Where's the broom today?

Binghamton Press. February 6, 1907: 6. http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper4/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale%201907%20pdf/Binghamton%20NY%20Press%20Grayscale%201907%20-%200369.pdf

"Do not consider that you have become any kind of 'target' [for retaliation] as some have suggested"

There might be some inadverent typos herein, and formatting differences:

Christopher Philippo to Communication department advisor, August 30, 2011 3:43 PM: "I think [COM 265] will be a very frustrating class. Barberich got there late, then let class out after ten minutes [thereby engaging in theft of services]."

Communication Department secretary to Christopher Philippo, October 6, 2011 11:43 AM: "Your request for a DARS exception for COM 265 [that would permit you to drop the course and receive your degree without it] is DENIED. If you have any questions/concerns, you can make an appointment with our department chair, Dr. Jeanette Altarriba"

Christopher K. Philippo to Jeanette Altarriba, October 6, 2011 12:07 PM: "I am having a great deal of difficulty with Professor Barberich in Introduction to Communication Theory to the point that I was hoping it might be possible to be granted a DARS exception (I have taken a higher-level theory course, which perhaps could be used in its stead). I would like to meet with you about that, if that would be possible."

Monday, October 10, 2011 10 AM: Meeting with Jeanette Altarriba in person she thanked me for my integrity for reporting Michael W. Barberich's academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and more. She didn't care much about anything I reported except for Michael W. Barberich's sexual harassment, which she claimed to be extremely troubled by - but she still refused to let me drop the course, instead requiring me to remain in it continuing to be subjected to Michael W. Barberich's offensive behavior as a condition of receiving my degree and graduating. She assured me she would not tell him who had reported his sexual harassment, while I assured her I was certain he would know it was me. She again assured me she would not tell him who had reported his sexual harassment, while I again assured her I was certain he would know it was me. She encouraged me to let other students know that they could likewise approach her about such problems, though she knew I didn't know anyone in the class, and that being an adult learner in a lecture hall of 160 or so teenagers was somewhat difficult, and that I had some social anxiety and depression. She claimed that my report to her on Barberich would go in his file, and that it would be referred to in the future if other similar reports were made, and that it would be referred to when his employment was up for review. Given how things developed, she'd given me a load of BS, basically (except for her excusing Barberich's perennial lateness and other things: that much seems to have been her actual position).

Christopher Philippo to Jeanette Altarriba, October 11, 2011 12:30 PM: "I feel somewhat better about the situation after meeting with you, even though I expect it will continue to be a stressful course. [...] Happily, my other class and my independent study lack the same stressors" (bold emphasis added)

Christopher Philippo to Jeanette Altarriba, October 21, 2011 9:35 AM: "There are those who've said to me just keep my head down and graduate, but the thought that nobody would care or do anything about egregious problems is too distressing to me to tolerate silently as I might have done in the past. The distress of taking it to this point, of meeting with you, keeping you informed as you requested, is actually far less by comparison" (bold emphasis added)

Jeanette Altarriba to Christopher Philippo, October 21, 2011 11:08 AM: "Thank you for your observations, I do appreciate them."

Jeanette Altarriba to Christopher Philippo, November 9, 2011 3:55 PM: "Thank you for writing, as you have every right and have been encouraged, to do so [...] Do not consider that you have become any kind of 'target' [for retaliation] as some have suggested, that's simply not the case" (bold emphasis added)

Christopher K. Philippo to Jeanette Altarriba, November 9, 2011 5:11 PM:"There are, as I said, other issues, but... I don't know. It doesn't seem to serve any purpose to bring them to your attention as far as I can see, as nothing in the course has changed for the better thus far, beyond him not making any more sexual jokes. He did recently joke in class about how we could shock one of his TAs until she screams, some bizarre hypothetical example he had that of course we could NOT in fact do, but maybe I'm just unreasonably expecting perfection from him in thinking that was completely inappropriate and somewhat sadistic. Most professors manage to avoid saying such things, though, for what little that's probably worth" (bold emphasis added)

Christopher K. Philippo to Clarence L. McNeill, November 18, 2011 9:52 AM, "Violation of Academic Integrity Report": "[Michael W. Barberich's] not even particularly nice to his teaching assistants either, joking one day about how 'we [the class] could hook up [one of his teaching assistants whom he named] to electrodes and shock her until she screams.' [...] I've complained to the Communication chair [Jeanette Altarriba], but she said I should remember professors are 'human' and that I should not expect 'perfection' from them."

Clarence L. McNeill to Christopher Philippo, November 22, 2011 1:54 PM: "I appreciate the email. Can you and I meet next week to discuss resolution options? I have also taken the lead in forwarding this description on to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education [Sue R. Faerman] for her records. Have you shared this information with the Chair of the COM Department?"

Christopher Philippo to Clarence L. McNeill, November 22, 2011 5:20 PM, "I could meet with you, though I am just a student."

Clarence L. McNeill did not respond to the November 22, 2011 5:20 PM e-mail about setting up a meeting. I had to go into his office and ask his secretary, who said he was waiting to arrange a meeting with me and she had no explanation for why he hadn't responded. Clarence L. McNeill would not meet with me about the academic dishonesty and sexual harassment I'd reported to him on November 18, 2011 until December 5, 2011 by which time problems I'd reported had grown worse due to his inaction and Vice Provost Sue Faerman's inaction.

Christopher K. Philippo to Jeanette Altarriba, November 21, 2011 10:24 AM:"On Nov 9, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Christopher K. Philippo wrote:

"There are, as I said, other issues, but... I don't know. It doesn't seem to serve any purpose to bring them to your attention as far as I can see, as nothing in the course has changed for the better thus far, beyond him not making any more sexual jokes. He did recently joke in class about how we could shock one of his TAs until she screams, some bizarre hypothetical example he had that of course we could NOT in fact do, but maybe I'm just unreasonably expecting perfection from him in thinking that was completely inappropriate and somewhat sadistic. Most professors manage to avoid saying such things, though, for what little that's probably worth."

"I must say, I'm disappointed that I did not ever get a response about that. [...] He made this joke after you had promised to talk to him about the sexual penetration joke I'd complained to you about earlier in the semester, after he was on notice that he's being scrutinized. I sincerely hope that he is not himself lately, that there is some reason for all of this that when properly addressed would clear everything up for the better.

"However, people are human, as you said, somewhat circular as that might be. People certainly are imperfect. For example, I am angry at myself for not having spoken up in class in the TA's defense when he had made that joke, and I think it was an error for me not to have done so.

"There's been a couple other sexual jokes, not quite as egregious, but still tending towards the sordid or pornographic. [...]

"If he gave permission to a student or students to record the class, or if he or any of his TAs do so, you could hear his jokes for yourself if you have any doubt about what I'm telling you. It seems to me you must doubt it, or otherwise it seems to me you would have acted more decisively to put a stop to what he's doing.

"Some people have said to me that perhaps you are in fact doing something about it, but that you're doing it quietly and don't feel at liberty to tell me. I hope that's true, but I also think that that would be unfortunate, since it creates for me (along with the lack of change in Professor Barberich's behavior and the continuing poor quality of the course) the impression that you have [the] power to do something but are choosing to do nothing.

Your last e-mail indicating to me your belief that I expect perfection, when I do not, I believe tends to support my interpretation of your lack of response over those couple people who have suggested the other possibility. That makes me rather sad. As I'm sure I'd said to you when we first met [on October 10, 2011 at 10 AM], the thought that there are people who can do something about wrongdoing but don't can sometimes hurt more than the wrongdoing itself" (bold emphasis added).

Jeanette Altarriba to Christopher Philippo, November 21, 2011 10:30 AM: "As Chair of the Department of Communication, I do not take lightly any comments or reports from in-class behaviors that offend students or otherwise make them uncomfortable. As you brought issues to my attention, they have been addressed through internal mechanisms to do so. I wish you a restful break and a successful end to your semester" (bold emphasis added)

Christopher K. Philippo to Jeanette Altarriba, November 21, 2011 10:39 AM: "Given that nothing's changed, have the issues been sufficiently addressed through internal mechanisms, I wonder? My thought is that the lack of change indicates the issues can't possibly have been addressed sufficiently yet" (bold emphasis added)

Jeanette Altarriba, of course, did not respond to indicated how she'd supposedly "addressed" Michael W. Barberich's academic dishonesty and sexual harassment through "internal mechanisms".

Red emphasis added:

* Clarence L. McNeill to [Nonresponsive] Jeanette Altarriba, December 5, 2011 6:42 PM “I am instituting a cease and desist order between Philippo and [untenured visiting assistant professor Michael W. Barberich who Christopher Philippo reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation]" (page 214 of 281)

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, December 6, 2011 2:30 PM: "I'm following up on the 'cease and desist' order alluded to below. [Untenured visiting assistant professor Michael W. Barberich who Christopher Philippo reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation] has asked if there have been any developments regarding the issuing of this order at this point in time.” (page 214 of 281)

* Clarence L. McNeill to Jeanette Altarriba, December 7, 2011 9:26 AM Subject “Cease & Desist” (page 47 of 281) [Clarence L. McNeill changed the subject of his December 6, 2011 9:51 AM e-mail to me from “Good Morning” to “Cease & Desist” and did not inform Jeanette Altarriba he’d done so]

Clarence L. McNeill's "Good Morning" recommendation that I voluntarily choose to refrain from reporting Michael W. Barberich's academic dishonesty and sexual harassment ran contrary to a lot of things, e.g.:

"Victims shall [...] Be free from unwanted pressure from campus personnel to [...] Refrain from reporting sexual assaults for any reason, including the fear of unwanted personal publicity." http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/sexualviolence/statement.shtml

"The University at Albany expects all members of its community to conduct themselves in a manner befitting this tradition of honor and integrity. They are expected to assist the University by reporting suspected violations of academic integrity to appropriate faculty and/or administration offices. Behavior that is detrimental to the University’s role as an educational institution is unacceptable and requires attention by all citizens of its community" (bold emphasis added) “Undergraduate Academic Regulations.” http://www.albany.edu/undergraduate_bulletin_archive/2011-2012/regulations.html

“Every member of the community, including […] students, shares an interest in maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity […] Maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity insures the value and reputation of our degree programs; these standards represent an ethical obligation for faculty intrinsic to their role as educators, as well as a pledge of honor on the part of University at Albany students. If a violation of academic integrity occurs, […] students all share in the responsibility to report it.” “Community Rights and Responsibilities.” http://www.albany.edu/studentconduct/standards_of_academic_integrity.php

"What you can do if you feel you are a victim of, or if you observe acts of, sexual harassment: [...] Contact University people or community agencies that can help you. [...] Students may wish to talk with a member of the counseling center staff, a residence hall director, an academic advisor, a residence assistant, a faculty member, or a supervisor.” http://www.albany.edu/diversityandinclusion/sexual_harassment_policy.php

"Students are encouraged to report all incidents of sexual assault/sexual violence to the police or a member of the University in order to receive help in accessing support services and in referring the sex offender, if a student, to the on-campus student conduct system. The decision to report must be made by the victim and shall be respected by all members of the University.” http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/sexualviolence/report.shtml

McNeill, being both incompetent and a habitual liar, represented to Jeanette Altarriba that he'd sent me a "Cease & Desist" when he had not, and that he'd informed me that he'd contacted the "Chief's" [sic] when he had not.

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, December 7, 2011 5:10 PM "Clarence, are you at a phone number where I might reach you right now? Jeanette” [I see nothing in the response to the FOIA request giving descriptions of substance of telephone conversations, even though it ought to have been included according to the Data Request from OCR]

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill and [Nonresponsive], December 8, 2011 8:46 AM: "This behavior must cease immediately."

* Jeanette Altarriba to Estela M. Rivero, Clarence L. McNeill, Sue R. Faerman, and others, December 8, 2011 12:09 PM: "As you may know, the student was issued a 'cease and desist' order earlier this week, which you shared with me and with Professor [Nonresponsive - probably untenured visiting assistant professor Michael W. Barberich who Christopher Philippo reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation] [...] The message below and the attached message are in direct violation to that order [...] As of last Friday [December 2, 2011], I indicated to both Professors [Nonresponsive and Nonresponsive: probably Christopher Philippo's department advisor and independent study advisor] to cease all communication to Christopher at that time” (page 146 of 181 and page 157 of 281)

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, Estela M. Rivero, Sue R. Faerman, and others, December 8, 2011 1:30 PM: "In light of this student's failure to adhere to the 'cease and desist' order [...] I am not opposed to barring this student from access to campus [...] We are at a critical level of safety concern within the Department of Communication and Professor [Nonresponsive - probably untenured visiting assistant professor Michael W. Barberich who Christopher Philippo reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation], in particular, is feeling maximum discomfort with the current situation.” (page 156 of 181)

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, Sue R. Faerman, Estala M. Rivero, and others, December 8, 2011 2:06 PM: "let me confirm the message that I have communicated with each of you individually:

Please refrain from further communications with Christopher Philippo at this time.

* Jeanette Altarriba to [Nonresponsive], December 8, 2011 2:41 PM: "We have an issue with an undergraduate student. If you could, please give me a call in my office"(page 120 of 281)

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill and [Nonresponsive], December 8, 2011 4:31 PM: "Clarence, Please do inform me of the manner and the date in which Christopher will be barred from campus, if indeed this action will be taken by the University."

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, December 8, 2011 9:40 PM, “We are waiting for some action to occur as a result of the violation of the order to cease and desist” (page 119 of 281)

Christopher K. Philippo to Clarence L. McNeill, December 8, 2011 10:15 PM, "retaliation?": "I've been trying to live up to this all along:

"'Every member of the community, including both faculty and students, shares an interest in maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity [...] If a violation of academic integrity occurs, faculty, deans and students all share in the responsibility to report it' (emphasis added) [...]

Any threat of retaliation or other attempts to prevent the reporting of sexual misconduct will be prohibited and is subject to disciplinary action. Reports of retaliation should be made to the Director of Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility [which is Clarence L. McNeill]

"I told you I'd reported sexual misconduct, namely sexual harassment" [...]

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, Sue R. Faerman, Estela M. Rivero, and others, December 9, 2011 12:09 PM, "RE: FW:RE: Could you give me a call": "Again, I urge you to call the number below as soon as you can so that you can resolve the issue of this student's need/no need to be on campus again. Please let me know the progress of this action."

Clarence L. McNeill to Christopher K. Philippo, December 9, 2011 12:44 PM, "RE: retaliation?": "This would not be reported to me."

* Jeanette Altarriba to Clarence L. McNeill, Estela M. Rivero, [Nonresponsive], Sue R. Faerman [Nonresponsive], December 9, 2011 11:59 AM:”Christopher Philippo [...] was issued an order to 'cease and desist,', violated that order twice [underlining and bold emphasis of "twice" in original]" (page 123 of 281 and page 126 of 281)

* Jeanette Altarriba to Estala M. Rivero, Clarence L. McNeill [nonresponsive], December 9, 2011 4:00 PM: “Note that the second file above was one of the two documents that is in direct violation of the ‘cease and desist order that had been administered to Christopher by Clarence McNeill. The second item that violated that order is also attached here” (page 122 of 281)

Jeanette Altarriba to John M. Murphy, Christine Bouchard, Clarence L. McNeill, and others, July 10, 2012 2:12 PM, "FW: UAlbany seems a pretty hopeless case: should one bother at all?": I am concerned that faculty members will declare these mailings as a form of harassment (or perhaps in some cases, defamation of character) and will seek further legal action, internally or externally, and that this could lead to larger issues for the institution."

* John M. Murphy to Jeanette Altarriba, Christine Bouchard, Clarence L. McNeill, and others, July 11, 2012 9:16 AM: "We are doing are best to manage his foil requests as well as other issues relating to a cease and desist order that prohibits him from entering the Social Science Building where the Communications [sic] faculty reside." (page 56 of 281)

Defamation: "communication to third parties of false statements about a person that injure the reputation of or deter others from associating with that person"

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. http://dictionary.findlaw.com/definition/defamation.html

Michael W. Barberich engaged in academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation. That's not defamation because it's not a false statement.

Jeanette Altarriba required me to remain in Michael W. Barberich's class, continuing to be subjected to his offensive behavior, as a condition of receiving my degree and graduating. That's not defamation because it's not a false statement.

Jeanette Altarriba, however, by falsely claiming that I had been sent a "'cease and desist' order" when I had not, by falsely claiming that I had violated that non-existent cease and desist order, and by injuring my reputation and deterring people from associating with me (indeed, telling them not to do so)... that sure seems to fit the definition perfectly.

$tate University of ₦ew ¥ork: who says crime doesn't pay?

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher

$685,960

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/2282410/Nancy-L-Zimpher

SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor, General Counsel & Secretary William F. Howard

$242,653

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/2282067/William-F-Howard

SUNY Deputy General Counsel Marti Anne Ellermann

$195,012

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/2281973/Marti-A-Ellermann

NY Commissioner of Education John B. King, Jr.

$206,277

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/2114724/John-King

NY Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott

$117,436

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/2154092/Catherine-Leahy-Scott

NY Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman

$151,670

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/2154053/Eric-T-Schneiderman

NY Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

$178,377

http://new-york-employees.findthedata.org/l/1966577/Andrew-M-Cuomo

SUNY General Counsel gets more than the NY Attorney General or NY Inspector General? The SUNY Chancellor gets more than the NY Commissioner of Education and the Governor combined?

Hmm.

Obliging students

"It is the responsibility of all faculty, staff, and students to keep the ideals of justice uppermost in the minds of the members of the University so that they may be achieved."

"Principles of a Just Community." http://www.albany.edu/undergraduate_bulletin_archive/2010-2011/principles_of_just_community.html

"Standards of Academic Integrity

"Throughout their history, institutions of higher learning have viewed themselves and have been viewed by society as a community of persons not only seeking truth and knowledge, but seeking them in a truthful and ethical fashion. Indeed, the institution traditionally trusted by the public and the one to which it most often turns when unbiased, factual information is needed is the university. Thus, how a university behaves is as important as what it explores and learns.

"The University at Albany expects all members of its community to conduct themselves in a manner befitting this tradition of honor and integrity. They are expected to assist the University by reporting suspected violations of academic integrity to appropriate faculty and/or administration offices. Behavior that is detrimental to the University’s role as an educational institution is unacceptable and requires attention by all citizens of its community."

"Undergraduate Academic Regulations." http://www.albany.edu/undergraduate_bulletin_archive/2011-2012/regulations.html

When students are obligated to "keep the ideals of justice uppermost in the minds of the members of the University" (freedom of speech, due process, right to be free of sexual harassment and retaliation for reporting sexual harassment), and when students are obligated to report "violations of academic integrity," and "[b]ehavior detrimental to the University's role as an educational institution requires attention of all citizens of its community", why does UAlbany retaliate when students oblige UAlbany by doing just that and objecting to UAlbany's retaliation? When will "all citizens" of UAlbany's community address the systemic problems of academic dishonesty, faculty ethics violations, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, etc. that characterize UAlbany's behavior?

Bold and italic emphasis added throughout.

Rape Danes 2: Back to Boondoggle You

Santillo, Andrew. "UAlbany football hires Gattuso as head coach." Troy Record. December 7, 2013. http://www.troyrecord.com/sports/20131207/ualbany-football-hires-gattuso-as-head-coach

Unhappy news!

"[Gattuso] continued his playing career at Penn State University where he was the starting nose guard on the Nittany Lions' 1982 national championship team. Gattuso earned AP honorable mention All-America honors as a senior. He also was a two-time AP All-East selection and played in the East-West Shrine All-Star game.

"Following graduation, Gattuso stayed on at Penn State as an assistant coach under Joe Paterno for one season before returning to the Pittsburgh area in 1985. [...]

"From 1989-91, Gattuso utilized his bachelor's degree in administration and criminal justice by working for the Pittsburgh and Bethel Park police departments."

http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gattuso_greg01.html

"After Paterno died in January 2012, Gattuso was among a group of former Nittany Lions players who returned to campus for tributes to the coach. Paterno had been fired in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky. Gattuso spoke publicly during that period about Paterno's love for Penn State and the lessons he had learned from his former coach."

Barker, Jeff. "Terps appreciate 'goofy personality' of D-line coach Greg Gattuso; Maryland assistant balances 'intense' coaching style with 'peculiar sense of humor'." Baltimore Sun. August 15, 2013.http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-15/sports/bs-sp-terps-football-greg-gattuso-0816-20130815_1_maryland-assistant-joe-vellano-quinton-jefferson/2

"Kidded Gattuso, 'if he takes one more thing off my plate, we're going to wrestle right here.' [...]

"Jerry Sandusky, a player, assistant and defensive coordinator under Paterno: 'I'm the man who should be getting the award, for putting up with this guy for 21 years. [...] He recalled when Paterno made him a linebackers coach, a position that came with a young linebacker [...] 'Jerry, I'm going to tell you right now: Leave him alone,' Sandusky remembered Paterno telling him. 'I coach [others] the same way. I leave them alone.'"

Finder, Chuck. "Starring Night: Galaxy of sports celebrities helps Dapper Dan honor Sportsman of the Year Joe Paterno." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. February 8, 1999: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19990208&id=NoRIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=P28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5003,4829592

Greg Gattuso's a former Penn State football player for Coach Joe Paterno and Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant coach for Joe Paterno alongside fellow assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and someone who continues to carry water for Joe Paterno even after his death. Gattuso should fit in at UAlbany just fine, what with Joe Paterno acolyte Bob Ford, and ex-coach, ex-athlete football fan UAlbany Police "Chief" J. "Frank" Wiley (who chose not to report a gang rape by football players to the Albany County District Attorney's office ASAP and thereby failed to improve the case for the prosecution and failed to provide better victims' services).

UAlbany's rape culture isn't terribly likely to change for the better. UAlbany's more apt to become even more like Penn State, just as Bob Ford has so long fantasized.

An assistant coach, like Greg Gattuso had been, "testified that he saw Sandusky and a boy engaged in a sex act in the locker room shower in 2001 and within days reported it to Paterno, Curley and Schultz."

"McQueary: Paterno said that Penn State 'screwed up' abuse scandal responseAt a hearing to determine whether three former officials will face trial, the former assistant recalled warnings from the head coach." The Guardian. July 29, 2013. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/29/paterno-said-penn-state-screwed-up-response

UAlbany athletics' ambitions to emulate Joe Paterno and Penn State, as Bob Ford has explicitly stated in the past (at least he was honest about it):

"What impact do you think Division I athletics will have on the University's relationship with the community? A community as a whole becomes identified with a college or a university that exists within its boundaries. Penn State, as an example, has a community that identifies with that institution. So I think that the City of Albany will eventually identify with the University at Albany, and our intercollegiate athletics program will probably be a source of pride for the city."

“Bob Ford on Division I: Community and Campus Pride.” Albany Magazine. http://www.albany.edu/pr/fordnew.html

"Albany has a reputation for grooming young coaches. How do you use your coaching staff? I heard Joe Paterno say, ‘You hire good people, give them a job to do, and don’t look over their shoulders all the time.’ I’d say that’s the way I approach my staff."

Coaching Management, 8.4, May 2000, http://www.momentummedia.com/articles/cm/cm0804/qaford.htm

"'I'll miss a good friend and I think we'll all miss a coaching legend,' said Bob Ford, UAlbany's Head Football Coach. […] Ford was a friend of Paterno's, and remembers the coach's life fondly. [...] 'he himself did nothing wrong, but as he said, he wished he did more,' said Ford."

Cruz, Megan. "Locals mourn Paterno." YNN. January 22, 2012. http://saratoga-north.ynn.com/content/your_news/571083/locals-mourn-paterno/

Do blog posts and articles about Gattuso's hiring an the University at Albany Foundation Board of Directors President's newspaper the Albany Times Union mention the publisher of the Albany Times Union is the President of the Board of Directors of the University at Albany Foundation? Naturally not (when do they?):

Iorizzo, Pete. "UAlbany introduces new football coach." Albany Times Union. December 10, 2013. http://blog.timesunion.com/sports/ualbany-introduces-new-football-coach/506/

"New University at Albany football coach Greg Gattuso got the best possible endorsement from Bob Ford, the beloved figure he is replacing.

"'I think he's cut from the same cloth as I am in many respects,' Ford said [...]

"[Gattuso] received a five-year contract with a $230,000 annual base salary to turn around UAlbany [...] 'Coach Gattuso is a proven winner who will sustain the legacy created by Bob Ford,' McElroy said in the university release."

Singelais, Mark. "UAlbany selects Ford's successor; Maryland assistant head coach Gattuso is named Danes' coach." Albany Times Union. December 9, 2013. http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/UAlbany-selects-Ford-s-successor-5049709.php

And what a legacy Bob Ford has: UAlbany athletics draining resources away from academics, lower academic standards, sexual assaults and other crimes by the young men he coached, a tight relationship with UAlbany's so-called Police "Chief" who cares more about college and pro athletics than law enforcement, etc.

Will the NYS Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) or the Moreland Commission on Public Corruption look into such things? Doubt it!

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education... in Public Corruption

From: Faerman, Sue R.

Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 9:47 AM

To: McNeill, Clarence L.

Subject: FW: acknowledgement of Undergraduate Vice Provost's receipt of November report?

Clay,

        I have looked through my folder of e-mails from CP, and this seems to be the only e-mail that I haven't previously forwarded to you (or received from you or Jeanette [Altarriba]) in the past year. I do have some earlier material (from 2008) and will forward that separately.

Best,

Sue

*************************************************************************************

Sue Faerman, Ph.D.                                          Snail Mail:

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education        Lecture Center 30

PH: (518) 442-3950                                           University at Albany-SUNY

FAX: (518) 442-4959                                          Albany, NY 12222

[I've attempted to preserve the formatting of her e-mail - CKP]

Why does the University at Albany encourage and even require students to report academic dishonesty and sexual harassment when what UAlbany's top administrators will do upon receiving reports or complaints is to start a file on the person who made the reports, not reply to the complainant, and assist in retaliating against the complainant?

Why isn't the Undergraduate Vice Provost following policies, procedures, laws, to stop academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation, and instead giving her "best" to a man sending threats to a student (later alumnus) and his family for having reported academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation? Does she like those things?

From: "Murphy, John M"

Subject: C&D Order

Date: July 3, 2012 at 3:43:05 PM EDT

To: [CKP]

Cc: "Bouchard, Christine", "McNeill, Clarence L", "Wiley, J. Frank", Presmail

Dear Christopher:

Congratulations on graduating from our UAlbany family! [...] You and I will forever share the common bond of having earned degrees at UAlbany and I would also like for us to share good feelings about our Alma Mater.

Gah.

"As a community of scholars, the University at Albany has a special responsibility to integrity and truth. [...] Every member of the community, including both faculty and students, shares an interest in maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity." http://www.albany.edu/studentconduct/appendix-c.php

Words, just words.

Team Ethics

"After the body of an Eastern Michigan University freshman was found in her dorm room in December 2006, naked from the waist down with a pillow over her head, the chief of the university police said there was 'no reason to suspect foul play,' and let her parents believe she had died of natural causes.

"That silence held for more than two months. In that time, the student who was eventually convicted in her murder had free run of a campus where he was previously caught climbing into a window of a university building.

"In recent years Marquette University has been accused of mishandling accusations of sexual assault by four athletes, and Arizona State has been faulted in handling a student’s rape, allegedly by a football player with a history of sexual aggression on campus.

"The Penn State scandal has ended the reign of the university’s patriarch and longtime football coach, Joe Paterno, amid national expressions of shock. But the case is also emblematic of a parallel judicial universe that exists at many of the country’s colleges and universities."

Bernstein, Nina. "On College Campuses, Athletes Often Get Off Easy." N.Y. Times. November 11, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/12/us/on-college-campuses-athletes-often-get-off-easy.html

Hopefully UAlbany will replace Bob Ford with someone who doesn't endlessly admire Joe Paterno to the extent of even claiming Joe Paterno did nothing wrong, as Bob Ford has claimed.

"Albany has a reputation for grooming young coaches. How do you use your coaching staff? I heard Joe Paterno say, ‘You hire good people, give them a job to do, and don’t look over their shoulders all the time.’ I’d say that’s the way I approach my staff."

Coaching Management, 8.4, May 2000, http://www.momentummedia.com/articles/cm/cm0804/qaford.htm

"'I'll miss a good friend and I think we'll all miss a coaching legend,' said Bob Ford, UAlbany's Head Football Coach. […] Ford was a friend of Paterno's, and remembers the coach's life fondly. [...] 'he himself did nothing wrong, but as he said, he wished he did more,' said Ford."

Cruz, Megan. "Locals mourn Paterno." YNN. January 22, 2012. http://saratoga-north.ynn.com/content/your_news/571083/locals-mourn-paterno/

I'm not overly optimistic, what with UAlbany naming a field after Bob Ford despite Ford's being the coach for a UAlbany football player who was electrocuted to death in a hazing incident, and UAlbany football players who committed gang rape and weren't reported ASAP to the Albany County District Attorney, among other things. Similarly, with Lee McElroy having failed to swear and file his Oath of Office with the NYS Secretary of State the year he was appointed as required, what business has he in remaining at the university and having anything to do with a search for a new football coach?

"University at Albany athletic director Lee McElroy said Saturday the school is wrapping up its football coaching search amid reports its choice is a University of Maryland assistant coach." Singelais, "UAlbany coaching search near end; School reportedly set to hire Maryland assistant to replace retiring Ford." Albany Times Union. December 7, 2013. http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/UAlbany-coaching-search-near-end-5045203.php

UAlbany should be hiring a coach who has a record of zero tolerance for athletes engaging in academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, sexual assault, etc. Universities exist for academics, not sports, and they're supposed to be characterized by academic integrity and safety. UAlbany is not.

Why hasn't any money poured into solving the disappearances of students from UAlbany the way it's poured into the athletics department?

A page for one of the students missing from SUNY Albany from 1999:

http://web.archive.org/web/19991023053405/http://www.albany.edu/public_safety/ciu.html#lyall

2004:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040220055124/http://www.albany.edu/public_safety/ciu.html#lyall

2006:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060901231522/http://police.albany.edu/2ColPage.asp?PageSName=SL (note her name misspelled as Suzan Lyall in the right sidebar)

2012:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120225084942/http://police.albany.edu/2ColPage.asp?PageSName=SL (six years later her name is still misspelled in the right sidebar)

No UPD page for her at all now. Why have they given up on finding her? Or perhaps they don’t want people to easily see that they never solved a missing persons case? It's a fact that should be mentioned in every annual Clery Act Report, every annual UPD report. "Chief" Wiley should be sent packing and someone who worked his or her way up through the ranks in NYS with distinction should be competitively appointed, someone who would pledge to do as much as possible to close SUNY Albany's missing persons cases, and who would do something to change UAlbany's rape culture.

FBI still have a page for her:

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/suzanne-g.-lyall

NYS Troopers still have a page for her:

http://www.troopers.ny.gov/Wanted_and_Missing/Missing/view.cfm?ID=7d2586b3-87fc-44bb-b602-52825c71e4f0

UPD doesn’t appear to have ever had a page for missing SUNY Albany student Karen Wilson. She disappeared in 1985, well before the public Internet, but surely it could help to have a page for her nonetheless.

The NYS Troopers have a page for her, though the FBI don’t seem to:

http://www.troopers.ny.gov/Wanted_and_Missing/Missing/view.cfm?ID=90b2f9c7-e932-48f0-94f2-78c33c24a671

Student's fear of professor: ignored; Professor's retaliatory false claims of fear: rain down hellfire on the student!

CKP to Jeanette Altarriba, October 18, 2011, 10:25 AM:

"[Michael W. Barberich's] behavior makes me uncomfortable about the idea of meeting with him without a witness"

Jeanette Altarriba to CKP, November 9, 2011 3:55 PM:

"Do not consider that you have become any kind of 'target' [for retaliation] as some have suggested, that's simply not the case."

CKP to Clarence K. McNeill, December 6, 2011 10:55 AM, concerning my having reported Michael W. Barberich's offensive academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation:

I originally used to sit in the front row of class as is my usual practice in any class, but I'd early on moved several rows back to be further away from him! [...]

"I have not ever wanted to be in his class at all because of his behavior and as I've explained to Dr. Altarriba since early October, *I* have feared for *my* personal safety from *him* since early October, and my mother, other family, friends, etc. have been concerned about my being protected from his retaliation against me for reporting his sexual harassment, faculty ethics violations, etc. I have not wanted to question him in class (and have only done so three times over the course of the semester), but have been fighting my extreme anxiety about him and my desire to leave the class (as I had in fact dropped it back in 2009) because of a real necessity that legitimate disagreements with the professor be raised about problematic issues, as I believe to be every student's right under the Code of Conduct and the strong presumption in favor of freedom of expression and academic freedom.

"That anxiety about meeting with him alone because of his behavior was why Dr. Altarriba was willing to schedule a meeting [...] to go over the iClicker quizzes and the exams in her office in her presence, which otherwise would be unusual and unnecessary. Usually going over exams in an office at all is unnecessary, because in my experience most professors either hand them back or go over them in class. I'd explained I was not at all comfortable meeting with him alone without anybody else there as a witness to his behavior and speech."

Michael W. Barberich to Jeanette Altarriba, December 2, 2011 4:34 PM:

"Christopher Philippo has continued to pose problems in [the class]. Most recently Christopher has sent two inappropriate messages to all students in the course through Blackboard. I decided it was best to remove his access to the course Blackboard page and did so shortly before 3 p.m. [...]

"I am attaching the messages here. The second message is of particular concern because he involves not only me but you.

"Christopher presented some of the issues he mentions in these message [sic] in class on Thursday, December 1. He has is [sic] openly challenging my role as an instructor and the management of his concerns, which have been addressed or are baseless. This development troubles me and I believe will raise concern for other students in the class.

"I do not believe it is appropriate for Christopher to continue as a student in this course. I am also concerned that these behaviors are not only disruptive but threatening. I actually feel, regardless of whether or not Christopher continues in the course, that a security presence at the remaining class meeting and exam is warranted.

I hope that we may discuss this matter and determine a course of action.

My concerns had not been addressed, and they were not baseless. The December 1, 2011 class to which Barberich refers included this exchange, posted here previously:

the last of the only three times I dared raise my hand in that class, when the conversation with the Barberich went something like this:

Me: The diagram on the last slide [which had a font which was small and very hard to read] isn't in the textbook. Is it from the work of the theorist Ting-Toomey [Professor of Human Communication Studies at California State University, Fullerton] the slide was about?

Barberich: No, it's based on her work.

Me: Oh. It didn't cite a source, so did you create the diagram?

Barberich: No.

Me: Well, who made the diagram then?

Barberich: That's a good question.

Me: This is a class that fulfills the general education requirement for information literacy, right? [It's supposed to teach students to "learn to evaluate the quality of information, to use information ethically and professionally" and to be a resource "for students needing additional orientation to academic integrity"to help them avoid plagiarism.]

Barberich: Yes, it is a class that fulfills the general education requirement for information literacy.

Me: Oh. Well, you should know who created the diagram, right? Because you created the lecture...? You didn't say one of your TAs wrote it. [I suspected one of them might have, or that he'd blame them.]

Barberich: No, actually my TA [X] wrote it. [The TA was present, but evidently did not have the information as to where he'd...appropriated?...the diagram.]

Me: Oh. Well, that would have been good to acknowledge at the beginning of the lecture, wouldn't it have been?

Barberich: Yes.

I dropped the line of questioning at that point. Barberich had admitted (though it had been like pulling teeth with him) to personally committing academic dishonesty, and that his TA had committed academic dishonesty as well with his full knowledge, in front of over 100 undergraduate students (mostly teenaged freshmen and sophomores who may not have fully understood the significance of the exchange, if they were paying attention at all).

Evidently Michael W. Barberich feels entitled not only to engage in academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation, but he feels entitled to never be reported for his academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation, and that the department chair, campus police, etc. are obliged to assist him in retaliating so that he may continue to engage in academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation.

Why did Jeanette Altarriba force me to remain in Barberich's class as a condition of receiving my degree and graduating when I'd requested academic accommodation that would permit me to drop it starting in October? Why did she encourage me to keep reporting Barberich's academic dishonesty and sexual harassment when she evidently had no intention of forcing Barberich to stop engaging in academic dishonesty and sexual harassment, despite her claim that she had "addressed" things? Why did Barberich keep engaging in academic dishonesty and sexual harassment when he knew I would report him for it, as UAlbany encourages and even obligates students to do? (Presumably because he knew the chair and the administration would do his bidding so that he could continue to engage in academic dishonesty and sexual harassment as much as it personally gratified him to do, no matter how much harm he did?

Policy for Freedom of Expression

"The University reaffirms its commitment to the principle that the widest possible scope for freedom of expression is the foundation of an institution dedicated to vigorous inquiry, robust debate, and the continuous search for a proper balance between freedom and order. The University seeks to foster an environment in which persons who are on its campus legitimately may express their views as widely and as passionately as possible; at the same time, the University pledges to provide the greatest protection available for controversial, unpopular, dissident, or minority opinions. The University believes that censorship is always suspect, that intimidation is always repugnant, and that attempts to discourage constitutionally protected expression may be antithetical to the University’s essential missions: to discover new knowledge and to educate."

http://www.albany.edu/undergraduate_bulletin/regulations.html

Women's Studies chair Janelle Hobson to CKP, July 15, 2012 1:23 PM:

"If there is a lesson learned: know that, next time, when a professor behaves badly, confront that instructor in class head on"

I had heeded that advice even before she gave it to me. I confronted Michael W. Barberich in class about his academic dishonesty as the university obliged me to do, and he grudgingly admitted to his own academic dishonesty (presenting his teaching assistant's work as his own) and the academic dishonesty of his teaching assistant (making use of something for lecture materials without crediting the author or even knowing where he got it). Look where it got me!

From an old post here:

"Professor Lawrence Snyder, Chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom, Freedom of Expresion, and Community Responsibility (CAFFEECoR) discussed a proposed student academic bill of rights, which will be presented to the Senate Executive Committee. […] Professor Snyder mentioned the possible creation of a website where students may state faculty grievances. […] Another student concern was when students take ADD/ADHD drugs to stay focused on exams. It is especially upsetting for students when the drugs are not prescribed to a particular student who purchases them for the sole purpose of helping them concentrate while studying. Students believe those students have an unfair advantage. According to students, plagiarism and other forms of student cheating is not handled in the same manner for all students resulting in unequal student treatment. The committee concluded it was important to have a location where students may discuss their grievances privately without fear of faculty retribution. [bold emphasis added]

"Professor Snyder mentioned the website entitled ratemyprofessor.com where students are able to post faculty names and comments. He mentioned an example where a student that posted negative comments never approached the faculty member to discuss the matter. Such comments place the University in a poor light and is worsened by the fact that the entire world can access the website."

"Committee on Academic Freedom, Freedom of Expression, and Community Responsibility." Undergraduate Academic Council. December 17, 2005. http://www.albany.edu/senate/images/12-19-05_UAC_minutes.doc

SUNY Albany's Undergraduate Academic Council recognized that some professors retaliate against students who have grievances. There'd been the thought that it would be better for problems to be solved than for complaints to be posted in view of "the entire world" (really just a segment of English speakers with Internet access). They didn't issue ratemyprofessor.com a "cease and desist" however (AFAIK), yet they didn't create the Undergraduate Ombuds office either.

Are student complaints always so unimportant to SUNY Albany administrators? Does the administration find it acceptable to employ faculty who retaliate against students with grievances [or who reported sexual harassment and retaliation for having reported sexual harassment]? Professor Snyder alleged that a student had "never" approached a professor about a problem, but he presumably only had the professor's word for that; regardless, it could easily have been a student fearing retaliation.

Also from the UAC Minutes document:

"Faculty must provide students with a course syllabus. Some students are hesitant to confront a faculty member about a required syllabus, or other issues, due to possible faculty reprisal. This is the reason the ombudsperson needs to work in an office that is independent and where students’ anonymity is protected" (bold emphasis added).

Some UAlbany faculty are evidently so deranged that they would retaliate against a student for reporting that the professor had not provided students with a course syllabus as professors are required to do. UAlbany administrators are, at any rate, aware that some students are afraid that there are professors who are so deranged as that - and UAlbany has chosen not to address that problem.

UAlbany, in retaliating against me, coordinated their retaliation to such an extent that my department advisor, independent study advisor, chair, the Disability Resource Center, the Counseling Center, the Dean, the Vice Provost, the President's office were all involved to varying degrees. Students have few, if any, friends at UAlbany. UAlbany administrators were digging for dirt on me in my student file, looking into other universities I'd attended, Disability Resource Center records - while doing nothing about the academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation I'd reported all semester long other than to keep retaliating against me for reporting it all.

By not creating the Undergraduate (pseudo-)Ombuds office, UAlbany arguably signaled how concerned they are about students' fear of faculty retribution: that students' fears of faculty retribution don't matter, that faculty retribution against students may continue, and students should be left to report faculty's violations of policy or law online instead. If they wanted students to stop reporting professors' failings or crimes online, they would have at the very least created a real Undergraduate Ombuds office. I hope someday that office is created.

Psycho*?

One of the people who most aggressively assisted in the retaliation against me for reporting academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation for having reported the same was then-Communication Department Chair, Department of Psychology Professor, and Cognition and Language Laboratory Director Jeanette Altarriba. Her fanatical pursuit of having me punished for reporting things the university encourages and even requires students to report (and that she even encouraged me to report!) seems to have started after she learned I'd reported *her* academic dishonesty and her quid pro quo sexual harassment. She'd forced me to remain in the professor's class being further subjected to his offensive behavior as an inescapable condition of receiving my degree and graduating, while perversely encouraging me to keep reporting the professor to her and to even encourage other students to report him (when she knew I didn't really know anybody and was extremely shy, etc.).

Clarence L. McNeill forwarded her an e-mail titled "Good Morning" he'd sent me in which he (improperly!) recommended that I voluntarily refrain from communicating with anyone about the professor I'd reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation. It was improper for him to even recommend that for a variety of reasons, including:

Victims shall: [...]

* Be free from any threat of retaliation or other attempt to prevent the reporting of sexual misconduct;

* Be free from unwanted pressure from campus personnel to: [...]

* Refrain from reporting sexual assaults for any reason, including the fear of unwanted personal publicity.

http://www.albany.edu/studentconduct/27173.php

In other e-mails Clarence L. McNeill threatened me, sending me a sinister "warning" that I "need to forget about" the professor I'd reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation. How consistent is that with UAlbany's "Victims of Campus Sexual Assault: Statement of Principles and Rights"? Threatening me with civil and criminal litigation for reporting academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation that the campus encouraged and even required me to report?

How many other people has Clarence L. McNeill similarly threatened? How many campus suicides are of people who had turned to Clarence L. McNeill or other faculty or staff for help and who were ignored or threatened in response?

Clarence L. McNeill, in writing Jeanette Altarriba and keeping her in the loop on retaliation, without informing her he had changed his subject line to "Cease & Desist" and he significantly edited the e-mail he'd sent me, leaving parts out and adding something that wasn't in the e-mail he sent me "P.S. I did notify the UPD Police Chief's [sic] of this directive as well." She may have assumed that "Cease & Desist" was the subject line of the e-mail he'd sent me, and that "P.S. I did notify the UPD Police Chief's of this directive as well" was also in the e-mail he'd sent me, even though they weren't.

Jeanette Altarriba, in aggressively assisting the retaliation against me, wrote Dean Sue Faerman, Senior Counsel John Reilly, University Counseling Center Director Estela Rivero, and others falsely claiming to them that I had been "issued an order to 'cease and desist', [and] violated that order twice" (underlining and bold emphasis of "twice" in original); writing of my alleged "failure to adhere to the 'cease and desist' order" and so forth. I had not been issued an order, and I'd never violated the order as there never was an order.

Moreover, the supposed violations of the supposed order were e-mails to people to whom I'd already reported things who I was keeping in the loop about such things as my own well-being for which I perhaps mistakenly believed they cared. I'd forwarded those e-mails to McNeill myself in the interest of transparency. I was acting on the level: they were not. Clarence L. McNeill had written me “The right thing to do is refrain from talking about [the professor you reported for academic dishonesty, sexual harassment, and retaliation] to ANYONE at UA with the exception of those you have already initiated contact with (e.g. ODI, DRC, Vice Provost Office).” Thus even if he had ordered me (which he hadn't) I was availing myself of exceptions to his (improper) advice that he'd provided in person and in writing.

Jeanette Altarriba wrote of her "own level of discomfort as Chair" and that she was "not opposed to barring this student from access to campus [...] we are at a critical level of safety concern". Well no doubt she was feeling uncomfortable, she'd put herself in that position. She'd forced me to remain in the class of a professor I'd reported to her for academic dishonesty and sexual harassment, and she'd left a paper trail of her failure to help me and of her efforts to retaliate against me after I'd reported her as well.

It all seems kind of unreal (and indeed it ought to be), but I did find evidence (too late) that appears to indicate they did this kind of stuff to others, e.g.:

"Grenz said e-mails among UAlbany officials demonstrate there were meanspirited delays on Yi's grievances. The e-mails were turned over as part of the criminal case.

“One by the assistant dean of graduate studies, Jonathan Bartow, states: ‘I do not intend to immediately respond to (Yi’s) most recent message and I hope I set the stage for such slow movement on his request in my earlier message.'"

Carleo-Evangelist, Jordan. “Question of fairness at school; Lawyer says UAlbany overreacted in dealings with now-jailed student.” Albany Times Union. October 25, 2007: A1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6425910

"Attorney Eugene Grenz cast Liangdong Yi's arrest as case of post-Virginia Tech paranoia. City Court Judge Rachel L. Kretser, however, saw it more simply: University Police were incomplete in filling out the arrest documents."

Carleo-Evangelist, Jordan. "Police mistake leads to dismissal; Ex-student faces possible deportation to China after judge finds threat case is tainted." Albany Times Union. March 14, 2008: D1. http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6541186

Clearly we don't have all the facts in that case just from those articles, but John Murphy seemed to have lured that student on campus with a promise of a meeting to discuss an issue about grades only so they could arrest him. My guess is that the letter from Murphy the student was carrying as he said he was going to meet with Murphy was an invitation from Murphy to meet with him. The campus claimed the student made some kind of a vague threat but they couldn’t provide specifics about what it was, and it was possible somebody had misheard something due to the student's strong accent. They then botched the arrest of the person they claimed was a terrible threat to the campus, which if he had been a real threat would have been totally inexcusable. My guess is that the officers who bungled the arrest did not suffer much, if any, for their lack of professionalism.

John Murphy *repeatedly* tried luring me on campus, when he knew I didn’t feel safe going back on campus and in fact refused to do so, and when people at the university had claimed I was a risk to safety - something he knew. Why, then, did John Murphy try to get me to go on campus to meet with him there?

A little R&R: Reporting and Retaliation

The State University of New York at Albany made reporting academic dishonesty an obligation for students and as such staff, faculty, chairs, deans, etc. have no real basis for complaining if a student actually takes that obligation seriously:

"Maintaining the highest standards of academic integrity insures the value and reputation of our degree programs; these standards represent an ethical obligation for faculty intrinsic to their role as educators, as well as a pledge of honor on the part of University at Albany students. If a violation of academic integrity occurs, faculty, deans, and students all share in the responsibility to report it.” (emphasis added)

http://www.albany.edu/studentconduct/appendix-c.php

If you don't want students to report academic dishonesty, don't require them to report it! (The fact that they don't have a form for students to report it certainly doesn't assist reporting it, and it's my understanding that relatively few students do report it. Nevertheless, students have a pledge of honor to report it and share in the responsibility of faculty to report it, and faculty have an ethical obligation to report it.

As for students reporting sexual harassment committed by professors:

“Sexual assault is a broad term that includes forcible touching, stranger assault, acquaintance rape, sexual harassment, and sexual exploitation" (emphasis added)

http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/sexualviolence/sexualassault.shtml

“If a victim makes a report to the campus judicial office - the Office of Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility, the Director of Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility (518-442-5501) will assist in filing a complaint for possible university disciplinary action against the alleged sex offender."

"Sexual Assault: Reporting Options, Victim's Rights Statement and Prevention Programs" http://www.albany.edu/studentconduct/27173.php

Faculty and staff would appear to have no basis for complaining about sexual harassment being reported to them, or to do nothing to help with respect to any report they receive; they are all supposed to believe such reports and in turn pass on such reports:

“The best thing you can do for the student is to listen to and believe them [...] it is still your obligation to contact the Office of the Vice President for Student Success"

http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/sexualviolence/how_to_help.shtml

One of my professors said to me something like: "Could you shut the door? Thanks. Now don't take this the wrong way, but I don't want to feel like I have to take sides. I'm not friends with the professor you reported to me, but I'm friendly with him, and I don't want to hear anything more about his academic dishonesty and sexual harassment." Not exactly consistent with university policy or with anything else. Was he afraid of his coworker retaliating against him if it were learned that he'd fulfilled his obligation to report the sexual harassment to the Office of the Vice President for Student Success? If he's afraid of his coworker, doesn't that make it that much important to report him?

Another member of the faculty on campus said something like: "I don't think he's a misogynist, maybe he's just pandering to the worst elements in class in an attempt to be liked." That doesn't exactly make him not a misogynist and regardless: who would want to be liked by people who think sexual harassment is OK, or funny, or in any way positive?

Students that report things the university encourages them to report or even requires them to report should not be retaliated against when they actually do report those things. In practice, how much does mere text stating that retaliation is prohibited mean when it goes on anyway?

"Any threat of retaliation or other attempts to prevent the reporting of sexual misconduct will be prohibited and is subject to disciplinary action. Reports of retaliation should be made to the Director of Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility (518-442-5501) and/or the Associate Director of Residential Life/Quad Supervisor (518-442-5875) who will assist in filing a complaint for university disciplinary action.

"Definition: Retaliation is an intentional act taken against an individual who initiates any sexual misconduct complaint, including stalking or intimate partner violence, pursues legal recourse for such a complaint, or participates in any manner in the investigation of such a report. Any act of retaliation is prohibited and is subject to judicial referral." http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/sexualviolence/report.shtml

What are people supposed to do when the Director of Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility denies in writing that reports of retaliation should be made to him, and when the Director of Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility engages in retaliation? SOL?

Potential Albany Times Union/University conflict of interest?

UAlbany's Auxiliary Services buying an ad from UAlbany Foundation Board of Directors President George Randolph Hearst III's newspaper the Albany Times Union makes some sense (advertising to people in the region where the university is located), but also seems fraught with potential for conflict of interest: being in some way in charge of money headed into the university, yet also involved with money leaving the university for his own company?

"The University at Albany Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized for the purpose of encouraging philanthropic contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other organizations in support of activities and programs of the University at Albany. Responsibility for governance of the Foundation is vested in a Board of Directors, comprised of alumni, community and University representatives. The Executive Director of the Foundation reports regularly to the Board of Directors and is responsible for the management of all funds in its accounts and is committed to ensuring their proper stewardship."

http://www.albany.edu/uafoundation/

Unless the Albany Times Union runs such ads for free, which might also merit the raising an eyebrow.

"More than 150 UAlbany alumni and supporters attended a reception March 6 at the Hearst Tower in Manhattan. Hosted by University at Albany Foundation President George R. Hearst III, the reception provided a unique opportunity for guests to meet UAlbany’s new president, Robert J. Jones; his wife, Lynn Hassan Jones, M.D.; and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher."

"Hearst Tower Reception." http://www.albany.edu/ualbanymagazine/spring13_out_and_about.shtml (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6LcQftRow )