that occurred after a class in whichnDanaMichele asserted that US governmentnstatistics showed that lesbiansncould raise children better than marriedncouples could. Schaub says that hensimply asked her if he could have thensource.n”I asked after class, even,” he says. “Indidn’t want to look like I was challengingnher. I just said, ‘I couldn’t writenquick enough — I’m wondering if youncould tell me where you got that, so Incan go look it up and get the information.’n”She wouldn’t hear of it. She toldnme, ‘Why are you challenging me? Getnaway from me! Just leave me alone!’n”Right there,” he continues, “one ofnher friends who was in the class camendown and called me ‘a f g malenchauvinist goddamn bastard.'” The student,nElizabeth Dougherty, denies shensaid this, according to an account in thenSeattle Weekly. Shirley Hamblin,nthough, who was also present, reportsnthat Dougherty “was shrieking” andnthat “her mouth was in Pete’s ear.”nWhen Schaub showed up for classnthe next morning, he was informed bynDonna Langston that she was “banningnhim from class.” To make hernpoint, she had two campus police officersnwaiting at the back of the hall, whonescorted Schaub away.n”What was his crime?” Hamblinnasked in a letter to the UW Daily. “Henasked questions. He challenged instructorsnto support their claims.”nSchaub was not the only student tonbe harassed for showing some independencenof mind. Mary Seward is 38,nmarried with three children, stands fivenfoot one-and-a-half inches tall, weighsn110 pounds, and is legally blind. Sewardnsays that after she politely questionednone particularly implausiblenstatement by a guest lecturer (to whit,nthat Mexicans have large families toncompensate for Spanish genocide innthe 16th century), she was dressedndown for an hour and a half after classnby DanaMichele, who told her, “Yournbody language is hostile and threatening.”nWhen Hamblin made an announcementnon behalf of Schaub onnMarch 1, DanaMichele came over tonher and said, “I really think you shouldnstart being concerned about yournpersonal safety.” When Hamblin demandednto know exactly what shenmeant, DanaMichele quickly deniednthat she had made a threat, and said,n”You have to be concerned about yournpersonal safety from Pete Schaub” —nthus replacing a threat with slander.n(The women’s studies forces later accusednSchaub of threatening them. Butnwhen pressed on this point by localnreporters, the only examples of threatsnthey could produce were along thenlines of, “It’s not a safe world fornwomen, and people were afraid to walknhome because of someone like PetenSchaub. He’s big and he’s hostile. Itndoesn’t have to be more specific thannthat.” “If that is threatening,” respondsnSchaub, “I have been threatened manyntimes. I’ve seen many big people.”)nSchaub protested his banning to thenuniversity administration. Administratorsndeclined to hold an open investigationnto clear him, as he requested.n(Indeed, Schaub says campus authoritiesnhave never asked him for his versionnof events.) The dean of studentsndid, however, reinstate Schaub in thencourse after several weeks — with thensuggestion that he not attend furthernclass meetings. (Repeated phone callsnto UW Vice President for StudentnAffairs Stephen Nord were not returned.)nSchaub’s technical reinstatementnwas still too much for local feminists,nwho organized a series of demonstrationsnagainst him in March and Apriln1988. “He’s just a beer-drinking arrogantnguy,” they told reporters. (Asnnoted, Schaub is a teetotaler.)nTo further undermine Schaub’sncredibility, the Women Studies Departmentntook out a full-page ad in thenUW Daily. Transparently referring tonSchaub as “one of the disruptive students”nwho had been quoted inn”articles in local newspapers,” the adnaccused “several students” of “obscenenand abusive language in the classroom”n(no details or evidence were provided).nThe ad was paid for with taxpayersuppliednuniversity funds.nThe first demonstration againstnSchaub, according to students whonwitnessed it, was assembled right outsidenthe classroom. One of its leaders,nAnnette Sacksteder, was allowed intonthe classroom by Donna Langston,nDanaMichele, and the acting directornof the Women Studies Department,nSue Ellen Jacobs. Annette Sackstedernand a TA addressed the room, urgingnnnthe students to leave class and join thendemonstration. Donna Langston thennannounced that any student wishing tonleave the classroom that day would benexcused without penalty. About 20nstudents actually left at that point,nsome to participate in the demonstrationnand others to watch it. The demonstrators,nwith reporters and TV camerasnfollowing, marched over to thendean’s office to protest Schaub’s reinstatement.nWhen they found the officendeserted and locked, they pounded onnthe door arid tried unsuccessfully tonbreak it open. When Schaub showednup and was identified, the crowd encirclednhim and chanted, “Stop sexualnharassment!”nA second demonstration was held anfew days later to protest the allegedn”unfair media coverage” of the firstnone. At the third demonstration,nthough, on April 6, the crowd wasnbehind Schaub. “We support Pete! Wensupport Pete!” they chanted.nThe women studies forces at UWnare being, to put it mildly, less thannforthcoming about the Schaub affair.nMessages for Langston left with thenWomens Studies Department elicitednno response. DanaMichele’s telephonennumber has been disconnected.nAfter failing to return a phone message,nthe head of the department. SuenEllen Jacobs, objected strongly to beingncalled at home. Jacobs said shencould suggest no one to present thenwomen’s studies side of the case. Anwoman at the UW Women’s InformationnCenter declined to recommendnany sources and refused to give hernname. The local women’s studies forcesnseem to have realized that the tidenhas turned against them, and to benhoping that the whole matter will benforgotten if they just keep quiet. Jacobsnsays that the Pete Schaub affair “hasngone on too damn long.”nBut Schaub has been telling hisnFor Immediate ServicenChroniclesnNEW SUBSCRIBERSnTOLL FREE NUMBERn1-800-435-0715nILLINOIS RESIDENTSn1-800-892-0753nJANUARY 1989/47n