Argonaut | 2.24.2015

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

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provost search

Claiborn on UI’s future Claiborn talks higher education funding, being UI alumna Ryan Tarinelli Argonaut

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Mimi Price (left) talks about her experience with an eating disorder while she works at the Women’s Center on Friday, Feb. 20. Price had an eating disorder during high school, and is on her third year of recovery. Jessy Forsmo-Shadid (center) is an Argonaut columnist.

‘Food is fuel’ Erin Bamer Argonaut

Mimi Price started eating less to follow in her older brother’s footsteps. Her brother struggled with anorexia nervosa when they were both in high school and Price, now a junior at the University of Idaho, was diagnosed with bulimia nervosa her senior year of high school. Price and her brother are just examples of many people in the world who struggle with eating disorders, and she said she

UI takes part in Eating Disorder Awareness Week

still struggles with it every day, ing hosting free eating disorder despite being recovered for three screenings on Thursday. years now. Sharon Fritz, psy“Relapse is always chologist at UI, said the an issue,” Price said. screenings are just one “There’s no ‘I am recovof the resources availered’ date, there’s just, ‘I able for students yearam more recovered than round at the Counseling I was yesterday.’” and Testing Center. Price This week is Eating At 6 p.m. Tuesday Disorders Awareness the Women’s Center will Week, and the Women’s Center, show the film, “Dying to be Thin,” Vandal Nutrition and the UI which focuses on dancers and the Counseling and Testing Center pressure put on them to be thin. have teamed up to run events From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday throughout the week, includ- in the Idaho Commons volunteers

faculty

will run an informational booth about body image. At 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the Women’s Center two students will give a presentation on body image and eating disorders called Body Revolution, and from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Bob’s Place free eating disorder screenings will be available for students to take. Bekah MillerMacPhee, assistant director for programs for the Women’s Center, said the week’s SEE food, PAGE 5

Protesting for Finding fee funding job security UI faculty to observe National Adjunct Walkout Day with protest Amber Emery Argonaut

Members of the University of Idaho contingent faculty plan to protest Wednesday to observe National Adjunct Walkout Day, which raises awareness about the working conditions of university faculty who work part-time without benefits. Jeff Jones, temporary lecturer in the Department of English and one of the protest’s planners, has been at UI for 10 years and said contingent faculty members work in “unfair” conditions. “We’re hired and fired at the beginning and the end of each semester,” Jones said. “We work on semester-long contracts and we have no employee benefits. It’s a risk for us to speak up at all.” Eight temporary lecturers from the Department of English will hold a “Grade-in,” a gathering of faculty to grade assignments together, SEE job, PAGE 5

After hearing from several entities on campus and much deliberation, the Student Fee Committee proposed a 1.6 percent increase, or $8.73, in student activity fees for the 2015-2016 academic year. ASUI Director of Finance Kailey Holt said the 1.6 percent increase is a comparable request

Committee requests 1.6 percent increase to UI student fees

to years past. Sport Services, inOf the $8.73, cluding maintenance $6.99 would fund any of the Kibbie Dome, Change in Employee Swim Center and MeCompensation (CEC) morial Gymnasium. the Idaho LegislaAfter submitting ture decides on, $1.25 the proposal Friday, Fisher would be allocated to ASUI President instrument repair and Nate Fisher started maintenance for the University preliminary discussions of Idaho marching band and $0.49 would go to University SEE finding, PAGE 5

greek

FIJI sanctioned by UI Greek office for hazing Graham Perednia Argonaut

The University of Idaho chapter of Phi Gamma Delta has received disciplinary action for conducting hazing activities, according to UI Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Brittany Bowles. After an investigation conducted by UI and Greek officials, the chapter was found to have violated university policy and the Greek Relationship

Agreement, Bowles said. The MU Iota chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, also known as FIJI, accepted the sanctions imposed Feb. 19 by the Office of the Dean of Students. They were outlined in a letter Bowles sent to the chapter president. Attempts to contact representatives for the fraternity were unsuccessful. The chapter is on probation for a three-year period through the 2017-2018 academic year.

SEE claiborn, PAGE 5

provost search

Wiencek prioritizes communication Final provost candidate talks trust, future of UI

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Hannah Shirley Argonaut

Candis Claiborn started at the University of Idaho studying music, but ended with a chemical engineering degree. Along the way, the UI alumna learned what it meant to be a good instructor. “I had the most amazing piano Claiborn teacher, he was so intense and so fiery and so inspiring, and I really learned how to work hard and how to challenge myself,” Claiborn said, speaking at an open forum Friday. The fourth-generation Idahoan is the fourth finalist in the search for the new provost and executive vice president. “This is a great place, and I’ve always been a very loyal Vandal and I love this institution,” Claiborn said. Claiborn spoke about higher education funding issues, campus safety and the readiness of high school students to attend college. Claiborn said a college education is seen as a private benefit for the individual, rather than a public good. She said the shift in public perception

The chapter president is required to meet with Bowles every two weeks as part of the probationary period. The chapter is also required to be transparent and communicate more frequently with Bowles. “The chapter will stop the policy of secrecy, effective immediately,” Bowles said in the letter.

SEE sanctions, PAGE 5

Ryan Tarinelli Argonaut

As an upper administrator, John Wiencek knows the power of a conversation with faculty members. Wiencek, interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, said he makes it a point at VCU to meet with faculty in small groups to build a relationship of trust. “You meet to get to know them as individuals and hear what their struggles are within their deWiencek partment setting, and so they get to know you as an individual,” Wiencek said, speaking at an open forum Monday. Wiencek said he hopes to bring this type of administrative style to the University of Idaho as the next provost and executive vice president. Wiencek is the last of five candidates vying for the position to visit campus to interview and meet with stakeholders. Wiencek said the challenges facing higher education are no secret at universities — a decline in state funding, student safety and the public’s loss of faith in a university education. A decrease in state funding for SEE Wiencek, PAGE 5

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