Santa Clara University Scholar Commons The aS nta Clara SCU Publications 5-9-2019 The aS nta Clara, 2019-05-09 Santa Clara University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/tsc Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, Business Commons, Education Commons, Engineering Commons, Law Commons, Life Sciences Commons, Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Thursday, May 9, 2019 WHAT’S INSIDE 3 NEWS 6 OPINION 7 SPORTS Libertarian talks Why Tagalog must be New hormone rule diversity taught on campus affects female athletes Fangs for the Memories The East Coast baroque- pop super group makes their glorious return Noah Sonnenburg Managing Editor It has been six years since we heard from the music world’s favorite Columbia grads. On March 3 that all changed. Vampire Weekend—a band once famous for a mixed aesthetic of Ivy- League prep, Ralph Lauren logos and pastel ox- fords—released their much-anticipated fourth album on Friday dubbed “Father of the Bride.” While remaining true to form in many ways, we find the band trading in their worn-down boat shoes for top-shelf birkies with the release of their most recent and most prolific album. They had the formula down, though. Sprinkle some jangly, highlife-inspired guitar work over the bounce and sway of djembes, throw in some baroque backing and top it off with some deeply digital production work from band member Rostam Batmanglij and you’ve got yourself a hit. So why the change? To answer that question, let’s go back to 2006. This was the year the four members of the group first met and graduated from Columbia University. The original lineup placed frontman Ezra Koenig on guitar, Chris Baio on bass, Chris Tomson on drums and Rostam Batmanglij fill- NICK KNIVETON—THE SANTA CLARA ing anywhere in-between—guitar, keyboards, SUNSET SALUTATION: Students practiced yoga poses on the lawn between Swig Residence Hall and McLaughlin Walsh Residence Hall on Monday, AP drums, you name it. May 6. The session was for yogis of all experience levels and used exercises in mindfulness to improve focus, reduce anxiety levels and flexibility. In its earliest stages, the band was only a small rap project between Koenig and Tomson onto which Baio and Batmanglij later attached themselves. While their first work carried with it a true musical integrity, it was more or less just a nutty experiment for them. As Koenig remarked Lecturers and Adjuncts Speak Up to The Feed, “It’s so just fundamentally absurd with song names like Oxford Comma. With the fact that the first album had any success at all, The proposed new union includes three “It is very time-consuming to reapply it was like wait, what?” Faculty discuss groups of professors: quarterly adjunct lec- each year,” Paris said. “It’s also time-con- Nevertheless, despite all reasonable expecta- turers (QAL), academic year adjunct lectur- suming for the entire department to have tion, their “college preppy dress-up,” as Koenig teaching conditions ers (AYAL) and lecturers, none of which are a job search every year. People could be later described the group, attracted a massive considered tenured faculty. spending this time elsewhere to pass on to following. Their youthful and often chaotic on Santa Clara’s A union would mean having power and the students or to do research.” musical style propelled them through three voice when discussing hiring practices, de- A proposed solution for this hiring pro- album releases. campus partment policies and salary. cess was to instead to reappoint faculty to What started as an inane romp in braided AYALs and lecturers are hired through their current positions. Previously, the uni- belts and Brooks Brothers morphed into deeply an official process each year, which English versity has said this was not possible. poetic and morose music. But six years have Emma Pollans AYAL Margarita Levantovskaya described However, according to Sarita Tamayo- passed since their last album and there has been News Editor as time-consuming and uncomfortable. Moraga, a senior lecturer in the religious an immense shift in who and what Vampire “I just interviewed for a job for the third studies department, a reappointment model Weekend is. Adjunct faculty raised awareness of their time at Santa Clara,” Levantovskaya said. has been recently implemented due to the The record begins with Koenig’s familiar unionization movement through a panel “I have to officially apply for the job I cur- pressures around possible unionization. voice crooning over the unobtrusive sounds which brought up the possibility of imple- rently have. It is also traumatic to not know One of the largest issues surrounding of fingerpicked chords on the track “Hold You menting a reappointment model instead of if I’m going to have a job. It’s May and I don’t unionization is the ability to bargain for Now.” The song follows the dramatic ups and undergoing a full position search. know if I’m going to have employment in salary increases. downs of a fateful wedding ceremony—a theme In honor of International Workers’ Day September.” While students are concerned that a sal- oft-repeated through the entirety of the album’s on May 1, the panel reviewed their reasons This sentiment was echoed by Norman ary increase will mean a tuition increase, 18 tracks. The stripped-down verses are con- for unionizing. These reasons included is- Paris, a lecturer in the math and computer Tamayo-Moraga assured the audience that trasted starkly by the anthemic, vocal fanfare of sues faced from teaching at Santa Clara, science department. the union would not bargain for money that the choruses. In these eight bars, the song “God like housing insecurity, and changes the In addition to having adjuncts reapply is not available. Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi,” famously used in university has recently made as a result of each year, the rehiring process also takes See UNIONIZATION, Page 2 the unionization movement like increasing time away from professors within a depart- See FATHER, Page 4 salaries for those in lecturer positions. ment. Since 1922 www.thesantaclara.org @thesantaclara @thesantaclara One free copy 2 / News The Santa Clara Thursday, May 9, 2019 CAMPUS SAFETY Unionization Movement Discussed Found Property unionization is important specifically to eventually be allowed to conduct the Continued from Page 1 because of the Santa Clara administra- vote in-house rather than through the May 2: A case with Airpods was reported missing from tion’s reactions. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). the Alumni Science lounge area. Other Catholic schools have also seen “The administration’s decisions [about Organizers are worried that in doing so, May 6: Five skateboards from Benson Memorial the unionization of faculty without raises faculty unionization] are inconsistent the NLRB may be motivated to overturn Center were turned in to Campus Safety. in tuition, including University of Notre with its social justice mission and Catholic current national protections that are in May 6: Two bicycles with missing parts were Dame and St. Mary’s College social teaching,” Kumar said. “The univer- place for Jesuit institutions, an action the impounded from the Nobili Residence Hall bike racks. Additionally, Tamayo-Moraga calcu- sity claims to teach its students to fight in- NLRB has expressed a desire to do. May 6: A wallet containing a fraudulent driver’s lated that a person making $70,000 a year justice and advocate for the marginalized, Santa Clara has yet to implement a license belonging to a student was found at Benson living in the city of Santa Clara would be but how do we expect a university that system for adjuncts to continue on to the Memorial Center. The student was notified and the fake left with $8.33 of disposable income after actively perpetuates injustices against tenure track. Professors can only move up driver’s license was confiscated and discarded. taxes and other living expenses. its workers to teach us to advocate for if a position opens. According to Santa Clara’s human re- others?” “It is not a promotional system, which Information Report sources website, the salary for an AYAL is a problem,” said Diane Taylor, an AYAL teaching in the humanities ranges from in the math and computer science depart- May 2: A toilet was found in the center of the Benson $48,000 to $61,000, signaling a need to ment. “The department has to get money Memorial Center fountain. Facilities responded to increase the salary of faculty members so “It’s May and I for a new tenure track position, which remove the toilet. they are able to remain in the Bay Area. then is opened up to the entire nation. You May 6: Campus Safety and SCFD responded to a fire The rising living costs in the surround- don’t know if I’m just have to hope that your department alarm activation in Graham Residence Hall lounge area. ing area is a problem that many faculty chair chooses you.” The lounge area was filled with smoke and the building members face.Matthew Harrigan, a po- going to have Despite these grievances, the profes- was evacuated. A resident was baking when the fumes litical science adjunct lecturer said that sors on the panel expressed a strong desire emitted from the back of the burner. his current rent exceeds his paycheck. employment in to remain at Santa Clara and continue May 7: A garbage bag full of marijuana leaves was “I live in Campbell and I pay more teaching. found in the landscape area by the North parking garage.