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‘M’ Big
Ten title
chances
still alive
ACADEMICS
WORLD
FOOTBALL
Union sees room
for pay growth but
notes above average
wages, conditions
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Good
—
but
not
perfect.
That’s
how
many
University
administrators
and
lecturers
describe the current relationship
between their two groups.
While
this
assessment
acknowledges
some
lingering
problems, especially when it
comes to salaries, the climate
places the University in a unique
position. For the most part, the
University stands in contrast to
many other colleges across the
country that have seen non-tenure
track
faculty,
like
lecturers,
mobilizing around a number of
issues — namely low pay and poor
work conditions.
A 2014 report by the American
Association
of
University
Professors
showed
that
on
average in the United States,
non-tenure track faculty make
up 76.4 percent of instructional
employees.
In
2013,
NPR
reported that adjunct professors
— another term for lecturers —
are paid on average $20,000 to
$25,000 per year. Those salary
numbers have inspired protests
at various institutions over past
years, including theUniversity
of
California,
Berkeley;
Northeastern
University
and
Rutgers
Universitysince
April
alone.
However,
the
University
stands out as an anomaly to
those numbers. Lecturers make
up 18 percent of all University
instructional employees, which
also include tenure-track faculty
and graduate student instructors.
The salaries of lecturers vary, but
they earn a mean salary of $70,358
and a minimum salary of $34,000,
according to the University’s
2014-2015
salary
analysis.
Professors earn an average salary
of $161,511.
The reasons for the difference
between the numbers nationally
and at the University, according to
both the University and lecturers
interviewed for this story, is
largely the Lecturer’s Employees
Organization, a union formed in
2003 to confront the University
on its treatment of lecturers.
In 2004, the LEO negotiated its
first contract with the University
on behalf of the lecturers. The
contract covered the Dearborn
and Flint campuses in addition
to the Ann Arbor campus, and set
minimum salaries with regular
raises and added increased job
security and benefits.
In
an
interview
with
The
Michigan
Daily,
LEO
President
Bonnie
Halloran
said the movement to form the
organization was first based on
the issues common to non-tenure
track faculty nationwide — low
pay and the lack of job security
and proper benefits.
Before the LEO negotiated a
Online applications,
social media change
the experience of
volunteering abroad
By JACKIE CHARNIGA
Daily Staff Reporter
Last month marked the 55th
anniversary of former President
John F. Kennedy’s speech on
the steps of the Michigan Union
proposing the organization of a
United States Peace Corps.
Many things have changed
since the program’s inception
in
1961,
most
notably
the
advancement
of
technology—
which
has
had
a
profound
influence on the application,
deployment
and
service
experience
of
Peace
Corps
volunteers
in
recent
years,
particularly among University
participants.
Application process
In August 2012, the Peace
Corps officially switched to an
online application process that
allows applicants to apply only
to regions in which they have an
interest. The previous system
accepted only general applications
— volunteer assignment locations
were later determined based on
each location’s varying level of
need.
Jeanne Paul, who served as a
Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil
from 1964 to 1966, said because
applicants can choose which
regions they apply to, certain
less desirable locations may no
longer have enough volunteers.
She said the Peace Corps changed
their method of application to
appeal to more applicants with a
wider variety of experiences and
qualifications.
“The irony here is that when
you allow people to make these
choices and to feel that they can
determine where they’re going to
go and what they’re going to do,
you may be attracting people at
the same time who won’t easily
adjust to the communities where
they’re serving,” Paul said.
Celebrations feature
array of customs,
expressions of faith
By TANYA MADHANI
Daily Staff Reporter
More than 1,000 students
and alumni gathered Friday at
50 different locations across
campus for a Shabbat dinner,
which
marks
the
Jewish
Sabbath, or day of rest.
The event, called Shabbat at
UM or ShabUM, was sponsored
by
University
of
Michigan
Hillel and organized by a
special committee.
LSA
senior
Ali
Meisel,
a member of the ShabUM
committee, said Hillel hosted
the event to celebrate all the
different ways people observe
Shabbat.
“When a Jewish person
thinks of Shabbat, they think of
the Friday night dinner and it’s
a time where people can come
together at the end of a week
and really enjoy each other’s
company and with their family
and friends, and just really be
grateful for the week that has
just passed,” Meisel said.
Though Hillel hosts its own
Shabbat dinner every Friday
night, Meisel said, the point
KRISTINA PERKINS / Daily
LSA junior Gabi Kirsch lights the Shabbat candles to begin prayers at her Shabbat dinner on Friday. Kirsch’s dinner
was one of the many gatherings hosted by students across campus for ShabUM, an event organized by Hillel.
Another strong day
from Rudock helps
Wolverines win in
State College, 28-16
By ZACH SHAW
Daily Sports Editor
STATE COLLEGE — As the
public-address
announcer’s
voice echoed throughout Beaver
Stadium, the No. 12 Michigan
football team streamed onto the
field for postgame handshakes
with wide smiles and a sense of
purpose.
The announcer listed stats
from the game, but the players
weren’t
listening.
The
13
penalties, two turnovers and
countless miscues mattered as
little as the four touchdowns and
margin of victory.
The Wolverines (6-1 Big Ten,
9-2 overall) had just defeated
Penn State, 28-16, and all that
See ADJUNCT, Page 3A
See PEACE CORPS, Page 3A
See SHABUM, Page 3A
See PENN STATE, Page 3A
RYAN MCLOUGHLIN /Daily
LEFT: LSA sophomore Audrey Kim places a carrot on her snowman during the first snowfall of the season at Palmer Field on Saturday. RIGHT: West Quad residents attempt to hold off South Quad attackers in a West Quad vs. South Quad
snowball fight on East Madison Street on Saturday night.
‘U’ navigates relationship with lecturers
Peace Corps
impacted by
tech. advances
1,000 attend Shabbat
dinners across campus
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