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Digital Commons @ George Fox University "The Crescent" Student Newspaper Archives and Museum 2-24-2006 "The Crescent" Student Newspaper, February 24, 2006 George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, ""The Crescent" Student Newspaper, February 24, 2006" (2006). "The Crescent" Student Newspaper. 1300. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/1300 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Museum at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in "The Crescent" Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Fashion column: one more way to | Claire Holiday! win an iPod... ' T H E V O I C E O F T H E S T U D E N T S S I N C E 1 8 9 ] Part-timeAdjunct faculty canpositions contribute real-world on experiences, rise nationwidebut drawbacks persist BBy yANN A NDORN N D O R N \ i B s m S t m f m i t e S a i — | 1 — Editor-in-Chief The number of adjunct faculty employed at universities nationwide continues to rise, but the percentage of George Fox adjunct faculty remains below the national average. Three out of 10 college and university faculty worked part time in 2004, a 12 percent increase over the last 20 years, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor Statistics and the Digest of Education Sta tistics. Currently, 37 percent of George Fox faculty are employed part-time compared to 46.2 percent nationwide. According to the Chronicle of Higher Educa tion, adjuncts often fit one of three categories: the hopeful, the expert, and the master teacher. Hopefuls are often instructors who simply have not landed their first tenure track position, while experts are employed in their field of work, such as communications or art, and often teach at a col Photo mustration by JAMIE GRIGGS lege or university in addition to their primary jobs. Outside the classroom: adjuncts often use their diverse employment experiences in their teaching. Master teachers have decided to forego tenure for personal or professional reasons. "I would consider myself hopeful in the pursuit are seeking full time, tenured positions. proval-read: Ph.D.." Allen said. "That pretty much of a tenure-track faculty position," said GFU adjunct "I've got nearly 80 students in two classes. That leaves me out of the running, which is good be professor Shannon Hinkle. Hinkle, who graduated seems pretty full to me," said GFU writing litera cause I hate those long black robes." with a bachelor's degree from GFU, holds a mas ture adjunct Fred Smith in response to a question Although adjunct faculty may wish to pursue full ters of divinity degree from Yale and will pursue about whether he would seek full professor status. time and tenure track positions, the road can be dif her doctoral studies once her two-year-old daugh "Besides that, a professor's supposed to know ficult, even in a market when more universities are ter enters school. However, not all adjunct faculty his stuff and have the ecclesiastical seal of ap Continued on page 2 Parker house damaged by tree in weekend storm By JESSICA GARDNER of construction," said Clyde Thomas, director of Entertainment Editor Plant Services, in an e-mail. "It is conjectured that An oak tree fell on Parker house around one the trees would not have contracted the disease if a.m. early Friday morning, adding another tree they had not been watered." to the seven that have fallen this year. The tree OSU scientists discovered this type of root rot fell into the side of the house, breaking several when investigating the demise of white oaks in the windows and knocking off the master bedroom's Willamette Valley. balcony. "Persons in the grounds crew are currently Residents of Munn House heard the commo researching a new "lawn" grass, a tall fescue that tion and rushed over to help the residents of the remains green in drought conditions," Thomas house put plastic over the windows and assess said. "Planting this grass under the oaks may allow immediate needs. Plant Services fixed the win- the disuse of irrigation but GFU staff and clientele , 14.1 * 1 4 4 J 14 Photo Illustration by BRIAN RURIK clows, removed the tree later that day and tempo- balcony suffered the most damage from the tree. would have to become accustomed to a less-lush rarily fixed the roof. look." Parker house residents include A.C. Ben Kul- the roots and phytophthora a fungus found our However, the disease may not be preventable. pa and his family, as well as some students in the soils contributed to the fall as well as recent weath "The sad thing is that even if watering were lower portion. er conditions. ended, there is no promise that the infected oaks According to Plant Services, the oak fell be "All three of the oak trees that have fallen re will recover or that the spread of the disease will be cause of root rot (armillaria). Shallow burying of cently had roots that had been buried during times curbed," Thomas said. Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 Issue 16 Vol CXXIII the crescent Page 2 - NEWS Adjuncts:* often„ , - ^ e i = n t a tchallenging i o n presentations k skills. i l l s . conditions Editor's pen: hiring a greater number of adjuncts. "I still think some [adjuncts] can be really "It feels as though the number of hopeful good and can bring good experiences from the Won't you please be professors exceeds available teaching positions, outside," she said. j + i v particularly for coveted tenure-track positions, According a recent study conducted by the Hinkle said. U S Dept. of Education, adjunct faculty are usu my friend? Judy Balthazar, assistant dean of Bryn Mawr college and former adjunct, writes in a paper re ally not expected to handle the same workload Aristotle said cently submitted to a national forum on adjuncts as tenured and tenure-track faculty. there are three types that part-time instructors can fill valuable and "I regret that my dependence upon other of friendships; those much needed services. forms of income to supplement my adjunct teach of utility, those of "Whenever adjunct professors replace faculty ing position prevents me from further involving pleasure,and tliose on leave, they ensure the continuity of the cur myself in department meetings and events, but I that are complete. We have always felt welcome to join whenever I am u s e t h o s e f r i e n d s o f riculum," Balthazar said. "Wlien they offer new courses in disciplines outside our normal offer able," Hinkle said. utility when we need Sometimes valuable mentoring relationships something and we ings, they enrich the curriculum and expose stu u s e t h o s e f r i e n d s o f dents to new ways of thinking." with other faculty do not materialize for adjuncts, pleasure for...well... George Fox junior Kirsten Green has studied and frustration with being on the outside. A quick pleasure. Complete under two very different adjunct professors and scan of the internet reveals there are multiple friendships can (and found not all adjuncts are equally experienced Web sites and blogs created for adjunct faculty ByJILLLEPIRE do) include both of teachers. "One was like a normal professor, and members, such as invisibleadjunct.com. those aspects, but are N e w s E d i t o r Despite some tension, many now-tenured fac set apart because they the other was not like a normal professor," Green are mostly unselfish said. "He was very dry—he was a lawyer, so he ulty have walked in the same shoes. and virtuous. was not very engaging and not very hard." "They have all been where I am right now," Making fidends in college has been a reflection Green felt she was not getting her tuition dol said GFU adjunct John Knox. "Personally, I ap of that philosophy. During the first weeks, we lar's worth out of the class. preciate my teaching position because I know flocked together to avoid being seen as an outcast. "He didn't understand what a good workload that many people with similar degrees are sell We needed each other; we needed someone to sit was,"w e i 5 > , shea .said. u c "Hes d i u . wasn creasonable w a s l ebut a s o inot i c i u i cchal- u u u ingi ishoes u i c i i afor i - a uliving i g i winstead x « . of— utilizing— e ,their with in the Bon, we needed someone to talk to in lectures and someone to hang out with at night. lenging." Green dropped the class because of his training as masters of theology or history." After tlie necessity and/or pleasure faded, so did the friendship. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with that, but we all crave and hunger for complete friendships. Friendships that are equal, interesting and cultivated with reciprocated love . WIN AN iPODI The whole friend thing has always perplexed me, and college has made the situation even March Madness of Photography worse. Sitting here, writing this editorial. I can't Enter your creative photo-whatever it may be! decide how much 1 want to say. I feel very deeply on this subject.