Regents vote to retain Hickman at Lee College
Lee College Board of Regents on February 23 voted 7 to 1 to reject the president’s recommendation to terminate personnel officer Jim Hickman after Aug. 15 sexual harassment charges. Hickman suspended with pay, contract ends August 31, 1997, with renewal likely in March. The plan includes possible reassignment of plaintiff secretary Jennifer Gore and a meeting with Hickman and counsel to resolve return details.
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Lee College Board of Regents
Jim Hickman
Hickman
Jennifer Gore
Jackson Sasser
Sasser
Bill Blake
Charles Huggins
Burt Springer
Betty Foreman
Sistant
Gore
Board of Regents
Springer
Mike Clawson
Clawson
Debaters Lead LC at Louisiana State Championship
Lee College Speech and Forensics Team earned first place in the Junior Division and ninth overall at the Louisiana State Championship February 23-26 in Baton Rouge. Havard and Garza placed ninth in Parliament, Vinson and Malone tenth in Prose and Programmatic Oral Interpretation, with Malone also fourth in Programmatic Oral Interpretation and Havard second in Communicative Analysis.
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Lee College
Chris Havard
Larissa Malone
Havard
Luis Garza
Elizabeth Vinson
Malone
San Antonio
Hovard
Vinson
Texas
Panola College
Carthage
Garza
Louisiana
San Francisco
SC Student of the Year vote sparks impeachment call
The Student Congress parliamentarian Alicia Jahan-Tigh and Robbin Summers clashed over the Region V Student of the Year vote at the Feb 23 SC meeting. Summers was denied a vote, the tie was broken by President B C Colby, and Jahan-Tigh alleged vote denial and corruption in a letter to the Board of Regents Chairman.
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Student Congress
Lee College
Alicia Jahan-Tigh
Robbin Summers
B.C. Colby
Jahan-Tigh
Summers
Colby
Board of Regents
Jahan Tigh
Sponsor travel role questioned at Region V meeting
The Region V trip raised criticism as no sponsor accompanied students. The student handbook allows dean approval for sponsorless travel in special cases. Dean Tom Sanders said he advised Bob Boyes to skip the meeting and will remain as adviser only as necessary. Jacqueline Whitaker denied identifying herself as SC adviser.
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Tom Sanders
Bob Boyes
Sanders
Jacqueline Whitaker
Jahan Tigh
Angela Kennedy
Classics Critic Charles Ward Talks Future of Music
The Houston Chronicle critic Charles Ward visited Lee College as part of the LC Music performance lecture series to discuss the future of music and journalism during a campus appearance.
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Charles Ward
Houston Chroncle
Lee College
Ward
LC Music Department
Student Congress sets Spring Fling date plans
Alicia Jahan-Tigh reports remodeling of the student lounge may cost more than projected. Dennis Topper says extra funds may be drawn from the roll over account. past executive board members offered help if needed. No vote taken. Spring Fling is March 22 from 10 am to 4 pm with sign ups at the SC office. SC allocates funding to clubs. Lyceum funds redirected for a separate speaker. TJCSGA deadline is March 10 for the Austin convention.
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Jahan-Tigh
Alicia Jahan-Tigh
Student Congress Parlimentarian
Dennis Topper
B.C. Colby
Ing
ACE Club
Lyceum Club
Colby
Tjcsga
Texas Junior College Student Government Association
Austin
Security investigates on campus sexual harassment reports at Lee College
Lee College security logged two sexual misconduct incidents within a month. In the Feb 8 incident in the Adult Learning Center a married Harris County education employee in his 30s or 40s allegedly touched hair and attempted a kiss on a female student assistant who reported the behavior. the suspect was removed from the facility by his employer after an investigation. The Feb 10 library incident involved a 48 year old student who was touched by an unidentified male student. she screamed and struck him with a notebook and the suspect fled. The Baytown Police Department cited the suspect for class C assault.
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Harris County Department of Education
Janette Hodgin
Applied Science and Community Education
Baytown
LC Security
BPD
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