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Show Tuesday, January 16, 1990 Dad Utah Cmomcije Published Since 1890 University of Utah Vol. 99, No. 67 Committee chair says 1963-197- 3 decade of commotion, professors may leave if change in history of campus paper salaries don't improve By Jennifer salaries is "more pointed" coming from. Carling because the regents are often considered to have a vested interest in the legislative outcome of Gully Chronicle Administration Reporter series of articles emphasizing the issues facing all of the institutions in Utah's higher education system as they are presented to the legislature's governor's and legislative analysts' budget recommendations, a decision on the salary drama will not be reached until the second week in higher education appropriation committee. By discussing a different issue every day, the system-wid- e institutions' requests last year. While some Utah school teachers are threatening to walk out of the classrooms if they don't receive higher salaries during this legislative session, higher education faculty members are simply walking out of the state, the chair of the higher education appropriation committee said Monday. j v - Sen. Richard Carling, said the difference between higher education faculty members and other teachers is that the professors "take another position and are gone," whereas public school teachers remain in the state. He said people often ask him why higher education faculty members are not threatening to strike if the legislature doesn't appropriate salary increases. "The difference with not striking he with explained. "They're striking is that they're leaving," their feet." Monday's meeting, During representatives from the Utah State Board of Regents and various higher education institutions illustrated the difficulty they face in attracting and retaining faculty members with the current salary levels. All of Utah's nine colleges and universities have lost faculty February. . However, before the committee actually reaches the point of debating the details of the various budgets, the issue of the spending limitation law must be decided and the availability of additional state revenues must be addressed. So far, the committee is just reviewing the budget figures and discussing the needs of the the institutions. As the committee, considers the future of s'alary and benefit cost funding for the nine institutions, the regents asked the legislators to consider the difference between the institutions' and comparative schools nation wide. All of Utah's colleges and institutions are below the national average for their size, according the regents' report. ; The University of Utah's salaries, for example, are 20 percent below those at its peer institutions. As a result of the low salaries in the The period between 1963 and 1973 was one of great turmoil, conflict and trauma. The Vietnam and War, Civil Rights, anti-wa- r feminist movements profoundly shaped the American way of life both on and off campus. It was in the course of this long period of commotion and disorder that the Chronicle discovered mediocre mediocre mediocre teachers, and researchers higher education faculty members are leaving the state because of the low the low salary issue leads to the see "salary" on page five institutions, he added. For the majority of the institutions, : ill urn its During this decade, fj-- - C ... the J Chronicle and its staff underwent a process of and dramatic change. In times of strong sentiment, the paper exhibited a tendency to express more open, individualistic ideas. And during' many tumultuous periods, the paper remained relatively sedate. In fact, if a student picked up the paper in 1963, she or he would hardly guess the United States was undergoing a period of great turmoil. In Birmingham, boycotts and riots fueled the Civil Rights movement across the nation. John F. Kennedy escalated Ala.,5 comment, he said the best faculty members are being drawn from our institutions to institutions that can Unless the legislature decides to appropriate funds to increase the salaries, the state will end up with . character, its influence and its purpose. Have a Dream" speech in the March on Washington. But these national events never found their way into the pages of the offer better salaries. He, 3 By Lori Hunt Chronicle editor in chief the number of U.S. military advisers in Vietnam and in the the summer of 1963, Martin members to other institution and are unable to fill the vacant positions in their departments. However, the recognition that 8 state, Utah's higher education institutions are not able to compete in the national market for higher education professors, Kerr said. Referring to a KSL editorial O at: 3a?a ess at continuing series on the history of the Chronicle. the salary issue, said Wm. Rolfe Kerr, regents' commissioner. While the committee is reviewing the regents' budget request and the Editor's Note: This is the first in a committee hopes to avoid the repetitiveness found in the Editor's Note: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Daily Utah Chronicle. . The following article is part of a Luther King Jr. gave his stirring "I Chronicle. Instead, the articles in the paper focused tm trivial campus issues. For example, the two top stories in the Sept. 30 edition of the newspaper were about a recently-crowne- d beauty queen and the Greeks whitewashing the U. Buried deep on the third page was a story about John F. Kennedy's visit to Salt Lake City. I On May 5, 1967, the Chronicle staff published a newspaper that contained nothing but advertisements and blank white space. The issue was in protest of the Publications Council attempt to tone down the conservative person to be radical paper by choosing a non-experienc- editor in chief. Editorial and political columns were also far from stirring. The hottest topic of the day was the outrageous price of parking on campus ($1 a year for students) and the rising cost of tuition. The most controversial letter to the editor came on Nov. 15 from a administrator, disgruntled perturbed with the revealing apparel sported by female students. "Once in a while, a professor calls up with a comment on feminine dresses and complains about the difficulty of teaching a class in which a girl with shorts is sitting." Articles and editorials in the paper remained confined to see "Chronicle" on page four Sleeping student sets the stage for winter quarter Winter quarter begins with students in prime form. While they may enter class with bright eyes and bushy tails, ready and eager to learn, between classes students can be seen snoozing wherever and whenever they If can. The winter quarter blues have early. Students are spending late nights trying to keep up with their classes, begun therefore forcing them to find weird hours to catch up on lost sleep. - sr HAW Chronicle PhHo by Andrew Holloway I As the quarter progresses, we can only expect the number of sleepers in our midst to multiply. Soon every nook and cranny will be filled with students snoring the winter blues away, waiting patiently for the coming of spring quarter when the sun comes out and activities abound. Then they can sleep outside instead. Org. U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Non-prof- it Salt Lake City, UT |