Classrooms Piling High

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA March www.unfspinnaker.com 14 Volume 30, Issue 26 2007 Wednesday Classrooms piling high Administration searches for answer to tight classroom space in fall 2007 BY SARAH DIENER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The University of North Florida’s Space Committee is finding ILLUSTRATION: new ways to accommodate classes during the Student Union con- ROBERT K. PIETRZYK struction planned for summer 2007. Currently, nearly 100 classes are in need of space for the Fall 2007 semester. Committee members said they are UNF faculty confident finding spaces for the classes will not be a problem. “We’re in as good of shape as we can be,” said Joann Campbell, lowest paid associate vice president for academic affairs. PHO Over the course of campus construction, which has included T O ILLUSTRATION: JEN QUINN O ILLUSTRATION: the demolition of Building 11 and future removal of the portables near lots 3 and 4, many classrooms have been eliminated or made in state unavailable for student use, said Shari Shuman, vice president of administration and finance. To compensate for the missing class- BY MATT COLEMAN rooms, the Space Committee has planned new areas of FEATURES EDITOR See ROOM, page 4 Professors at the University of North Florida are the lowest paid out of all 11 public universities in the state, according to a study by UNF computing professor Dr. William Klostermeyer. SB 228 Bright Futures SB 850 Technology fee HB 289 Textbook pricing The study showed UNF What’s ranked last among the other 11 WHAT IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS schools with an average salary of $59,466, more than $10,000 below going on in l l l Students may apply Bright State universities may Some textbooks sold in on- the state average of $71,994. Futures Scholarship money to charge a technology fee to sup- campus bookstores would be During the Fall 2006 semester, the state summer classes. port technology improvements tax-exempt. 503 professors were employed at l l Students may use summer benefiting all students. The fee State colleges or universi- UNF, according to data from the legislature? grades to raise GPAs for schol- would not exceed more than $10 ties would be required to notify Office of Institutional Research. arship eligibility. per credit hour in the first year students of books assigned for Klostermeyer said the lower and may increase up to 8 their courses by listing books STATUS salaries affect how the universi- A look at percent each following year. and ISBN numbers on their ty builds its staff. l Identical bill filed in the Web sites no later than 15 days proposed bills STATUS “It makes it harder to recruit House (HB 1067). In committee. before the first day of classes. new faculty that could l No companion bill filed in l The Office of Program SPONSOR and to retain affect you the House. In committee. Policy Analysis and existing facul- l Sen. Evelyn Lynn. Government Accountability SPONSOR ty members,” would conduct a study of the Klostermeyer l Compiled by Tami Livingston. Sen. Alfred Lawson Jr. rising costs of textbooks and said. “It’s purchasing practices of postsec- demoralizing ondary state institutions. that people at STATUS comparable institutions l Klostermeyer HB 905 Academic fee HB 1063 Drug testing HB 1209 Financial aid Numerous other bills filed are being paid which include different ver- more.” sions or parts of the bill (HB WHAT IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS Joann Campbell, associate 215, SB 254, SB 1465 and SB vice president of academic l A new fee may be instituted l Drug testing would be an l “Sure Futures Postgraduate 2492). affairs, and Rachelle Gottlieb, at each university to support an initial eligibility requirement Scholarship Program” would be SPONSOR associate vice president of academic enhancement pro- for Bright Futures scholarships. created to connect private busi- human resources, assisted l gram approved by the Board of l Testing would be paid for by nesses needing employees with Rep. Anitere Flores. Klostermeyer with the study. Governors. The University of students or parents. advanced degrees to students Campbell, who does the budg- Florida has requested and been seeking advanced degrees and STATUS et and personnel work for the approved for one. employment. HB 1507 Excess tuition academic affairs division, com- l No companion bill. STATUS STATUS piled the UNF faculty salary SPONSOR information based on data from l Similar bill filed in the l Identical bill filed in the WHAT IT MEANS the State University System. Senate (SB 1710). In committee. l Rep. Paige Kreegel. Senate (SB 1222). In committee. l Students would pay 175 per- “The data was all public cent of in-state tuition for each SPONSOR SPONSOR record,” Campbell said. “It credit hour in excess of those showed our salaries are not com- l Rep. Charles Dean. l Rep. Kevin Ambler. required to earn degrees. patible to our sister SUS [State University System] institu- STATUS tions.” l Similar bill filed in the President John Delaney com- Senate (SB2862). In committee. missioned the study, and its information was obtained from SPONSOR the state of Florida, l Rep. Thad Altman. Klostermeyer said. He worked The legislative session began for more than two weeks to March 6 and continues through assess the data. May 4. For more information “We prepared the study at the about these bills and others the state legislature is considering, visit www.flsenate.gov. See SALARY, page 6 ILLUSTRATION: JEN QUINN PA GE 2 Spinnaker’s Picks ã BEST ä WORST â FIX What better way to entice students to fish An audience member at the Love/Hate Forum Everyone is entitled to express their through garbage than with free food and March 8 announced he was racist, said there opinions, but they should strive to T-shirts? Garbage on the Green attracted will always be racism, and any thoughts to the respect the feelings of other people and an estimated 2,000 people and drew contrary were naive. their beliefs when doing so. attention to environmental concerns. O O O Editorials O O O WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 Professors work hard; show them the money n apple a day might keep offering Jacksonville new technology percent increase over the current Awarded first place for Best of Show at the doctor away, but it won’t in bio-energy make nearly the same as 15,500 enrollment. the 2005 National College Media A pay professors’ bills. This is jobs that only require high With an increase in students comes Convention by the a problem, as University of school diplomas. an increase in professors, who as of Associated Collegiate Press. North Florida professors receive fewer Assembly supervisors in North now would be taking the lowest paying O O O apples from admiring students and Florida prepare work schedules, jobs in Florida. What would attract Spinnaker Staff even less money from the university. assign work and oversee professors to UNF when they North Florida recently ranked the the work product in facto- know they could make ries and plants. They more money at any of Editor in Chief Jenna Strom lowest of all 11 Florida public universities in its average salary rate, make just $2,000 less the other 10 public Art Director Robert K. Pietrzyk according to a study compiled by UNF than UNF professors universities? Business Manager Adina Daar computing professor William who perform prized Among this real- Production Manager Ace Stryker Klostermeyer. research while also ization is instructing classes. Delaney’s earlier Advertising Manager Kristen Montalto The study offers a grim look at the thanks and support the university Professors could promise to facili- News Editor Tami Livingston gives to its most crucial component. drop their eight or tate further Features Editor Matt Coleman Without its professors, UNF would be 10 additional years of research, improve Sports Editor Holli Welch nothing more than buildings and schooling, forget the academic envi- nature – far from noteworthy in the about helping students ronment, and Copy Editor Emily Bruce state’s largest city by land area. achieve, take back the aggressively add to Photo Editor Rebecca Daly Instead, the university is home to long hours of the faculty.The Web Editor Meghan Dornbrock award-winning professors, including research, and would SXC.HU results of the Graphic Designer Jen Quinn those taking the next step in tracking still get meager salary study made appreciation by the Klostermeyer afraid Asst. News Editor Sarah Diener weather, rooting out racial prejudice in Jacksonville and providing stu- state. that Delaney’s Asst. Features Editor Ross Brooks dents with adequate opportunities for Neither university President enthusiastic focus on growth Asst. Sports Editor research. John Delaney nor UNF students want would not Staff Writers Jamie Williams Yet despite their contributions to this to happen, yet the low annual be possible. enhance the education of people in salary does not reflect The university needs to address Laurel Wright Jacksonville, professors at UNF their attitudes. this problem, not only to reach their receive, on average, $59,466 annually – Delaney announced in his “State of ultimate goal in growth, but also to Distributor Jason Strickland more than $10,000 less than the state the University” address Sept. 29, 2006 give the professors at UNF the accla- the ultimate goal for UNF is to become mation they deserve – with money, Adviser Joshua Stewart annual average of $71,994. At that rate, professors who are home to about 25,000 students – a 40 not apples. Printer Florida Sun Printing O O O Proposed bill will help finance graduate school Robinson Student Center, room 2627 4567 St.

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