NYU’s Daily Student Newspaper
WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS Vol. 41, No. 26
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
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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-
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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
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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
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