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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 / VOLUME 147, ISSUE 2 Campus Times SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 / campustimes.org Tenure Divides UR Faculty By AN NGUYEN biology could work in could stop my contract,” that there won’t be back- But even the possibility PUBLISHER business, in a biotech a non-tenured professor lash from administra- of security is not open to company for example, from the social sciences tion, departments, and all faculty. While many students rather than here. And told the Campus Times. colleagues. At UR, faculty can be view UR as an academ- you would make more That social sciences According to the social divided into two tracks: ic pressure-cooker, the money working in the professor and other non- sciences professor, the one for professors who pressure extends to fac- private sector. But the tenured faculty will be repercussions “can be as do research and teach, ulty as well. and one for professors But when students look who focus on teaching. to grad school admis- Only the researchers can sions, many professors get tenure. have their eyes on ten- The social sciences pro- ure: the ultimate promise fessor, who is on the non- of security and prestige tenured instructional that is a make-or-break track, views their job as moment for their careers. taking care of students in Tenure guarantees a a “holistic” way — know- faculty member perma- ing, helping, and caring nent UR employment about them. to pursue their scholar- The wall next to their ship, which can mean desk is covered with let- research, publications, ters and thank-you cards or artwork. It’s also an from students. “You official recognition of a changed my life, you faculty member’s value saved me, you helped me to the University. […] that kind of thing,” According to Elaine they said, describing the Sia, a tenured professor notes, adding, “This is and the biology depart- what matters to me.” ment chair, the standard So, to that professor, rationale for tenure is not having any tenure po- that faculty “have the HENRY LITSKY/PHOTO EDITOR sitions for teaching facul- freedom to say whatever Tenure ofers prestige and job security, but not to those who only teach. ty suggests that the Uni- you think” without en- versity doesn’t recognize dangering their jobs. useful exchange is more kept anonymous and subtle as not having my that teaching matters. Another purpose is to job security,” Sia said. non-gendered in this ar- contract renewed, where “I always feel like being make academia a more Professors without ten- ticle for the same reason [administration] would teaching faculty is like be- competitive career op- ure find their jobs are that tenure is so impor- be like, ‘You know, we’ve ing a mistress,” they said. tion. “Typically, some- more precarious. “Any tant: Without tenure, just decided to go in a “[They’re saying,] ‘We’re body who is trained in day they wanted they there is no guarantee different direction.’” gonna get you your own SEE TENURE PAGE 4 SA Pushes for All-Gender Restrooms By MICHAEL VILAKAZI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Committee. express concerns with the bathroom. also met with 5 difer- In putting together a existing all-gender re- “Even today, because ent deans who expressed While UR’s all-gender report that will be pre- strooms,” said junior [...] we don’t necessar- overwhelming support restrooms have been a sented at Monday’s SA and committee chair, ily have ample access to and gave constructive major step forward for Senate meeting, Schil- Alexander Pavlicin. places like all-gender re- feedback, saying that inclusion in recent years, dkraut (a senior staf Single-stall all-gender strooms, things like this many faculty and staf some transgender and writer for the Campus restrooms, like those can still happen,” Schild- would feel more com- non-binary students still Times) and the com- outside Starbucks and kraut said. fortable using all-gender face a dilemma. mittee aim to ultimately in the Susan B. Anthony The committee’s re- restrooms and have been Senior Lumi Schild- ensure that no person is Halls are often occupied, port outlines a compre- pushing for their imple- kraut told of a trans- ever more than one foor and therefore not always hensive plan for new mentation. gender student who had away from an all-gender available for students multi-stall all-gender Pavlicin said he hopes numerous classes in the restroom. that need them. restrooms for all campus this project will improve Hajim quad and would The report evaluates When transgender and buildings. The report the campus for every- walk from there to Todd the state, convenience, nonbinary students use has been informed by one, which is one reason Union to use its all-gen- and accessibility of the gendered restrooms, feedback from key stake- that the report ensures der restroom. all-gender restrooms they may be subject to holders like students, that those who prefer “That’s not creating an currently on campus, microaggressions. This administration, residen- gendered restrooms still equitable environment,” and makes a series of academic year, Schild- tial life staf, and mem- have access to them. said Schildkraut, who recommendations to kraut said, a transgen- bers of the LGBTQ+ Pavlicin added that ac- is Legislative Advisor to achieve the committee’s der student had Public community. cessibility “has been a SA’s Campus Services aim. Safety called on them According to Schild- controversial and highly “We’ve had students while they were using kraut, the committee has salient issue on cam- SEE AGR PAGE 3 INSIDE GLUTEN-FREE WEIRD ART NOT VANILLA ROCHESTER PASTA AMERICANS THIS CT PAGE 6 COMMUNITY PAGE 8 OPINIONS PAGE 9 CULTURE PAGE 12 SPORTS PAGE 2 / campustimes.org CAMPUS / TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Vaping: Uncertainty, Misconceptions By DALER BEISENBAYEV licited THC cartridges were CONTRIBUTING EDITOR the culprit of the epidemic rather than nicotine vapes. Later in the talk, Men- “There’s a lot more that doza emphasized that a we don’t know than we do public health approach know,” Monroe County to the problem of youth Commissioner of Public vaping was necessary. Health Michael Mendoza This would entail defning said during his talk on the problem, identifying vaping. risks, developing and test- During his Friday, Feb. ing preventive strategies, 21 talk in the SON Audi- and ultimately ensuring torium of the School of widespread adoption by Nursing, Mendoza high- promoting programs and lighted medical findings policies in schools that that link vaping to irrevers- would encourage the youth ible diseases like cancer and to abstain from vaping in bronchiolitis obliterans the frst place. (also called popcorn lung), Mendoza cited the prohi- but acknowledged that the bition and criminalization research is still in its early of cannabis as a historic stages. He added that the example of why banning common perception of e-cigarettes is not a perma- e-cigarettes as safer than nent solution. He under- traditional cigarettes has lined the importance and no supporting data. efectiveness of “protective What is known, he said, is factors” which would sup- that nicotine — a drug com- port children in school and monly found in e-cigarettes make them feel valued in — activates dopamine in the their communities. This brain and increases the risk would potentially alleviate of addiction. Individuals the problem of drug abuse who have chronic exposure among children, he said, by to dopamine early in their targeting and eliminating life become “less resilient to the root cause — neglect addiction down the road,” from authority fgures. Mendoza said, putting As a fnal piece of ad- younger consumers of vap- vice, Mendoza warned the ing products at higher risk. audience that research Mendoza also talked THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS surrounding e-cigarettes about the recent outbreak is largely uncertain and in of severe vaping-associated no way confrms that vap- TUESDAY | FEB. 25 THURSDAY | FEB. 27 lung illnesses. At the UR ing is a safer alternative to Medical Center, he said, cigarettes or a valid way to SOCIAL GOOD CAREER EXPO 2020 UR SUPPORTED: HELP, I’M OVERWHELMED! there were three cases of quit smoking. 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The UR supported sessions lethal cases reported in would much rather have interested in recruiting both undergraduate and are led by staf, faculty, and students and will several other states. graduate students. provide you with useful stragies to help you cope. people utilize those evi- Overall, Mendoza said, dence-based approaches “82% of these patients than something else.” reported using a THC- Beisenbayev is a mem- MEDIEVAL MOVIE NIGHT: THE JUNIPER HUMANITIES CENTER PUBLIC LECTURE: containing e-cigarette,” ber of the Class of 2022. TREE VALERIA LUISELLI suggesting that illegally-so- RUSH RHEES LIBRARY, ROBBINS LIBRARY INTERFAITH CHAPEL, 5:00 - 6:00 P.M. 5:00. - 7:30 P.M. Luiselli will lecture on Migration Stories in the Watch “The Jupiter Tree” a 1990 Icelandic flm American Border Crisis. She is an award-winning of love, hate, resurrection, and (somewhere in GOT A SCOOP? author, and he work has been translated into there) a juniper tree! 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