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NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 26

MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013

nyunews.com

PUSHING FOR TRANSPARENCY

In a vote among 682 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members of the university’s largest college, 52 percent agreed with the statement “The Faculty of Arts and Science has no confidence in John Sexton’s leadership.” The March 15 vote has sparked responses from many sectors of the university and have prompted more demands for university transparency.

University chain of command

GRAPHIC BY LYANNE NATIVIDAD/WSN

President & Board of Trustees* Meet with administration at University Senate; represent faculty Meet with administration at University Senate; represent students

JOHN SEXTON

Create policy, set mission and purpose, strategic planning, review programs, relate campus to community, fund-raising

MARTIN LIPTON +7 members

*Board of Trustees does not deal with day-to-day operations of NYU

Provost

University Senate; invite provosts to separate committee meeting

DAVID W. MCLAUGHLIN

Office of the Provost

+ 16 members

MARTIN DORPH

Executive Vice Presidents

Set academic strategies and priorities; allocate financial resources based on academic priorities; oversee academic appointments, promotions, tenure

ALISON LEARY

Office of Executive Vice Presidents Faculty Senate

Make key decisions, foster communication between all parts of university, including community members

+ 18 members

TED MAGDER

Infrastructure for faculty and students (technology, housing, services), fund-raising, university budget Elected by faculty

+ 35 members

Student Senate

MALINA WEBB

+ 22 members

16 elected by students of different colleges/schools

Part 1 - University adminstrative process: The broad strokes of major university policy and development decisions, detailed in the graphic above, allow for student and faculty involvement at two stages of the approval process. STORY ON PAGE 3

Tisch faculty contemplate, discuss no-confidence vote By NICOLE BROWN

Following the lead of the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, the Tisch School of the Arts will begin discussions on the governance of NYU. “Faculty have been sent all documents on pros and cons on the subject of faculty participation in university governance,” said Tisch

professor and faculty senator Awam Amkpa. “The school will then decide if it wants to take a unanimous electronic vote on the subject.” As part of an electronic correspondence between the Tisch faculty, arguments both for and against voting, as well as the American Association of University Professors’ bill of rights, have been presented. Am-

TISCH continued on PG. 3

NYU union votes unanimously to hold vote of no confidence By AMY ZHANG

A key union representing nearly 30 percent of NYU's non-academic staff is following the footsteps of the university’s largest college and holding a vote of no confidence on NYU President John Sexton’s performance. Rarely mentioned in the ongoing media coverage of Sexton’s presidency, the union represents 1,400 clerical, technical and administrative workers at NYU. The union said on March 13 that it would move to hold a vote

among its members in the coming weeks. According to NYU, the university currently employs 5,000 full-time and part-time technical, clerical and administrative employees. In a statement drafted by the Union of Clerical, Administrative, and Technical Staff at NYU, Local 3882, the union cited issues such as stagnant wages, unmanageable health care costs and deteriorating quality of work life facing its staff. The union also said

UCATS continued on PG. 3

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: MARCH MADNESS BEGINS: Even though college basketball playoffs have commenced, no favorites have become apparent. MADNESS on PG. 8

NYU-POLY STUDENTS START AEGIS PROJECT: Three students from NYU-Poly are creating an innovative device to prevent gun violence and contribute to gun-control legislation. VIOLENCE on PG. 5

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKET SATURATED DESPITE RISKY BUSINESS MODEL: Social media outlet users are beginning to seek other communication platforms. RACHEL KAPLAN/WSN

CICCONET on PG. 7


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