Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU The eM ssenger Student Publications 4-21-1992 The esM senger -- April 21, 1992 Roger Williams University Follow this and additional works at: http://docs.rwu.edu/the_messenger Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Roger Williams University, "The eM ssenger -- April 21, 1992" (1992). The Messenger. Paper 102. http://docs.rwu.edu/the_messenger/102 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Messenger by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. o RWe's Global Awareness, page 2 o The flamingo house, page ·12 o LGB"A forum, page 3 o Sailing coach controversy, page 13 o Views on Earth Day, pages 6 & 7 o Willy Wonka trivia, page 18 The Messenger VOLUME XIV ISSUE XIII THE STUDENT VOICE OF ROGER WILLIAMS COLLEGE BRISTOL, R.I. APRIL 21, 1992 'RWe plans on stepping up recruitment in Ocean "State By Brian Fortin lation who ortgtnate from Aglione. says. "I learned Staff Wrher within the Rhode Island abouttheschoolthroughthe border. With some easy father ofone myfriends. not Every fall thousands of math.onecandeterminethe through advertisements or students go to college seek­ other 85 percent come from commercials." As for any ingadditionalknowledge and out-of-state (in particular who watch television. they hopingto find a careerpath. Massachusetts and Con­ maycatch a URI commercial Someofthosestudentstravel necticut. which are the twice a day. This is allowing hundreds of miles. while highest represented states a daily reminder to those others deCide to stay close on campus). Whythen only soon-to-be RI. graduates tohome andattend a nearby 15percent ofthe population that URI exists. college or university. Each are from in-state? Though RWC does not person has his or her deci­ Just a glance at sur­ have daily commercials ap­ sions and opinions. roundings may be the an­ pearing during the 5:00 However. the question swer. RI.is small and coin­ news. there is an attempt to hereiswhatdoRhodeIsland cidently has a well-known dosomethingto expose RWC students decide? Do most state university. It can be more. As William Galloway. RI. high school students guessed that many area dean of admissions. states. decide" to stay in the small graduates attend the Uni­ 'We want to make RWC a state in which they grew up versity of Rhode Island over household name." ordo theyventureyonder to area private colleges. such see newsightsorexperience asRWC. for certainreasons: In an effort to accom­ differentweather? Andmore from financial to location to Usb thJs task.0 importantly. jf they do stay in state. do they come to URI has an abundance of things in the admissions of­ RWC? state support and appears fice. Foremost is the (soon­ Some teachers claim In the past. as well as under large portion of the to-be) hiringofa College Ad­ present. RWC has had its hig1:ler-education spotlight. missionsRepresentattvewhb share of in-state students: Is this the problem for will visit area schools and administration unfair however. it's not a large RWC: lack of exposure? As advertise RWC by handing share. There15anesttmated one RWC student and toward adjunct faculty 15percentoftheRWC popu- Johnston. RI. native. Kevin See Recruits. page 2 By Wayne Shulman the next three years. stated Staff Writer Andrade. Kate Mele was a part­ According to the Na­ timeteacherforHUmanities. tionalEducationAssoctation but became full-time this (NEA). part-time faculty year. She was given the of­ should receive the same sal­ fice that part-time faculty ary and fringe benefits as had for office hours. The full-time faculty according part-time fac~ were then the workload. At RWC. this lIloved· to the old Learning is not the case. CenterinCentralHall. There . Adjunct faculty here are 20 part-timers in Hu­ have reduced benefits. For manities who share that of­ example. they receive no re­ fice. tirement benefits. The ben­ Andrade said. "It is efitstheydoreceive areeither unethical because if I have prorated according to per­ to tell a student thathelshe centageofclassestheyteach is failing. it's embarrassing or withheld. in the case of for that student if other evening instructors. teachers are around. Un­ The misuse and abuse fortunately. many adjunct ofpart-time. temporary and faculty are reluctant to nontenured faculty consti­ complain because they are tutesone ofthemostserious hired from semester to se­ problems confronting mester and risk losing their American higher education. See AcUunct. Page 2 according to the NEA. Some of the other problems. according to GlennaAndrade. anadjunct teacher in Humanities. 15 thatadministrationwantsto cut their life and health in­ surance benefits which I started in the 70s. Part-timeisgettingpaid I $2.000 per course. which is onethirdlessthanfull-time. The admtn1strationwants to keep their pay the same for 2 The Messenger NEWS Apri121,1992 Plan for tHe 90s attempts to raise global awareness By Karen Snyder body. Malcom Forbes. vice American students to learn more. It is open to all stu­ Staff Writer The area surrounding president for Academic Af­ from each other. This hope­ dents to use the facilities (a RWC is in itself worthy of fairs. has made a break­ fully will allow themto inter­ lounge. computers\Y,ith word The RWC Plan for the historical awareness. 1\vo through by having Dr. mingle socially as well as processors orgames. televi­ 90s features a number of major ethnic communities Alexander Portnyagin from academically. sions and video cassette goals and objectives the ad­ of the areas are Portuguese the Moscow Linguistics Uni­ Scott 'Yoman. director records. a kitchen) ortojust ministrationhaspreparedto . and Italian. which the col­ versity visit the campus. of English as a Second Lan­ hang out and meet people. meet for this decade. The lege hopes to expose to the The StudyAbroad pro­ guage (ESL) and the ·Inter­ As for the part of the major themes include: international students. gramhashadmore success. national Center for the past administration,Yomansays. uniqueness. academic ex­ RWC plans to accom­ Beginningin 1971. RWC has six years. Said. "Some stu­ 'The Plan for the 90s is a cellence. community part­ plish thisby. "establishing a incorporated itself with the dents mix well and some good one and the adminis­ nerships.,physical presence. center for cultural and eth­ London Theatre .Program. don·t." tration approving it proves financial ViabUity anc;l global nic studies. promoting a The Planfor the 90soffers to Forthosestudentswho they are trying to promqte awareness. studyabroadfor allstudents. join other schools' Stuqy do notactivelyassociatewith global awareness." They Global awareness is a building on the London Abroad programs in the many American students. have also just recently theme of such importance program." hopesofminimizingthecosts much ofthe problem is they adopted a "Center for Cul­ for many reasons. Our so­ Presently foreign lan­ to the students. and to es­ take almost all ESL classes. tural and Ethnic Studies ciety is often faced with in­ guage study. a primary tablish anothertaskforce to which are located in the In­ AdvisoryBoard."which con­ ternational issues and will means of increasing global organize such trips. By ternational Centerbuilding. sists of local businessmen be even more so in the fu­ . awareness. isa lackingarea. September of 1991, the ob­ SincefewAmericanstudents and educators interested in ture. The fact that ourtech­ Th:e plan states an objective jectivehadplannedto"study spend much time there. the promotingglobal awareness nology allows us to reach to "establish a task force to and evaluate space needs . opportunity for such asso­ in RWC and the area. any global destination in a studyways ofstrengthening for programs in London for ciation is limited. Yoman concluded. rather short period of time foreign languages and ·50 students." To counteract this. "People should not hesitate leaves little doubt oftheneed culture...in consultation Finally. the objective Yoman encourages Ameri­ to make better use of the to increase the knowledge of with the School of Humani­ plans to have courses that can students to approach Centerandtomakenewand this concept in our student ties." allow international and· the International Center interesting friends." Adjunct teachers treated unfairly, some faculty say A4/unct, from page 1 John Holmes. an adjunct general. he responded. When ~sked what he would time but they don't provide teacher ofArchitecture. He "School shouldn·t be ad­ likechanged.hesaid. '1 think them with the space for re'- . jobs or promotions." added. "Most Architecture ministration/teachen;/stu­ there should be more space sources. 'The college sees Andrade said she is teachers are free-thinkers dents. It should just be for office hours. There is a part time as cheap labor." proudandlovestoworkhere who when told to walk a people." need for that." said Schuyler. but she feels like a second straight line walk another Office hoursfor adjunct Anthony Simonetti. Schuylersaidpart-time class citizen. way." are two hours perweek. but another adjunct teacher in teachers are professionals In the Architecture Most full timers get a that is adequate for Holmes. Business felt the same as and there is no difference in program there are 21 part­ private office. but Holmes Holmes saidhe would like to Spivak. Simonetti Said. "I teaching. They jufst don't time teachersandtheyteach said. "I don't need a private havemorespaceforseminar find it very enjoyable. it is have full time positions. three courses for a total of office. I like to see around groups. parking stickers to challenging but I enjoy the Schuyler said part­ nine hours per week. Full­ me." He added. "I don' have be uaUy smt jp; the job." timers come to him and tiine instructors teach four much contact with admin- mall and chUd support. Paul Donnely. a run­ complain about the sched­ courses. istratton, more with the Richard Spivak.