure i could live with my self if i had answered those ques the Senate staff any she i sleep probably As Well As i can sleep earlier Hill returned to her classroom at the University of Oklahoma Law teaching classes in contracts and commercial the last class ended minutes be fore the Senate approved Thomass at of the school Day yester Hill was whisked out a Side door of the Law school she said she had not seen the and repeatedly said no comment to re porters questions As she left the yesterday was Hills first Day Back in the classroom since her trip to she said she Felt a crowd of students gathered in the lobby to watch As Hill entered the classroom surrounded by reporters and students inside the room promptly and quietly opened their books As the door was closed and class 1 aside from the reporters and Pho it was seemingly Busi Ness As usual at the Law a television set was turned to the Senate but Only a few Stu dents some booed when the senates vote was others honked their horns and shouted Todd one of the students in Hills first said the professor made a Brief introduction and got right to the she i dont think Ever leave me then told us she missed Hicks she was not that was Obi it was like she haunt prepared As like shed been away for a David Dean of the Law said he has talked briefly with Hill since her Only to say Hel he said Hill and the school Are try ing to return to although admitting that the National spotlight was on the school Swank threatened to bar reporters from the Law school if they interfered with and do not try to run her Down while doing your she just wants to get Back to her a group calling themselves the civilized american students of Law put out pamphlets on various tables in the Law school to show support for the statement said that if not students respect and support Hill As a professor and a person but that Many remain unconvinced Thomas Ever engaged in the alleged in a College town about 32 South of Oklahoma City where Hill lives and As in the rest of the the Thomas confirmation fight was the top topic of it is a travesty of said student Gregory this woman did her absolute Best to bring to Light a ugly subject and then withstand the Wrath of the White but Thomas also his sexual harassment is a hateful one often without but this was a political not a criminal trial and i believe Clarence Thomas will be one of the nations Fin est said student Barbara reaction mixed to Thomas Victory a photo women protested Thomass confirmation left while his Leola froma Reuters americans differed sharply Over How Clarence Thomass Confirma Tion to the supreme court might affect awareness of sexual harass some held out Hope his ordeal would make him a better if 1 were judge i would do All the Homework and i would make myself the Best judge Ever on that supreme said Irene the mayor of i think he can do she was one of dozens of people interviewed last night after the sen ates 5248 vote to confirm the vote followed three Days of hear Ings into allegations by Anita a former that Thomas had sexually harassed Thomass Leola said in pin god got the last that Man is going to show All of it Hurt it put me in i Williams said of the sexual harassment charges that imperilled her sons Shirley an assistant Law pro Fessor at capital University in co is Black and opposed Thomas confirmation before the allegations but she had mixed feelings about Thomas con Tention that the second round of hear Ings was racially As a Black person and As a Ive been internally torn by the hear she i recognize that sex Ual harassment is a heinous behaviour but i cant help feeling some unease that there May be racial undertones to the Carol an associate Dean at Wichita state said its a bitter i would have hoped to be jubilant about having another Black Justice on the supreme despite a Black and a woman on the the court May be poised to attack women rights and civil rights in the most brutal As Sault we could Ever have she others saw positive effects in their own experience i have already noticed the differ ence at said Leslie a car Man for Union Pacific Railroad in North Little As a matter of i asked a couple of ladies they had even noticed the differ Are not speaking to them As they had in the he said he thought coworkers of both sexes were made nervous by the raising of the harassment Thomas adds clout to solid conservative majority on supreme court Reuters Washington Clarence Tho the 106th supreme court Justice and the second Black Ever to sit on the High is expected to add to the solid conservative major Ity already on the named a Federal appeals court judge by president Bush just two years succeeds Thurgood the supreme courts first Black Justice and a respected Liberal the conservative majority is led by William the chief jus appointed by president Richard Nixon in the conservative not always in Complete agreement with Rehnquist on every but usually in includes Antonin appointed by president Ronald Reagan in Anthony appointed by Reagan in Sandra Day appointed by Reagan in although her position on abortion rights issues is not firmly antiabortion As her conservative David named by Bush in the More moderate members in clude John Paul appointed by president Gerald Ford in Byron appointed by president John Kennedy in Al though he has recently sided with Rehnquist in criminal rights Harry appointed by Nixon in he wrote the majority 1973 Roe that up held the constitutional right to have an Thomas will Wield Power Over americans rights and re the Constitution established the judiciary As a co 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