OPINION A&C Don’t let debate CSU Rock Volume 126, No. 46 Tuesday, October 25, 2016 spread hate Climbing Club PAGE 5 PAGE 10 DEFUNCT ADJUNCTS Faculty face issues with compensation, limited career pathways Jenny Morse, a PhD adjunct professor, explains an assignment to one of her classes. PHOTO BY NATALIE DYER COLLEGIAN By Seth Bodine However, 60 percent of un- been at the University for over track and tenure track faculty adjunct: Jenny Morse. @sbodine120 dergraduate classes are taught by 10 years, according to Jenny are treated. The most distin- Morse, the chair of the Facul- non-tenure track faculty, mean- Morse, chair of the Faculty guishable di erence is pay. ty Council’s Standing Committee At Colorado State Univer- ing they are hired temporarily Council’s Standing Committee The average full-time tem- on non-tenure track faculty, said sity, adjunct faculty face chal- or on a contractual basis, accord- on non-tenure track faculty. porary instructor in the College most departments on campus lenges with work compensation, ing to the 2014-15 report of the This large percentage of ad- of Liberal Arts on a nine-month do not invite non-tenured track are under represented in faculty non-tenure track survey at CSU. juncts is common at universities. appointment is paid $37,937, ac- faculty to vote on the council, council and receive little to no A total of 19 percent of At a national level, 70 percent of cording to the 2015-16 CSU Fact- even though last year, policy teaching evaluation. courses are taught by other sta instructional sta positions are book. An average tenure-track changed to allow them to vote for About 43 percent of teach- such as graduate students and held by non-tenure track faculty professor on a nine month ap- their department faculty repre- ers are adjunct professors at administrators. according to the American Asso- pointment is paid $118,180. Sal- sentatives. Morse said she does CSU, according to Dan Bush, According to the 2015-16 ciation of University Professors. aries vary between departments. not believe departments have vice provost of faculty a airs. In CSU Factbook, out of a total of Adjunct pay, representation There is little representation implemented the change, and 2012, 22 percent of CSU’s facul- 1,789 teaching faculty, 721 are and hiring processes from adjuncts on Faculty Coun- adjunct’s ability to vote largely ty were special and temporary non-tenure track. Despite their large presence cil. Out of the over 90 members depends on how the department teachers, according to a report Forty percent of the at University, there is a discrep- of faculty council representa- codes are written. in the Collegian. non-tenure track faculty have ancy between how non-tenure tives, there is only one that is an see ADJUNCTS on page 14 >> YourYour MomMom LikesLikes Rocksteady 824Tattoo S. College Ave Rocksteady Tattoo970-449-4695 COLLEGIAN.COM 2 Tuesday, October 25, 2016 FORT COLLINS FOCUS OFF THE OVAL Ted Cruz to rally for Darryl Glenn in Loveland Wednesday By Karissa Miller @KarissaMiller17 Former republican presi- dential candidate Ted Cruz will hold a rally in Loveland for Darryl Glenn, a U.S. Senate candidate on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The event begins at 11 a.m. and goes until 12:15 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hilton conference center. Registration is required for the event and can be found on the Darryl Glenn website. Facing incumbent U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Glenn is polling at 35.8 percent whereas Bennet is sitting at 51 percent, which is 15.2 percent higher, ac- cording to the latest Politico poll. Currently serving his second term as the El Paso County District 1 Commissioner, Glenn serves a district of over 130,000 people. He is a lawyer, a retired Air Force officer and owns a small business. Cruz, R-Texas, endorsed Glenn in mid-June. Congressman This bridge in The Butterfly Woods Natural Area along the Poudre River is one of the most photographed places in Fort Collins. Ken Buck, R-Colo., will be joining PHOTO BY BROOKE BUCHAN COLLEGIAN the rally as well. Considered a fiscal conserva- tive, Glenn has worked towards cutting government waste and was Follow @CSUCollegian in charge of several positions that on Twitter require the oversight of multi-bil- Seth Bodine ollegian lion dollar programs, according to News Editor .com his website. Considered one of three swing counties in Colorado, Larimer County includes Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park, and runs Like CSUCollegian up to the Wyoming border. The Q: What drew you to student media? on Facebook other swing counties in Colora- A: In highschool I was a reporter for our school’s monthly magazine. I liked do are Jefferson and Arapahoe being in a newsroom setting, and getting to write about dierent things all the counties. time. When I came to CSU, I knew immediately I wanted to get involved. According to Politico, these three swing counties accounted Q: What are your favorite hobbies? for 30 percent of Colorado voters A: Reading, writing poetry, art, and swing and blues dancing. for President Barrack Obama in 2008. Holding a large portion of Q: What is something unusual about you? Follow undecided voters, the Larimer, Jef- A: I can’t blow up a balloon. CSU Collegian ferson, and Arapahoe counties are on Instagram crucial battle grounds for someone Q: Spirit animal? trying to win over the Colorado A: Red Panda. population. For more information on how Q: Best joke you know? to register and attend the “Get Out A: What do you call a lion wearing a fancy hat? A dandelion. the Vote!” Loveland rally for Darryl Glenn, with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Ken Buck, visit Follow the Darryl Glenn for U.S. Senate CSU Collegian Website. on Snapchat Karissa Miller can be reached at [email protected]. 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Letters to [email protected] the editor should be sent to [email protected]. [email protected] NEWS Tuesday, October 25, 2016 3 ELECTION GUIDE 2016 ballot drop o locations, 6 times in Fort Collins 201 By Austin Fleskes @MrPacMan80 and the Elks Lodge. On campus, day at any of the voter service To check voter registration voters can turn in their ballots to centers. or status of a ballot, voters can in- the North Ballroom of the Lory Ballots can also be turned in put their information on the Col- As the ballots begin to arrive Student Center, as well as get at select grocery stores around orado Secretary of State website. to registered voters around cam- replacement ballots or change Fort Collins. These grocery With over 250,000 voters in pus, students and community their address. stores include: Larimer County, according to members have several ways to the Colorado Secretary of State vote during the 2016 election. website, some members of the “The political Ballots were sent to regis- King Soopers on S Timberline Rd CSU community are working to tered voters across campus last Monday, Oct. 24 to Friday, Oct. make sure students at CSU, as process is meant week, and all registered voters 28 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. King Soopers on N College Ave well as other new voters, are in- have until 7 p.m. on election day, Safeway W Drake Rd formed on how to vote and why it for you and Tuesday, Nov. 8 to submit their Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to is important. New Era Colorado ballot in person. 1 p.m. Safeway on E Harmony Rd is a non-profi t group focused on it’s meant to For many CSU students, this Monday, Oct. 31 to Friday, Nov. 4 registering young people to vote. is their fi rst election and their from 8 a.m.