news
wednesday
october 30, 2013
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the daily orange
Campaign highlights pay issues By Zach Schweikert Staff Writer
Campus Equity Week, an international campaign to raise awareness of financial inequality on college campuses, came to Syracuse University for the first time this week with bags of apples placed around the school. The week is hosted by Adjuncts United, SU’s part-time workers union, to bring attention to the fiscal problems that face colleges around the country, including underpaid staff. Nationally, about 75 percent of teaching faculty is underpaid, said Laurel Morton, Adjuncts United president. The organization placed baskets of apples around campus with signs attached, featuring messages such as “Campus equity now.” Some of the issues that are being brought to the attention of students include pay scales for part-time faculty members, the increase in the number of contingent contracts — as opposed to tenure track positions — and rising
“Most faculty are not paid adequately; nearly 75 percent are part-time or temporary in order to artificially depress all faculty salaries.” Craig Flanery
Campus Equit y Week national coordinator
student loan debt, Morton added. Morton, who is also a part-time professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, said the apples serve as a way for students to talk about inequity issues on college campuses. Matthew Huber, an assistant professor of geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, said students are encouraged to give the apples to their teachers as a sign of appreciation for their work. Huber said many students simply are not aware of whether their teachers are on the tenure track or are “low paid, part-time instructors.” He added that once students learn about these inequalities, they can push the administration to make changes. He also suggested that students speak to their parents about campus inequity.
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margaret lin | staff photographer Dineen Hall, the College of Law’s new building, is under construction. The exterior brick facade is finished and the window installations are nearly 70 percent complete. The building will use digitally recorded classrooms and use environmentally friendly energy efficient systems.
Dineen Hall construction to finish on time, in 3 months By Margaret Lin Staff Writer
The new educational facility in the College of Law is currently under construction and on schedule to be completed in about three months. The facility will feature updated classroom technology and boast environmentally friendly energy. Chuck Bucci, the assistant director of project administration at Syracuse University, said the
exterior brick facade of Dineen Hall’s construction is complete and window installations are nearly 70 percent complete. “We intend to have the building fully enclosed with either permanent or temporary finishes by the middle of November and we’ll be heating the building for the continuation of construction on the interior of the building,” Bucci said. The Dineen family donated $15
million to fund the school’s new building in 2010, in honor of College of Law alumni Robert and Carolyn Dineen. The donation was the largest gift in the school’s history. Donations from other alumni will help pay for a focus on integration of technology as well as a much more open floor plan. Rachel Bangser, a first-year criminal justice and psychology major and law ambassador, said the building’s addition helps the College of Law by
allowing it to grow on campus. Bangser, who is already a tour guide for the school, said she will be one of many guides for Dineen Hall once it opens. “One of the biggest issues at the College of Law presently is that it’s two different buildings and it’s only connected by the first and second floors,” Bangser said. “And that gets incredibly confusing for visitors and students alike, so actually having
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school of education
Jewish education minor to connect community By Anna Merod Staff Writer
The School of Education is now offering a new minor in Jewish education, which is available for all Syracuse University students. For the past 40 years, Syracuse public schools and synagogues hired SU students to teach Jewish education. The School of Education created the minor due to schools and synagogues commenting that SU students were either well-informed in Jewish studies and had little teaching skills,
or they had strong teaching skills and a lesser knowledge of Jewish studies, said Corinne Smith, program coordinator at the School of Education. “Now we are finally responding,” Smith said. The program, she said, is designed for students who might see themselves counseling at camps or volunteering at public schools and synagogues in their future. Smith said students could contact her if they are interested in applying for the minor immediately.
“Syracuse University students are so generous with their volunteer hours, and this program will help make these students more qualified and abled to deliver the best of services to the students,” she said. One added course for the Jewish Education minor is EDU 395: “Fundamentals of Teaching for NonMajors,” Smith said. The course is also available for students who aren’t in the School of Education, she said. “This course is meeting the needs
of any student on campus who is involved in teaching or tutoring and would like to develop methods for teaching,” she said. Brian Small, coordinator of programming at SU’s Hillel, said the new minor will create a better relationship between the Jewish community and the university. Small said he is often asked to send students to public schools and synagogues that are searching for teachers. “I am proud to send even better
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