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Meet v.wfetoriaa Upda1te on polkfng Sara Berg strategies Page 3 Page4 THE ffiLUMBIA COLLEGE EBLHkllilA COutGt OBRARY MAY 31, 19941 The high cost of higher education 1993-1994 1994-1995 increase Columbia $6,968 $7,350 5.5°/o DePaul $10,590 $11,214 5.5o/o liT $13,750 $14,670 6.3°/o Columbia student mourned Loyola $10,470 $11,500 9°/o Andrew Holland Northwestern $15,804 $16,404 3.7°/o Columbia remembers 19-year­ $8,700 $9,120 4.7°/o Michael Parrigan, a freshman who was majoring in marketing and advertising before he died • from injuries in a work-related ac­ cident at U.S. Steel Gary Works Increases next fall in Gary, Ind. The accident occurred on Satur­ dents don't even want to hang modale the students' needs. They day afternoon, May 14, when around here, especially after 4 have in the past." molten slag splashed on p.m." "Columbia's increase in tuition The sllldent, who bad several ~'?l~tri~Cti~~~~~~_,~;,~•,b•~Ji~e.e.~is. iry~ ~~P ~lion by "The tuition increase will cover is around the market of other covering 85 pezcent of his hired by u.s. fo:: tn~ 199.4-95 utility rate increases, instructor pay private colleges in lllinois," said died the next morning at the Barbara, who is year to $7,350 from increases, service and service sup­ Rachel White of college relations. um.verx•rv of Chicago Hospital manager at Midwest $6968, according to the fmance of- plies, instructor health care According to the college rela­ Center. lion, reportedly called her son on flee. The increase matches last benefits and dorm counselor pay tions office, tuition at Columbia father, Dear! Parrigan of that Saturday and suggested he year's 5.5 percent rise in tuition. increase," said Michael DeS aile, remains exceptionally low when Ind., declined to com­ work the unscheduled shift to Also, the college housing fees vice-president of fmance. ''Tuition compared to other Illinois four ment on his son's accident earn some vacation money to will increase to $4,350 annually, has to increase if Columbia is to year private institutions. without his attorney present but spend in Florida this summer. an increase of 6 percent over 1993- continue providing the ongoing, In comparison with local col­ leges Columbia lies in the middle 94'scost. viable services we have in the L---------------------___.J Many financially-strapped pasl11 of tuition increases. Loyola is one Columbia students say another tui­ Students question whether their of the highest with a 9 percent in­ Part-timers have plan tion hike is tough to take. fmancial aid awards will cover the crease and Northwestern has one "We have been paying more tui­ cost of the tuition increases. of the lowest with a 3.7 percent By Lisa Ramirez Part-time teachers at Columbia tion, year after year and it still ''There will be no institutional increase. Cormpondtnl are not alone in their struggle. seems as though there are no physi­ grant cuts made," said John Olino, According to the llllnois Student There is also a growing reliance on cal or visible changes being made," director of financial aid. "Whether Assistance Commission, the cur­ Disgruntled part-time faculty temporary workers in corporate said Columbia student, Car­ or not there will be state or federal rent average cost for private members at Columbia are banding America, where the hiring of part­ liandrea Cook. "When I ftrst came cuts I don't know. I would assume colleges in the state is $11,140. together to ask for representation time staffers is high but to Columbia, it was a fun place to that they (state and federal aid) will and compensation as part-time compensation and benefits are be, a fun place to learn. Now stu- increase the benefits to accom- workers. low. A recent Time magazine ar­ Compensation requests from the ticle shows that as businesses wait group known as Part-Time Faculty for the fate ofClinton's health plan Association at Columbia (PFAC) and for an improvement in the include representation on economy, employers will continue Columbia's Institutional Policy to lay off many full-time workers Committee (or Governance Com­ in an effon to cut the nation's $2.6 mittee which makes faculty billion payroll costs by as much as decisions), health insurance, a pen­ $800million. sion plan and other benefits. "Our Caroline Latta, academic dean of primary concern is that part-time Columbia, is among those waiting teachers would like to be compen­ for change. "Right now our in­ sated for all the dedication and surance will not allow partial buy­ time we put into our teaching," said ins for part-time teachers," Latta CJ. Zander, a liberal education said. "We are waiting to see the part-time teacher. results of the Clinton health plan. According to another part-time Until then, we are willing to sit liberal education teacher, Janina down and discuss the issues with Ciezaldo, part-time teachers are them and deal with their concerns." only allowed to teach two classes There wasn ' talways communica­ per semester at S 1,350 for each tion between part-time teachers, tllree-hour class. ''This doesn't in­ according to Zander. He and clude the hours put into preparing Ciezaldo began sending out peti­ a syllabus, grading homework, tions to all part-time· faculty at preparing tests and student con­ Columbia last semester. "We knew Shades of Fashion ferences. We do all this and don't it wouldn't be an easy task to mo­ DeBonaire Model Agency presented a fashion show at have any job security, medical or bilize a group of part-timers this Columbia for the first time In the Holdn Annex on May 19. diverse and scattered across the dental insurance or any benefits at Models put on a fantastic runway display of student-designed all," she said. time and day spectrum," he said. In the liberal education depart­ According to Ciezaldo, the pur­ and !lore-bought fashions. ment lllone, there are 70 part-time pose of coming together as a worken compared to the 10 full­ time workers. There are an estimated 650 part-time faculty PFAC members college-wide. !lee page 2 _2-----------------------------~----------------------MA__Y~Jl~,~~~~ PFAC frompagel part-time faculty association is to r--=---::-------::--::-:;==:-----'"7=-::::::r:-:;:;: allow part-time teachers to voice their opinions and concerns in order to improve their working conditions. ''This isn't just about By Jon Bigness money; it's also about ethics," Correspottdmt Ciezaldo said. "We're not making radical proposals. It's a matter of If you follow this space on a weekly basis, you obviously have way changing direction of policy." too much free time on your hands. But beside that, you may have been For Zander, part of the problem is under the impression that I was on my way to Australia for summer that Columbia sees its part-time break. Well, I'm back. Actually, I never left. I couldn't leave my faithful faculty as people who work in their readers without one last word. field and also happen to teach. "It's And here it is: karakul. not the same for English teachers That's a great word, isn't it? For those of you who may not know, a or poets or artists. Because we karakul is, according to Webster's Dictioflllry, "a breed of hearty, fat spend so much time being teachers, sheep from Bukhara [wherever the hell that is] with a narrow body and there's hardly any time for our jobs coarse, wiry fur." As Reader's Digest suggests, "use it three times in a in the field," he said. paragraph and it's yours for life." Zander admits that there are part­ Karakul (one) have nothing to do with this week's column. In fact, let time teachers at Columbia and the record show that hearty, fat sheep, karakul (two), play no role in my other colleges who work at a total personal or professional life. However, I've never been one to be of three or four different colleges sheepish with my opinions, especially on the subject of karakul (three, to make a decent salary. "Instead it's mine for life!) and by now I'm sure ewe know I would never try to of [part-timers] working at three or pull the wool over your eyes. four different colleges, I think So anyway, I just want to tie up a few "salsa queens" before we're Columbia should have a time­ dismissed foc the summer. Did I say "salsa queens?" I meant loose ends. share program between full-timers I've been told that my good friends Kenneth Stovall and Damen and part-timers," he said. Gallagher have been asking what I look like and where I can be found.