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Tke S ·'87 Serving the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Trivia Night Sponsored By Westkott Receives President's Award UCCSAS Tuesday Night by Susan Keeley porary loan" to the Boulder Chancellor's office. Three or campus. During a three year four faculty members and one by Trent Strauss available at the Student Center. UCCS sociology professor leave of absence from UCCS, she academic unit will be given What is Turkey's City of the Pearce explained that there Marcia W estkott has been named will be working in Boulder's awards annually. Golden Horn? will be four rounds of twenty as one of the first four recipients Women's Studies program. If you know the answer to this questions each, and each team of the President's University Ser­ Nominations are reviewed by question you are a prime can­ will have a chance to answer vice Awards. "I'm interested in working a: Presidential screening commit- didate to be a contestant in the every question. tee. Faculty awards consist of Westkott received a cash with Women's Studies majors, Trivia Contest being sponsored Pearce went on to say that $1500, and in the case of "ex­ award of $1500 and a $1500 ad­ and UCCS offers only courses, by the Student Government, there will be a lot of prizes traordinary" service, an justment to her base salary. The not an autonomous program," (UCCSAS). The contest will be awarded to participants. The equivalent adjustment to the held in the Student Center on grand prize, he said, will be a award covers the 1985-86 aca- demic year. · faculty member's salary. Tuesday, February 24 at 7:30 weekend for four at Keystone Academic units receive $10,000, p.m. resort. "that will be earmarked for pur­ The Student Government is Other prizes include brunch at "Professor Westkott has given poses of faculty development," sponsoring the event to raise the Sunbird restaurant, dinners unselfishly of her time and good said the memo. money for a scholarship fund, at Northport and Cheyenne judgment in assisting the Presi­ according to Graham Pearce, Mountain Inn, a gift certificate dent's office to implement the ''Many faculty members put a Student Director of Finance. He to McKinzey-White bookstore, salary equity review for women lot of time and effort into service said that all the details haven't and 80 one-week memberships to and minority faculty," said a to the University, and I'm been worked out, but the scho­ U.S. Swim and Fitness, which, memo from University President honored to have been chosen larship will probably be based on according to Pearce, every par­ Gordon Gee. from among so many who con­ need. - - - · - - ticipant will receive. tribute so much," said Westkott. The contest will be open to all ·Even if you don't know that ''Examined on a case-by-case "I'm pleased that the president teams of four; . but.- -Pearce much trivia, Pearce stated, you basis, there is a pattern of dif­ is awarding service. Often, stated, if someone is interested in can always come to just- watch. ferences that exist between the published research and teachini competing but they don't have a "I just want people to enjoy a salaries of white males and those are all that are recognized, and team, they can be matched up fun night." of women and minority faculty the University depends so much with someone else. By the way, the City of the in the CU system," said West­ on the service of it's faculty." There is a $5 entrance fee per Golden Horn in Turkey is kott. As chairman of the Faculty team. Registration forms are Istanbul. Council Committee on Women, -------------------------· Westkott worked hard to get the administration to address this issue, and then worked with Contents them to devise-a method-to-cor-· · -- rect it. Hawks' Eye On the basis of the review, ap­ Reader's Response proximately $60,000 was Campus Spotlight: awarded to UCCS women and Sal Lucero minority faculty members in the Professor Marcia Westkott has re­ form of raises. ceived 1985-86 Presidents Award. Pretender's Review photo by Lisa Meler ............ page 2 "There are a lot of interpreta­ said Westkott. Women's Studies tions on why these inequities ex­ Basketball is a trans-disciplinary program to isted," said Westkott. "I think IM Update examine and understand the lives it's the result of subtle, tradi­ of women and their creative Happenings tional discrimination against endeavors. "These sometimes get ............ page 3 women and minorities. The lost or are given only token presumption that they have to . recognition in traditional, male­ Platoon Review prove themselves and white defined disciplines," she ............ page 4 males don't has been infiltrated explained. into the salary process, often un­ consciously. It's part of our Gee instituted the Service "cultural baggage"-it's not Awards "in order to encourage No Response problematic, and that's why it is faculty participation in decision Yet From CC so insidious," she added. making at the system level," ac­ The Spring sun brings strange reflections to the UCCS campus. Westkott is presently on "tern- cording to a memo sent to the Stay Tuned . .. Vandal Uses Wrong Method To Stress Library Problem by Susan Keeley pay for photocopies of the arti­ two articles that had been ripped trying to modify the machines to inconvenience to others. Some­ The UCCS library doesn't cur­ cles, thus allowing other people out of library magazines by the accept $5s, but we have no other times we can replace things, rently have the facilities to make to utilize the features. At the concerned student. way to keep change in the li­ sometimes not," said Martinez. change for anything over a one time, however, I only had a five "In the old days people used brary," she added. ''Even though these articles were dollar bill. The inconvenience to dollar bill and the library would to come to the library, read, and The concerned student also de­ returned to us, because they were students was stressed in a letter not give me change. I could not take notes. Now they make cop­ scribed him- or herself as a fre­ ripped out jaggedly we can't put to the library by "a concerned be inconvienced to the point of ies," said Chris Martinez, head quent user of the library. "Any­ them back." student." going off campus to obtain the of user services. "The change one who is a frequent user of the The library does have a re­ To whom it may concern: required change, so I was, as I problem comes up frequently library knows we don't have placement budget for materials As. a concerned student and stated earlier, compelled to bor­ and we are trying to do some­ change for a five dollar bill and that are damaged or "disap­ frequent user of your library, I row the article. I am now, inci­ thing about it, but this letter it's the student's responsibility to pear." Most of this money feel that it is necessary for me to dentally, returning the article, in shows an interesting point of see that they have it," said Mar­ comes from fines paid by stu­ bring a problem that I have fac­ order that others may use them. view." tinez. dents on lost books. "If a certain ed to your attention. Your li­ In conclusion, I would like to The letter stated that the stu­ "We often have problems with volume is out of print and we brary does not currently give stress my point; your library dent had been ''compelled to people mutilating library mater­ can't replace it, we use the change for bills larger than ones. needs to carry change for bills temporarily remove'' the articles ials," she continued. There is a money for these other items," This may not seem to be a very larger than ones, for convience's because, "I could not be incon­ detection system to keep people said Martinez. large problem on the surface, but sake. If it does not begin to do venienced to the point of going from taking books, but no way "I understand the change in reality it is. Because your so, I am certain that other in­ off campus to obtain the re­ to tell when someone just takes problem, but the student who library does not give change, I cidents like this will occur. quired change." a few pages. The library can ob­ wrote the letter gives the impres­ was recently compelled to tem­ Weekends, when the library is tain copies of most articles, but sion that it's the library's fault porarily remove two magazine Sincerely, the only building open on. cam­ if the magazine has already been that he or she had to destroy articles from within the confines A concerned student pus, are when the change situa­ bound, there is the additional school property," added Mar­ of the library facilities. I would tion becomes a real problem, ac­ time and expense of rebindiri 6. tinez. "I think this person has a have been more than happy to Enclosed with the letter were cording to Martinez. "We are "The main problem is just the lot ~f gall to blame us ." Pretenders Still G.ot. It ' ' by Trent Strauss "A Room Full of Mirrors" from Hynde's strong vocals com­ Tke ffawh6' Last Sunday, in front of a not­ their latest album. They just got bined with the great work by quite sold out McNichols Arena, · better from there.

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