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Show Thursday. January 23. 1992 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Four fall of 1990. when he first heard professor that Marxen was being denied retention. According to Hoffman, he and a number of other students wrote letters to the College of Business from page one "Marxen is one of the best declaring their support for instructors in accounting and has been published in national journals twice in three years. How can that be deemed lack of excellence?" Brad Wilkinson. U. accounting student, questioned. Ron Bagley, accounting department chair, said Marxen was denied retainment because he did not attain the levels of performance he had chosen for himself in his retention, promotion, tenure document. He explained that professors are evaluated in three areas by or criteria, "channels," that the professors Marxen. "We wrote the letters because we were appalled to see such an excellent in'structor leave. It seemed as though our responses were completely ignored in the decision-makin- "Students don't understand that the department is bound by a legal document. It was also decided that he didn't meet his criteria in service he had set for "Students that feel strongly about this themselves choose. issue are fearful to "It's unfortunate speak because of that Marxen didn't achieve the area of excellence he set for himself in research. Teaching is not the issue. He fulfilled the politics behind the way the administration is handling this affair," Wilkinson teaching said. his requirements. He just didn't produce research that was determined 'excellent,' the standard he chose for himself," Bagley said. Bagley said Marxen was given release time and research money to produce excellent work. He said the two publications Marxen produced were outgrowths of his graduate work and couldn't be judged as excellent. Eric Hoffman, U. student, circulated accounting a petition among accounting students in the process," he g said. himself," Bagley said. "The decision was based on a consistent recommendation not to retain him seven through of levels evaluation," he OCONQinWTQCanaCnMr said. Rosa Parks, her assistant Elaine Steel, and Jeanetta Williams from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People spoke to a liberal education class on Wednesday. He said the U.'s publication standards aren't unusually high, but are fair. "This is not a publish-or-peris- h from page one originally responsible for bringing Parks to Utah. However, Professor James Rock and Academic Affairs Vice President Ron Coleman arranged to have Parks visit the American Race Dilemma class they currently Utah, including the NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon and at institution," he said. Taylor said the decision would hurt the students because the fear students have, to speak out against his release, doesn't speak well of the Parks Lake. Because of health problems, Parks' visit was tentative until shortly before decision-makin- g process. co-teac- "Students that feel strongly about this issue are fearful to speak because of the politics the behind the way administration is handling this h. Rock, the Salt Lake chapter of the NAACP's treasurer, said Coleman was able to arrange some sort of payment and contract for Parks to visit the U. affair," Wilkinson said. campus once she was here in Salt her arrival. Although the trip coordinators weren't sure of her capacity to travel and speak, Parks has spoken at several sites around Brigham Young University. Parks was very positive about her reception in Utah and said she hopes to return someday. "I'm hoping from time to time we'll be able to exchange ideas" about peace, prosperity and freedom. When asked what was going on in her mind at the time of her arrest, Parks said, "Here I was, facing going to jail instead of going home." She then concluded, it "was far past time to continue to put up with that kind of treatment." Elaine Steele, Parks' executive assistant was also positive toward their stay in Utah. Steele then went on to give a condensed biography of Parks' life since that day in Montgomery, Alabama. "Parks renders service very humbly whenever she can.'' Rosa Parks, who was 42 years old when the incident on the bus occurred, will turn 79 on Feb. 4. mm mmm THE ORIGIN with TOAD THE MET SPROCKET J,' February 13th at the Fairgrounds Horticulture Bldg. Limited student tickets $8 with student ID available only at ASUU 234 Union Bldg. PSYCHEDELIC FURS with DV8 Tickets available at Graywhale CD (U of U), Crandall Audio, Club DV8 and ASUU. $13 with your JJ of U ID . SHUDDER TO THINK with JawBox Idaho Syndrome Waterfront The Cut Ratchet H.Y.P.C. Tom Purdue February 21 in the Union Ballroom Tickets available at the door only $2 with U of U ID, $3 wo ID 6m Pale Divine February 17th at Club KUTE's Taos TUDENT HELP WANTED Students are requested to nominate an outstanding professor for the and local guest IceBurn RAMONA W. CANNON AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE February 29th at the Pompadour (740 South 300 West) IN THE HUMANITIES. $5 with U of U ID $7 without ID FOR fJlORE INFOCIMATION CAUL 581-686- 6 Letters of nomination should be limited to a single nominee. Any professor from the following departments who has taught three years at the University of Utah is eligible: Communication, English, History, Languages and Literature, and Philosophy. Letters of nomination should be submitted by January 28 to the Cannon Committee, College of Humanities, 205 Orson Spencer Hall. |
