Responding to msg by pcw@access.digex.net (Peter Wayner) on Fri, 17 Nov 9:47 AM ---------- The New York Times, November 17, 1995, p. B8. Penalties Decided in E-Mail at Cornell Cornell University has reached agreement with four students on punishment for a widely distributed E-mail message they wrote listing "75 reasons why women should not have freedom of speech." The university rejected harsh penalties like suspension because the students did not engage in sexual harassment, university officials said yesterday. The university had investigated complaints of sexual harassment and misuse of computer resources after the message made its way on the Internet last month, angering thousands of computer users who sent angry responses to the four students. The message included the lines, "If she can't speak, she can't cry rape" and, "Of course, if she can't speak, she can't say no." The university said the students had agreed to attend a program dealing with date and acquaintance rape, and would perform 50 hours of community service. ----- There was a somewhat longer NYT article a day or two ago; anybody want it, send your PIN_kie.