Montana Kaimin, January 13, 1988 Associated Students of the University of Montana

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Montana Kaimin University of Montana Wedneaday/January 13. 1988 Mlaaomanwonuma Managers fear they may lose their jobs By Jim Mann The Source said that hiring a firm Kaimin Reporter to manage the plant is “like putting Some Physical Plant management the wolf in charge of the sheep." employees are nervous about losing He said that "once you put a (man their jobs to management firms that agement firm) like that in charge, UM might hire to run the plant, an then they are in charge," and they employee at the plant who spoke on can do whatever they want. condition of anonymity recently said. However, Williams said he would But UM Vice President for Fiscal approve any hiring and firing. Affairs Glen Williams said Tuesday, He said that he is still researching "no one’s going to lose their job (at how each management firm operates UM ) as a result” of employing a and what services they have to offer. management firm. "Everyone thinks we’re way down Williams said the firms being con the fine on this process, when we’re sidered to manage the facility ser really at the beginning,” he added. vices division of the Physical Plant — The search for a manager began Service Masters, CBM industries Inc. last August when J.A. Parker retired and American Building Maintenance after being the plant’s director for 23 Co. — do employ more than one years. A national search for a direc manager at other universities they tor began last month, and Williams service. announced that he would be consid The Physical Plant consists of cam ering management firms as well as pus services and facility services, individuals. which is comprised of eight services He said that next week five individ including custodial operations, ual finalists from the search will be grounds keeping and planning and selected and one management firm construction services. probably will be selected next month Some managers are worried that a to be considered with the five individ new firm might bring in its own peo uals. He said he hopes the position ple to replace current managers, the will be filled by early March. source said. All three management firms being Williams has said that he is consid considered are based out-of-state, ering management firms because but Williams said that any in-state they specialize in supplying facility management firms can make a pro managers to institutions and busi Staff photo by Grog Van Ttghom posal. nesses. He said the advantage of hir ing these firms is that they support HOTHA YOGA students exercise during a class by instructor Debbie their managers with experts for trou See ‘Physical Plant,’ page 12. Lorenzo In Main Hall Tuesday. bleshooting problems. Number of applications is up from last year By Joseph Edwin fall quarter 1988. have “previously been proven” In have also increased from 8,089 in for the Kaimin He said that during the same pe projecting fall quarter enrollment. 1986 to 9,862 in 1987, Akin said, re- Compared to this time last year the riod in 1986, 125 new students ap He said the first indicator is UM fering to the second indicator. number of student applications to the plied for fall quarter 1987. Days, Nov. 7 and Nov. 21, when pro There is an equal number of in University of Montana for next fall "We’re up 34 percent,” he said, cit spective students visit the campus state and out-of-state students who quarter is on the increase, according ing the difference in the increase of with their parents. have applied, Akin said, adding that to figures released recently by the applications. In 1986, 160 students visited the usually at this time of year most ap UM Admissions Office. "It’s extremely early in our receiving campus, he said, adding that in 1987, plications are from out-of-state stu- Michael L. Akin, director of UM Ad of applications for next fall,” Akin the number increased to 363 stu missions, said Tuesday that during said, “but we’re certainly encouraged dents. last November and December 167 by this initial report.” The number of prospective student See ‘Admissions,’ page 12. new students had applied to UM for Akin mentioned two indicators that names in the Admissions Office files Three UM professors will teach in China next year By Linda Thompson ber. compensation includes housing and U.S. and Pacific Northwest geography for the Kaimin “It is quite outstanding that a uni transportation. at Shanghai University, said the Japa Three University of Montana profes versity of this size has this kind of “The important principle of this ex nese “want a better understanding of sors have been chosen to participate faculty-exchange program,” Peter change program is reciprocity,” the geography and culture of the in a new faculty exchange program Koehn, international programs direc Koehn said. “What we provide to fac United States." Denney also plans to negotiated by UM President James tor, said Tuesday. ulty that comes here, they will pro study the economic and social condi Koch and Mansfield Center Director Under the program, the professors vide to faculty that goes there.” tions of Tung Chiao, a small village Paul Lauren last summer. will spend the next academic year at •As part of the application process, often examined in agricultural geogra Geography Professor Evan Denney, Toyo and Kumamoto Universities in each teacher submitted a proposal phy studies. management Professor Richard Dailey Japan and Shanghai University in the outlining his proposed academic con and Randy Weirather, a communica People’s Republic of China. In return, tribution to the host university and tion sciences and disorders professor, those universities will send three how that contribution would benefit were selected for the exchange by a teachers to UM. Salaries will be paid UM. See 'Exchange,' page 12. faculty selection committee in Decem by the home university, and other Denney, who will teach courses on 2 Wednesday, January 13,1988 OPIHION It’s lime for equity in U system pay scale Now that the University Teachers' Union and the colleagues at M SU. tuition increases, program cuts or staff reductions. regents have agreed on a contract that calls for Wessel apparently thinks this is OK because By insinuating that M SU expects the same guaranteed 6 percent pay raises in 1990 and 1991, MSU has more "hard science" professors and increase, Wessel’s remarks could scare some the faculty members at Montana State University engineers than does UM. She's assuming that the legislators into voting against the UM pay increase. figure they're in for a raise at least that size. “hard science” people are more valuable to a She should stop sounding like a spoiled child and The reason for such an assumption? university than history, social science or forestry work toward equality in the university pay system. Marilyn Wessel, MSU’s director of professors. Perhaps she was misquoted. Maybe she meant communications and special assistant to M SU BS. that instead of historically, salary increases at one president Bill Tietz, says it’s because of history. university hysterically have been applied to all She said that in the past, the M SU faculty has Engineering professors haven’t put any more faculty members in the university system. never earned less than the UM faculty. effort into getting their degrees or preparing their In a newspaper report last week, Wessel said lessons than have social science or forestry Rep. Ray Peck, D-Havre, has announced his that historically, salary increases received at one professors. opposition to U M ’s faculty contract. One of his universtiy are applied to all the faculty In the Faculty members in Missoula are tired of UM arguments is that the regents are obligating the universtiy system. being treated as an unwanted stepchild to the Legislature to the new contract before legislators This means that M SU faculty will never have to benefit of the favored sibling in Bozeman. They can be elected. bargain for a pay raise. All they have to do is wait deserve to be paid every bit as much as the M SU Valid argument. A valid solution is for the voters for raises to go into effect at one of the other faculty members. to vote against anyone who doesn’t support the schools, and they'll get the same raise. The 1989 Legislature should realize this and contract. Good-luck in your ‘88 campaign, Mr. When (and if) this pay increase takes effect, UM provide the money for UM's pay raises. Peck. teachers still won’t earn as much as their In any event, the money1 should not come from Roger Kelley BLOOM COUNTY A conspiracy of cows For those of us living west of the divide, it takes a special perspective to understand the “Big Open" of central and eastern Montana.

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