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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Pay gap
divides
employees

University Senate forms committee
to smooth faculty-staff relations

By Sean Rose
THE KENTUCKY mm

The University Senate Council created a com-
mittee yesterday in the hopes of calming unrest
from staff members who are scheduled to receive
a lower pay raise than faculty members next
year.

The committee. which the council unani-
mously approved. will try to facilitate more com-
munication between faculty and staff in an effort
to avoid divisions that could emerge from differ-
ent pay raises.

Staff Senate Chairman Kyle Dippery initially
asked the Senate Council if it would support for-
mally opposing the proposed differential salary
increases. That support didn‘t exist. and the dis-
cussion moved to possible short-
and long-term ideas.

UK President Lee Todd told
The Kernel earlier this month
that he's proposing a 5.5 percent
salary pool increase for faculty
and a 3 percent increase for staff.

“A lot of staff members are
outraged." said Kyle Dippery.
chairman of the Staff Senate. "A
lot of us feel that it makes us
second-class citizens."

Todd has also called for $5
million to go toward boosting
benefits for the more than 12.000
staff at UK. The faculty salary
increases are specifically de-
signed to make UK pay rates
more competitive with its
benchmarks. in accordance with
its Top20 Business Plan.

Ernie Yanarella. Senate Council chairman.
said the differing rates were a result of recruit-
ing.

“The rationale for that. as I understand it.
was that the university competes in a national
market for faculty where it competes in a local or
regional market for staff." Yanarella said.

Councilman Bob Grossman said the differing
pay rates reflect the fact that universities are
built around their faculty.

“There is a difference between faculty and
staff." said Grossman. a chemistry professor.

“I understand that there are underpaid staff.
and I am sympathetic to that; So are faculty" he
said. “When people look at what makes a great
university. they look at the faculty. not the staff.“

Grossman said staff are an integral part of
UK. but he added that “without the faculty there's
nothing left for anyone else."

Other members of the council disagreed. argu-
ing that a lower pay raise sends the wrong mes-
sage to the staff members.

“I really don‘t feel that a university is built on
any one thing." said Judith Lesnaw. a biology pro
fessor. “One of the problems we face at the Univer-
sity of Kentucky over the 31 years I've been here is
really attracting and retaining outstanding staff."

Other council members added that some facili—
ties. such as the UK Medical Center. truly depend
on staff members to function.

The group agreed that the committee will also
work on issues that could unite the staff and facul-

See Salaries on page 2

“A lot of us
feel that it
makes us
second-class
citizens."
Kyle Dippery

Staff Senate chairman

campus groups "
seek improvements
with self-evaluation

By Chris Miles

THE KENTUCKY KERNEL

More than 40 campus organizations and de-
partments are currently performing mandatory
self-evaluations and internal reviews in order to
maintain quality and ensure that everything is
running smoothly.

Under the direction of UK's inernal assess-
ment office. each of the departments is asked to
examine such areas as how they spend their mon-
ey. if it is being spent correctly and if the depart-
ment or group needs more money in order to im-
prove itself.

“This review looks at what the area and de-
partment typically does with its money." said
Chris Thuringer. associate director of Student Ac-
tivities. “We try and ﬁgure out what the area does
and what it needs."

The internal review is mandatory for every de

ent and organization around campus.

“It identiﬁes the strengths and weaknesses of
the various departments." Thuringer said.

Each department is on a ﬁve-year rotation on
when it is scheduled to perform the self-study. This
year. 43 different departments have been sched-
uled. including UK police and the Ofﬁce of Stu-
dent Activities. Leadership and Involvement. as

See Self-study on page 2

Celebrating 35 years of independence

UK told to look beyond test scores

Oregon official shares advice
on alternative admissions

By Sean Rose
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Instead of having high school seniors
obsess over GPAs and a two-digit ACT
score. one Oregon ofﬁcial advocates worry-
ing about word counts.

Bob Bontrager, director of partnership
programs at Oregon State. spoke to UK ad-
ministrators in the Main Building yester-

day as part of UK’s Cultural Diversity Fes-
tival and UK’s ongoing efforts to increase
campus diversity.

Bontrager said most universities in the
nation have had diversity on the top of
their priorities since the civil rights move-
ment that peaked during the 19503. ’60s and
’705. but he said many schools still have not
met their goals today

“The reality is, if we’re honest with
ourselves. we haven’t done a particularly
good job since that time period." Bontrager
said. “We‘re falling short of our goals of
adding the educational needs of persons

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from every ethnic background.”

Bontrager said one of the biggest prob-
lems standing in the way of college's quest
for diverse enrollment stems from their re-
liance on traditional performance stan-
dards such as high school GPAs and SAT
and ACT standardized test scores.

“They are ﬁne for what they are.’ Bon-
trager said. “But they only go so far in
telling you what you need to know about
students.

“There‘s a lot of history a lot of com-
fort around traditional criteria."

See Admissions on page 2

They only go so far in tell you what you need to know about stu-
dents (there’s) a lot of comfort around traditional criteria.”

- Bob Bontrager, director of partnership programs at Oregon State, on standardized test scores and (EMS.

Staking their beliefs

Members of UK Students for Life ﬁlled the lawn in
front of W .T. Young Library yesterday afternrxm with
nearly 1000 crosses to protest abortion.
The crosses in the ‘ccmctcry of innocence" were meant
to represent the number of abortions pcn‘t nmcd
every eight hours.

PHOTOS IV WEI from: M “W STEVENSON I STAFF

Above: Daniel Holthouse, journalism junior, sets up crosses in front of WI. Young Library for an anti-abor-

tion demonstration.

Left: History sophomore Doug Poindexter hammers a cross into the ground as part of UK Students for

Life’s anti-abortion protest yesterday.

Player from 1966 NCAA champion Texas Western
speaks about overcoming obstacles with faith

B_y_Jonathan Smith
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Nevil Shed‘s path to Hollywood
stardom in the movie “Glory Road“
was not on display last night in the
Student Center Grand Ballroom.
What was on display was his road
to achieving glory by his deﬁnition.

Shed spent the majority of his
80 minutes on stage last night talk-
ing about inspiration. not the fa-
mous 1966 National Championship
basketball game where he and his
black Texas Western team defeated
UK's all-white lineup. the game that
"Glory Road” depicts

Shed rﬁreached the necessity of
hard wo and the belief that con-
sistent preparation leads to success.
He was adamant about the impor-
tance of faith. and that dreams do
come true.

“We must make the right choic-
es in life." Shed said. “And just re-

member that no one fails in society
today. particularly when we are in
an environment where we try to
support each other."

As a boy growing up in the
Bronx. NY. Shed endured many
hardships. He battled racism. gangs
and drugs. but was held together by
a “rock” — ~ his grandmother Sally
Jones.

“My grandmother. she was the
foundation in the family." he said.

After high school. Shed attended
North Carolina A&T And he was in
for a rude awakening during his
tenure down at the historical black
college in the deep South.

Shed said he wasn‘t allowed go
use the same bathrooms or the
same water fountains as whites. He
had to enter the movie theaters
through an alternate doorway

” ‘What do you mean?’ “ he re-

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“WIS?!"

Nevil Shed, a member of the 1966 fexas Western basketball team that
defeated UK in the national championship, speaks about his drive to
become a professional basketball player and the obstacles of racism
last night in the Student Center Grand Ballroom.

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Admissions

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Bontrager advocated Oregon
State’s admission system, where
prospective students ﬁll out “Insight
Resumes," a series of six essays that
probe their background and leader-
ship experiences in school, the com-
munity and their families.

Each essay has a loo-word limit
and is scored on a scale from one to
three. The overall score of the Insight
Resume is considered along with tra-
ditional standards of GPA and stan-
dardized test scores.

But those test scores and GPAs ac-
count for a maximum of 50 percent of
a student’s future success in college.
Bontrager said. The Insight Resumes
are effective in showing the other half
of students‘ potential, he said.

Bontrager acknowledged that
there’s no correlation between Insight
Resume scores and college GPA, but
he cited their effectiveness — Oregon
State saw a 10 percent retention boost
with the ﬁrst class to complete the In-
sight Resumes in its admissions
process.

Bontrager said this system of ad-
missions isn’t designed simply to in-
crease minority students, but that it‘s
a beneﬁt from a more extensive sys-
tem.

“It does happen that by being more
fair you create opportunities for stu~
dents who have traditionally been
screened out of the process,” Bon-
trager said. “But it’s not expressly
about increasing the number of mi-
nority students; it’s about being fair.”

Bontrager also introduced a pro-
gram called the Degree Partnership
Program. That system establishes
more credit equivalences between
area schools and would facilitate stu-
dents transferring from community
college to larger universities, he said.

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CORRECTION

In yesterday’s article “WRFL
delays GM selection,” The Ker-
nel incorrectly identiﬁed John
Clark’s job title. Clark is a
telecommunications professor.

To report an error, please call
The Kernel newsroom at 257-1915
or e-mail asichkor’arkykernelrom

Self-study

Continued from page 1

well as the law. dentistry and engineering
colleges. Last year, Residence Life was
one of the groups scheduled to perform
the same self-review.

“Depending on how it’s seen and how
it is presented, it could seem like the uni-
versity coming down on us," Thuringer
said about the review. “But that’s not the
case.” The self-study should not be mis—
taken as a sign that a department is in
trouble, he said.

Thuringer said the review looks to
maintain the quality of the departments
and examines in what areas a depart-
ment needs to perform better.

“Aﬁer the review is completed, the ar-
eas make recommendations on what they
would like to see in the future as far as
resources," he said.

Recommendations could include a
bigger budget from the university or hav-

ing equipment repaired or replaced.

One of the organizations that has
been scheduled for an internal assess-
ment and is currently in the process of
the self-revieW. is the student-run radio
station WRFL-FM.

“Last August we were informed that
we’d have a self~study,” said John Ed-
wards, WRFL’s general manager. “We’re
taking a look at what we do and how we
do it and if we can improve on any-
thing."

Edwards said the internal review
shouldn’t be seen as something negative.

“It’s nothing bad,” Edwards said. “It’s
just taking a critical look at ourselves
and ﬁguring out how we can serve the
students better.”

For some departments the review can
take longer than a year, such as the Office
of Student Activities.

No major faults have been found in
any of the departments and organiza-
tions going through the self-assessment.

“We haven’t found anything special,”
Edwards said.

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Shed

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membered asking the black person who
directed him to the other door.

“I didn’t like that,” Shed said. “I did-
n‘t like that. But I had to accept that.”

At Texas Western, head coach Don
Haskins had assembled a powerhouse.
His team — which featured an all-black
starting lineup — came full circle in 1966,
completing an undefeated season with a
national championship win over heavily
favored, and all-white, Kentucky Shed
said the color barrier wasn’t broken dur-
ing that game, but when he and his team-
mates were given a chance to compete.

“Society was not ready for that,” Shed
said.

Shed wanted to use that 1966 game as

a platform. He wanted to educate our na-
tion, and to make lives better for future
generations.

“You can tell he’s a man of charac-
ter,” said UK men’s basketball head coach
Tubby Smith. “A man of a lot of pride.”

Amid his newfound publicity, which
includes a Hollywood movie, gracing the
front of Wheaties cereal boxes and a
meeting with President George W. Bush,
Shed continues his dedication to socio-
logical improvement.

“If you walk my faith, utilize the
proper resources. believe in yourself,“ be
said. “Believing that there is a spot that’s
going to make your journey the most
straight and powerful journey in the
world.

“You know, I don't believe that I‘m at
glory road yet," he said. “But I do believe
that I will get there.”

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ty, such as working beneﬁts. The commit-
tee must receive approval from the Staff
Senate and the full University Senate be-
fore becoming official.

Dippery and members of the Senate
Council advocated a cafeteria system
where employees could pick and choose
from a rage of beneﬁts that would work
best for their situation.

“If there’s one area where the faculty
and staff could rally around, it’s the cafe

teria beneﬁts plan,” Amarelle said.

All members thought the ﬁrst order
of business for the committee should be
to collect data from the local and region-
al competition for staff to see where UK
stands in the local market.

Dippery said he was ”encouraged”
with the formation of the committee
and said it was a good ﬁrst step, but he
added that many staff members will not
be satisﬁed with only long-term plan-
ning that would come from it.

“There’s still a lot of resentment out
there, and I don’t think this going to do a
whole lot to ease that.” Dippery said.

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