Second Faculty Evaluation Plan Axed

NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Newark, Del. Permit No. 26 Faculty considers UDpact by Derrick Hinman Five days after their self imposed deadline, the faculty union reached a tentative agreement with the universi ty administration for a new two-year contract. The pact, which was reach ed Monday night, consists of a 5 percent salary increase and revisions of faculty benefits and the grievance procedure. The agreement must now be approved by the American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) steering committee, said AAUP Presi dent Dr. Walter Vincent, a life and health sciences pro fessor at the university. The AAUP will present the contract at a Dec. 13 public hearing, Vincent said, and the faculty will vote on it on Dec. 16. He is optimistic that the _ ... ~·· pact will be accepted. .. The proposed contract, which covers the 1984-85 and Review photo by Debbie Smith 1985-86 school years, calls for HEADING SOUTH-- Canadian geese forage and rest in the dwindling December sunlight. For thousands of years they have salary increases tha.t will be used Delaware's tidal wetlands as sanctuary during migration. implemented in two stages: Included is a 2 percent across-the-board increase for Second faculty evaluation plan axed all faculty the first year, with a 3 percent increase the by Tracy Bauman • • · there has been sentiment le frustrated move B:gainst instructor_ evalua- following year. The Delaware Under C'hr1st bvJ tlons. I have a wa1t-and-see graduate Student Congress is Senate in a heated meeting A 2 percent increase in instructor-related questions. attitude," he said. salary for new faculty suc fuming. last Friday. "If the sub-committee can The frustration soared at ceeded by a 3 percent in A proposal to publish facul "No one will admit they're devise instructor-related DUSC's meeting Monday. "I crease the next year is part of ty evaluations - their second afraid to publish their evalua questions which would not be told the Student Life commit the contract as are the of the semester - was shot tions," DUSC President Chris confused as a measure of tee quite honestly we felt we down by the Student Life Christie said, "but when it respective 2 and 3.5 percent overall teacher effec haven't been treated with a increases in merit pay, an an- ..,.Committee___________ of the Faculty_, comeswonder to howa vote all I sometiniesthe sup-, tiveness," Marler said, lot of respect on this issue," "Then I would actively sup (Continued to poge ~) (Continued to poge 11) porters vanish into thin air." port the proposal on the Christie was asked by Dr. senate floor." Charles Marler, chairman of Christie said many faculty the Student Life committee, members think DUSC's on the inside to chair a special subcom primary objective "is to ruin Changing of the Guard mittee. This group will for the reputation of their col mulate questions that could leagues. Two Review chiefs make their moves ... ........ .. ... .....•... :..•.... .. :... .. ........... p.6·7 be added lo existing depart " Faculty members always mental evaluations. say colleagues because, of Behind the Eight-Ball The · issue now centers course, they do not have any around what type of questions personal objection . to Pool rooms big business .. ... ...... .... .. .... ............. ..... .. ..... .. .. .. ........... .p .l3 should actually be published. publishing their own evalua- DUSC wants more than a tions." · The Beak Speaks "glorified course catalog," . Although Christie accepted Christie said, which would in the position as chair, he is not Bring I·AA to basketball ... ....... ... .. ... .. ........ .. ..... ........ ......... .... ... .. ... p.24 clude some speciflc overly optimistic "because ... •. !. ) Page 2 • THE REVIEW • December 9, 1983 ,-, ,-1 I I \ I I I HERE'S AN IDEA \ I \ I I I .. \ I I ,' \ I ,, lHAT COU.LD MEAN~ •• \I t I I I MONEY IN I • I I I , .... ~ ~ .. ··.::.:'YOUR POCKET I Get cash for your used textbooks. The Bookstore offers half the new book price for books . needed . for the second , . .. ~~m~stet . O.u..r: b .L!Y~r.. wf/1 p.ur:chase cur- ·~·- t- · ·.~.·:~·: · :~;~~,::~ ·r.en 't ~.- ~di{i.ons , (:)f .~ all .other textbooks a{ ~~.·~~;~· catalog prices. ATKINSON Introduction to Psychology, G.WARTNEY Macroeconomics, 3rd ed. $9. 00 8th edition (PSY 201) $13.00 (EC 101) BAKER American Government 1983 (PSC 105) 12.50 HALLIDAY Fundamentals of Physics, 2nd 16.25 ed. 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(COM 245) 9.00 -i_ UniVersity 1_IBookstore DEC 15-19 9:00-4:30 December 9, 1983 • THE REVIEW • Page 3 · Volunteer program Public backs new laws cuts college costs by Katie Sheehy socio-economic integration as the program's main objec Drunk drivers beware Working in a welfare office tives, as well as concern for by Owen Gallagher in New York City, caring for the welfare of the nation. Do not drive· while under the influence of the aged in Los Angeles, plan Trabant said there would drugs or alcohol in Delaware. Not only do ting trees in Yellowstone Na be an "initial negative im police enforce this belief, but it has wide tional Park- all with the .pro pact" on university enroll public backing as well. mise of future financial aid as ment due to potential college Strong support for recent Delaware legisla payment for services. freshmen opting to par tion designed to combat drunk driving pro These could become viable ticipate in the program. That blems was shown in a study released last alternatives to going straight impact, he added, would be Wednesday by Robert Wilson, director of Ur to college from high school. drastically reduced later on. .ban affairs programs at the university. Congress recently proposed "Although the first few The survey, conducted by telephone in July nation-wide volunteer youth years after such a program is and August, was designed to evaluate at service programs with the . begun would see lower enroll titudes toward drunk driving and hope of bringing the high cost ment rates," Trabant said, Delaware's strict, new drunk driving laws. of education back into reach. "eventually young people The results showed those surveyed felt the Considering this, Universi would return to school and br new laws had lowered the number of drunks ty President E.A-. Trabant ing along those" otherwise on Delaware highways and indicated support asked the Faculty Senate . financially unable to attend. for police roadblocks and stricter penalties for Monday to set up committees While hesitating to accept those caught driving under the influence to "seriously investigate" the the proposal without "intense (DUI). Swain said, was that 66 percent of those feasibility of such programs. research into its implica The effectiveness of the new laws is partial surveyed strongly approved of random police He sees the proposal as a tions," Faculty Senate Presi ly evident from the absence of Thanksgiving roadblocks. This was nearly twice the percen "direct" approach to com dent David Smith said he weekend fatalities on Delaware highways this tage that had approved of the same method in munity aid and a means of holds no objection to the idea year. Surrounding states experienced a Delaware State College poll conducted in "racial sensitization." "thus far." numerous fatalities during the heavily travel February. If passed, the bill would of "Many different, com ed holiday. In the· Wilson study 83.9 percent of the fer national service.programs plicated things are discussed Of the 314 people questioned only 5.8 percent respondents said they felt the roadblocks were that range from working with here," Smith said. "Our main said they felt Delaware's current DUI legisla effective in catching drunk drivers. the handicapped to employ objective is to prevent any tion was too strict, while nearly 40 percent According to both Swain and the study, one ment in the national aspect from going unques said they felt the new laws did not go far of the remaining problems concerning parklands for 18 to 20 year-old tioned and any faculty enough. Eighty percent of those surveyed, Delaware's highways is people still do not .men and women. A military members going Wilson said, believe that drunk driving is still know their alcohol intake limit. Forty percent education clause could also unrepresented in such discus a serious problem in the state. of the respondents to the survey, Wilson said, be added. sions." Commenting on the Wilson study, Dale overestimated how many drinks it would take Future education debts For this purpose, Smith Swain, president of the state's division of them to be considered DUI in this state. would be paid with financial said, the executive commit Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), The Wilson study, conducted by the Univer aid from the federal govern tee will suggest that the pointed out that the main reason for the sup sity of Delaware Research Project, was part ment after a minimum ser Faculty Senate first act as a port of the new laws shown in this study is the of a two-year contract between the university vice period, the bill proposes, "committee as a whole" and effectiveness that the laws have had.

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