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oo© © u d re v ie w T hu R eview TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 VOLUME 142, ISSUE 2 The University of Delaware’s independent student newspaper since 1882 | udreview.com I nion and admin, fail to make deal JOHN RYAN BARWICK this long was in 1990, and that Executive Editor was when new president Rosell came in. It ended in the spring For the first time in 16 years, and the contract was signed in the university is entering the fall the fall," said Gerald Turkel, semester without reaching a new a sociology professor and the collective bargaining agreement Contract Maintenance Officer for between the .American Association the AAUP. “A lot of times when of University Professors (AAUP) there is a transition, like a new and administration. president coming in, it can take The AAUP is responsible for longer for contract talks to move negotiating and bargaining with forward. Were hoping things will Delaware administration over progress.” Turkel joined the Union matters ranging from salary, in 1990. This is his 3rd time as retirement benefits and all policies chief negotiator.” that affect the employment of Delaware law does not require faculty. faculty to join the union. However, The most recent contract more than half of Delaware ran until the end of June, and professors are members of the negotiations for the new contract AAUP. began as early as February. Despite In addition to attributing negotiations between the AAUP the delay to an administration and bargaining team, an agreement in transition, the AAUP has been has not been made. critical of proposals made from LAUREN VILLA/THE REVIEW The transition between former the administration concerning The university’s Air Force Reserve Officer Trainings Corps Detachment 128 held a memorial ceremony on Sunday at 8:30 Interim President Nancy Targett retirement benefits. a.m. on the South Green. The event paid tribute to the individuals who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks 15 years prior. and new President Dennis Assanis “The administration initially may be partially responsible. made draconian proposals on “The only time that it took SEE UNION PAGE 6 College Republicans to Advance Climate bring alt-right leader Milo Survey shows faculty Yiannopoulos to campus dissatisfaction with mentoring program JACOB ORLEDGE Staff Reporter The College Republicans excellence and diversity among and the Delaware Federation of JAGODA DUL faculty,” Cook said. College Republicans announced Staff Reporter Cook said the team is working this week that they invited Milo on increasing the transparency Yiannopoulos, one of the leaders At yesterday’s General Faculty of university faculty policies and of the alt-right conservative meeting, President Dennis Assanis procedures. She said the initiative movement, to speak in Mitchell said he wants to take the university will not be successful if it is only Hall on Oct. 24. This will be a stop on a new trajectory. applied to STEM faculty. on Yiannopoulos’ “Dangerous “We will be moving from “If we only change things Faggot" tour of colleges and excellence to preeminence,” for STEM faculty, everything will universities. Assanis said. revert back to how it was before Yiannopoulos has been quoted Assanis highlighted campus because the campus climate will saying things such as “Rape culture issues such as a lack of diversity still remain the same," Cook said. is a myth," "There is no bias against and outdated facilities, both of “This involves all of us.” women in the tech industry, which need to be addressed and COURTESY OF KMERON Provost Domenico Grasso said they just suck at interviews.” He fixed in order for the university Milo Yiannopoulos, a commentator aligned with the alt-right conservative move the university's freshman class is was banned from Twitter in July atmosphere to continue improving. ment, is slated to come to campus on Oct. 24. currently only five students over following his involvement in racist After reviewing a high level their target, with 3,955 freshmen attacks against “Ghostbusters” Democrats, said. white supremacist,” McGinley said. agenda for his goals, Assanis was enrolled as of the meeting of actress Leslie Jones. Anonymous alumni created a Many groups on campus faced with questions from the the Faculty Senate. Grasso also Andrew Lipman, chairman petition on Change.org requesting disagree; several campus audience about funding. reported that the Honors Program of the Delaware Federation that the university prevent groups signed and submitted “It could be SI million, but it decreased by about 200 student of College Republicans, is the Yiannopoulos from speaking on an open letter to the university won’t be SI billion,” he said. this year, an intentional drop to principal organizer of the event campus. administration at the end of the The first Faculty Senate alleviate pressure on the program. and confirmed via email that he “If one disagrees with Milo last week protesting Yiannopoulos' meeting of the fall semester Grasso said the Promotion was the one who reached out and and the people whom [sic] support planned visit. This push was led followed Assanis' presentation. and Tenure Commission Charge invited Yiannopoulos to campus. him, silencing him will do nothing by senior Sage Carson, Generation Pam Cook, Unidel Professor of Task Force has been staffed with “Multiple members of our to change their opinions, only Action president and sexual Mathematics and Associate Dean 11 faculty members and will be membership requested that we strengthen them," Lipman said assault advocate. The open letter of Engineering, reported results of working to define the role of bring him to campus so when I when asked about the concerns of has been signed by the leaders of a 2016 climate survey about faculty saw the opportunity I took it,” alumni surrounding the event. 18 separate RSOs, including those mentoring. UD Advance, a program tenure-track faculty members as Lipman said. Although Lipman said of Multicultural Greek Congress, dedicated to the advancement of a an essential part of the university mission. There is widespread concern neither he nor the club endorsed the Muslim Student Association more diverse faculty, conducted “The purposes and roles of on campus that Yiannopoulos’ Yiannopoulos' rhetoric or and Haven. the survey. tenure-track faculty members will rhetoric, which is often accused of positions, he maintained that “We ask for an institutional According to the Faculty being sexist, racist and otherwise Yiannopoulos’ right to freedom standard to be set that does not Handbook, each assistant be defined more completely and explicitly,” Grasso said. hateful, will inflame tensions with of speech trumped any concern allow hate speech to be fostered professor, upon being hired, Grasso also reported the minority groups on campus. The about hateful rhetoric on campus. and promoted on campus," the should be designated a mentor in results of the Thanksgiving Break Katie Pavlich speaking event last “If you disagree with the letter (which is printed on page 7) their department. This mentor is Survey. 77.6 percent of 1,273 September, hosted by the Students content of what he says the best states. generally a senior faculty member students who responded to the for the Second Amendment, kicked thing to do is to let him speak and The Delaware Federation of from the assistant professor’s off a dialogue on race relations. challenge his opinions to prove College Republicans, led by Lipman, department. survey indicated preference for the five day break implemented Many fear that Yiannopoulos will them wrong,” he said. maintain that V lannopoulos is free Cook said the survey showed be even more controversial and Connor McGinley, president of to express his views on campus. 70 percent of write-in comments last year. 70.2 percent of the 514 faculty members who responded offensive and erase the progress the university’s chapter of Young “Let’s have some context as with respect to mentoring at the also indicated preference for the made on campus. Americans for Liberty, said that to who he is and what he does,” university indicated dissatistaction. break. “[Minority students) are tired while white supremacist attitudes Mukhopadhyay said. “The 23 percent of respondents said of feeling they don’t belong...tired should not be encouraged on they have a formal mentor. Grasso said the university things he does say are very The program is working with is committed to the five-day of this division where there is the campus, he does not believe offensive and hurtful and Yiannopoulos’ work falls under Emily Davis, English professor Thanksgiving break for at least white UD and there is the minority they are not productive for UD,” Hirak Mukhopadhyay, vice that category. and Senator, to formalize the two more years, but will continue president of the university’s “From what I’ve seen of what a progressive and forward mentoring program for assistant to assess student body and faculty chapter of the NAACP and Milo talks about and stuff, I don’t thinking society.” professors. preference. former president of the College necessarily consider him to be a “We are about building 0 ) LLI A VETERAN’S TAKE ON NEW RANKINGS FOR RSOS IN THE BUFF 1— □ 9/11 A new ‘Levels'' program alters funding for Mosaic's Holly Claytor experiences the A student veteran discusses his deploy Registereo Student Organizations. university’s nude painting class. 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