E-mail helps faculty
union communicate
The Minnesota Daily (U. of
Minnesota)
(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS,
Minn. — The last time university
faculty members voted to form a
union, they sat at the same tables
and discussed the issues over lunch
at the Campus Club in Coffman
Memorial Union.
That was in 1981. Now, fewer
faculty members have time to stop
by the cafeteria, and another means
of communication is used to mobi
lize faculty unionization.
The obvious choice is e-mail,
said Thomas Walsh, University Fac
ulty Alliance member and physics
professor. “To tell you the
truth, I honestly didn’t expect this
to work as well as it has,” Walsh
said.
The University Faculty Alliance
uses e-mail to send meeting notices,
updates and analyses of proposed
tenure revisions to faculty members
who subscribe to a list server.
Walsh said e-mail allowed union
members to quickly reach more
people than they could by phone or
regular mail.
“This is a kind of new way of
communicating information to
people,” Walsh said. “It permits
you, if you’re responsible, to trans
mit factual information where pre
viously that would be difficult.
“I think the amount of miscom
munication can actually be reduced
this way.”
We professors start
talks on tenure study
The Yale Daily News (Yale U.)
(U-WIRE) NEW HAVEN,
Conn. — For Yale’s junior faculty,
a glimmer of hope has appeared on
the horizon.
Now that statistics chairman
John Hartigan has released the re
sults of his commission’s year-long
study of Yale’s beleaguered tenure
system, faculty members will finally
have a chance to debate the group’s
findings.
Hartigan’s report has spawned a
series of three faculty meetings spe
cifically geared to discussion of the
tenure system, the first of which
began Thursday.
Professors said Wednesday they
had a lukewarm response to die re
port and complained it did not go
far enough in suggesting ways to
restructure the much reviled system.
“I might have been receptive to
even more radical proposals, but
there are some desirable changes
still in there,” said Rogers Smith, a
political science professor.
Although Hartigan’s report
steered away from the topic of ten
ure criteria, potential participants in
Thursday’s discussion said they an
ticipate a fight over the procedures
the junior faculty must follow to
gain the coveted security of a ten
ured position.
Hartigan would not delve into
the specifics of possible hot topics
but agreed that sparks might fly in
the near future.
“There are some proposals that
aren’t minor and could be consid
ered even a little controversial, but
that’s pretty much all I can men
tion,” he said.
In addition to protests surround
ing tenure criteria, the Hartigan
report’s suggestions about reducing
the length of the tenure process has
already drawn fire from some fac
ulty members.
Leon Platinga, director of the
Division of Humanities, criticized
the report’s solution to the bureau
cratic handling of letters of inquiry,
which junior faculty members must
submit to the administration to
gauge their tenure prospects.
“The principle about procedure
is about how long and cumbersome
it is,” Platinga said. “I don’t know
if the proposal that eliminates the
first stage of writing letters of in
quiry actually saves us any time.”
Pumpkin causes fire
at K-State fraternity
The Collegian (Kansas State U.)
(U-WIRE) MANHATTAN,
Kan. — A Wednesday afternoon
fire caused $11,000 damage at the
Phi Gamma Delta house.
Battalion Chief Jerry Snyder of
the Manhattan Fire Department said
the fire was caused by a plastic
pumpkin on top of a halogen floor
lamp that melted onto a couch, ig
niting the couch.
Jason Graves, senior in manage
ment information systems and Fiji
president, said he came home after
the fire department had arrived. He
was informed of the fire by other
members.
Snyder estimated the fire burned
for 20 to 30 minutes before a Fiji
member smelled the smoke in one
of the rooms and called the fire de
partment. The room was empty at
the time of the fire.
Firefighters used exhaust fans
and a positive pressure fan to clear
the smoke out of the house.
The room, where five Fiji mem
bers kept their belongings, sustained
smoke and heat damage. The struc
tural damage was estimated at
$3,500, and damage to contents of
the room was estimated at $7,500.
Shooting victim says
he wants to forget
attack at Penn State
The Collegian (Pennsylvania State
U.)
(U-WIRE) STATE COLLEGE,
Pa. — Nicholas Mensah, the 22
year-old student wounded in the
shooting on the HUB lawn last
month, was released from Einstein
Hospital in Philadelphia last week
and said he is feeling better and try
ing not to think about the incident.
“I have been through a lot and a
lot of pain, but I’m not thinking
about the past anymore,” Mensah
said.
He said he might return to the
university for the spring semester.
“If I feel pretty strong, I will re
turn to school. It depends on my
condition,” Mensah said.
He is resting at his home in
Philadelphia.
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After police chased down a 25
year-old man accused of causing a
disturbance Wednesday night, they
busted him for narcotics possession.
The scene started just after mid
night at Grandpa’s Ribs and Secret
Sauce, 2630 Orchard St., when a
customer started a confrontation
with the bouncer, Lincoln police
Sgt. Ann Herrmann said.
Arther Eichelberger said a cus
tomer repeatedly stepped on his feet
and challenged him to a fight.
The customer, recognized as
Desmond Fowler, was pulled away
by his friends and escorted from the
bar, Heermann said.
After the bar dosed at 1 a.m.,
Fowler returned, driving his car
wildly up to the parking lot and
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parking in front of the doors,
Heermann said.
Police patrolled the area and
found Fowler at 2:04 a.m. in his
parked car at 2403 W St., Heermann
said.
A search of the car revealed a
baggie containing rocks of sus
pected crack cocaine,
Fowler was arrested and taken
to jail where another baggie of sus
pected crack cocaine was found in
his sock.
Animal Cruelty
A woman suspected of beating
her dog attacked police officers in
vestigating the case Wednesday.
Police began investigating after
an animal control employee found
a 13-year-old collie dying Tuesday
in the backyard of a house on the
600 block of Lakewood Street,
The dog was unconscious, de
hydrated and appeared to have been
beaten, Heermann said. It was taken
to Pitts Veterinary Hospital, where
it was put to sleep.
Officer Marie Meyerson went to
the residence to issue a citation to
the dog’s owner, 60-year-old Rose
mary Wilkinson, Heermann said.
When Wilkinson came to the
door, she tried to run back inside,
Heermann said. She then turned and
punched Meyerson in the chest four
times, Heermann said.
She was arrested and jailed for
resisting arrest and assaulting an
officer.
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