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For more information, please contact [email protected]. m on taiia English department disputes ‘critical’ salary allocations k a l i t t l i i By Pam Newbern UM departments to increase economics, $9,000; mathematics, Kaimin Reporter faculty salaries or to create new $19,000; pharmacy, $2,500; and Thursday, December 10,1981 Missoula, Mont. V ol.84, No. 40 positions. The UM department of physical therapy, $3,500. The University of Montana English is now protesting this In a letter to UM President Neil s ________________________________________ ^ administration distributed extra distribution, calling it “unprin­ Bucklew, the English department money last summer to several cipled and grossly inequitable.” said many people in the areas of The money, totalling $245,000, law, geology, business and -------------- \ was allocated by the Montana economics are paid less at UM Legislature last spring to the UM than they would be in private administration to raise faculty jobs, and that they know this salaries in “critical” schools and when they come here to teach. departments of the university. Of The department also felt that that money, $31,000 was used for many people in these fields fringe benefits, and the rest to receive extra money by acting as raise faculty salaries or to create consultants to private firms while new positions. teaching at UM, and that the A critical department was allocations weren’t needed by defined as one in which there was these departments. a large salary difference between The English department also THINGS GOT PR­ what professors were getting and contended that departments such ETTY HOT YES­ what they could earn at other as law, business, geology and TERDAY AFTER­ universities or in private jobs. economics had not had serious NOON on the north Departments also were defined as problems retaining faculty side of town as the “critical” if -they were having members and that many faculty Missoula Fire De­ trouble hiring new professors or members had been at UM for 25 to partment conduct­ keeping the ones they had at the 30 years. It felt that to distribute ed a controlled salaries they could offer. money to these departments to burn of some old Academic Vice President Don retain faculty members was “ab­ buildings next to Habbe, in consultation with the surd.” the Burlington Council of Deans, chose 10 Keith Osterheld, chairman of Northern tracks. departments that he felt were the chemistry department, agrees Firefighter Joseph especially critical areas. The that the department had not lost Schuler wets down English department is protesting any faculty members recently the grass next to his choices, claiming that several because they could get higher pay the building to departments were not in need of elsewhere, but did not feel that keep the fire from the allocations and that the the allocatibns were absurd. spreading. (Staff money should have been photo by Doug allocated differently. “ I think the allocations O’Harra.) were fair,” Osterheld said. The 10 departments that “Many of our faculty members were considered to be most in have received job offers from need of the money were computer other universities at salaries science, which received $38,926; enormously above those paid by geology, $32,000; accounting, UM. The money allocated was $42,222; management, $46,278; law, $20,000; chemistry, $13,500; Cont. onp. 6 No action taken on impeachment call Skiers beware . By Karen McGrath trivial and detrimental to CB. Kaimin Reporter “It’s about time to start work­ ing together on this board,” CB At its meeting last night, Cen­ member Jim Brennan said. Don’t let ‘friendly snow’ tral Board discussed impeaching CB member Ruth Sjelvik said ASUM Vice President Eric John­ that too often CB meetings turn son and Business Manager Carl into forums where personal make you complacent Burgdorfer because the two had feelings get in the way. not paid their fall quarter student CB also passed a resolution By Ace Ramel in snow country. thought of as “the state of the activity fee until recently. But in saying that any interpretation of Kaimin Contributing Reporter Montana has a reputation of art.” the end, no action was taken. a clause in the ASUM Constitu­ having “friendly snow,” Com “The only thing I have against The two officers accepted tion that is made by the ASUM There’s more to skiing than lift said. He said this meant the snow skinny skiing,” Com said, ‘is it’s salaries and voted on issues while Constitutional Review Board lines, hard packed slopes and usually consolidates quickly after hard. You have to practice it.” He they were not legally members of (CRB) may be overturned by CB. cozy ski lodges, according to storms and doesn’t stay unstable said the downhill-type skis with ASUM. The bylaws state that all CB then overturned an inter­ George Com. for long periods of time. This modified bindings are much students registered in a regular pretation made by CRB last week Com likes to go “ski moun­ lessens the danger of avalanches. easier to master if a skier has any academic department at the Un­ in which it said that all CB taineering,” which he said allows As a result of this reputation, downhill experience. iversity of Montana and who members had to be in “good for more quiet and solitude. skiers in this area have a tenden­ Com also discussed different have paid activity fees are active academic standing.” CRB inter­ “That’s what a lot of us go cy to become complacent, Corn types of shelter such as tents and members of ASUM. preted “good academic standing” outdoors for,” Com told a group said, adding that complacency is tarps. He said he liked to use a CB member Tom Hartman, to be a 2.00 grade point average. of about 60 people last night jn a dangerous. snow trench and tarp as shelter saying he came into the meeting CB overturned the 2.00 GPA presentation titled “Ski Moun­ An easy way to tell what the because snow is an efficient thinking of asking for the two interpretation and said that taineering and Winter Travel.” snow is like is to “test ski” a slope, insulator. However, he warned officers’ impeachment, led the The talk was part of the Wednes­ he said. This means skiing over a “good academic standing” could that this type of shelter should be discussion. be interpreted as being a student day night UM Outdoor Program small slope to see if the snow used only in lower altitudes, “I’m deeply disturbed that lecture series. at the UM. slides under your skis or remains adding that tents are necessary these fees weren’t paid,” Hart­ Com, who is now a lawyer in In other business, CB: stable. “ You want to be thinking above the tree line. man said. “The person who is in Hamilton, is the former course • accepted the nomination of of these things,” he said. Other essential equipment, he charge of how our activity fee is director of the Colorado Outward Frank Cote, senior in psychology Com demonstrated several said, includes a good sleeping spent didn’t even pay it. To try to Bound program. He said he has and economics, to the vacant CB kinds of ski equipment, stating bag, a pack, several types of outer soft pedal this thing is no way to been ski mountaineering ,for position. Former CB member that “there are about 100 garments such as wind shirts, do it.” about 13 years. different ways to skin this cat.” Garth Ferro resigned his CB post rain jackets, knickers, warm-up Burgdorfer and Johnson both Nov. 4. As the name implies, ski moun­ He said the type of equipment pants, heavy gloves and booties, have said they were not aware taineering consists of nordic — or • gave $2,000 to the ASUM used depends on the ability of the that they had to pay the fee. They cross-country — skiing and clim­ Cont. on p. 6 Student Garden Committee to skier, the area being skied and both take under six credits, and bing peaks. Com, who said the purchase a water line for the what type of skiing one is in­ any student taking six credits or only piece of climbing gear he gardens. The gardens are located terested in. less has an option to pay the fee. usually carries is a rope, talked west of Domblaser Field. The most important equipment CB member Anitra Hall asked mostly about ski touring and I Today’s • gave the UM English depart­ needed for ski touring, of course, that the two officers be censured. winter travel. ment $920 to bring poet Gary is a pair of skis. “It’s time this board showed a Although Com said he didn’t Snyder to the university Feb. 16, Corn demonstrated skis rang­ w eather little guts and had some ethics,” want to dwell on the hazards of 17 and 18.