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              The Loyola MAROON Volume 71N03 f . ; Loyola University' New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 ||pyober 23. 1992 Samba die day aw*y—Curtis Pierre of Casa Samba visited Loyola on Oct. 13 to teach Samba dance In the Danna Center lounge. He also Invited students to play Instruments./ Photo by Brace Hynurn, S.J. Evaluations raise questions By Mike Delaune Staff writer Loyola's philosophy department has apparently been disregarding university policy in performing their faculty evaluations. In at least one instance, this failure to follow policy may have strongly influenced the termination of a Loyola professor. As a matter of practice, the philosophy department has been making only positive comments on annual written evaluations of their faculty. This is in direct conflict with the Faculty Handbook which states, on page 4-8, "All (non-tenured) faculty shall receive an annual written evaluation from the dean of the appropriate college. This evaluation shall cover the strengths and weaknesses of the faculty member toward fulfillment of their professional responsibilities..." Without proper evaluations, ineludingineluding both strengths and weaknesses, individual faculty members may not be aware of their progress toward promotion and tenure. Also rank and tenure committees might therefore receive skewed results. Dr. Frank Schalow, former associate professor of philosophy, was given a terminal contract in December 1990 even though he was not made aware of any substantive deficiencies in prior Tuition hike boosts Law professors' salaries by $2000 By Peter Rel chard and Courtney Sullivan Staff writers Rumors of an across-the-board, $2,000 pay raise for Law School professors swept through the College of Arts and Sciences last week, further angering the already disgruntled A&S faculty. Despite the fact that the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., university president, told faculty last August that there was not enough money at that time for salary increases, the Law School professors received $2,000 raises in September. Dr. David Danahar, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of Faculties, said he made the decision to use the funds from a 2 percent tuition increase for Law School students in addition to the 4 percent tuition increase for Law School raises. Danahar said he made the decision based on the University Budget Committee's recommendation to the Board of Trustees last January that the money be designated for"Law School purposes." Dr. VernonGregson, associate professor of religious studies, was upset about the way the situation was handled. "I was surprised to hear that the Law School professors received a salary increase in the light of Fr. Carter's telling the assembled faculty that there was no money for an increase in faculty salaries," he said. Carter confirmed that the salaries were increased but said he is surprised at the reaction to them. "We're amazed no one knew about it," he said, adding that several members of the ÜBC knew in January that the increases were possible. "It wasn't meant to camouflage anything," Carter said. Danahar said there was no question that part of the funds would be used for salaries. Nevertheless, some of the A&S members felt the administration had been tight-lipped on this issue. At an Arts and Sciences college assembly Oct. 15 concerning faculty salary disclosures. Dr. William Hammel, associate communications professor, stood up and asked Danahar about the situation. "One argument that has happened since our last meeting was this thing with the Law School voting themselves as2,oooraise per head—that is actually factual, right?" Hammel asked. MTV's Soren urges young voters to speak up By Miyurd M. franldtn Staff writer Tabitha Soren, a reporter for MTV News, urged students to let their voices be heard last Thursday night in Nunemaker Hall at a speech sponsored by the University Programming Board. A former ABC affiliate correspondent in Vermont, Soren has been with MTV for about the past 18 months. She is issuing her demand for young Americans to respond to claims that their generation is not sophisticated enough to participate in the presidential election, via the "Choose or Lose" campaign which is sponsored by the MTV News department During a press conference in the Danna Center just before delivering a speech to the Loyola community, Soren stated that until Oct 5 she had been concentrating her efforts on motivating young Americans eligible to vote in time for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Since then, she has been expecting her "Choose or Lose" campaign to remind people to vote. "That's one objective. I think the second is to make young people feel empowered and to make them feel connected to what goes on in Washington, D.C." Dressed like a collegiate, wearing a brown blouse and blue jeans in front of a small band of reporters from Loyola and the community, Soren often allowed moments of lightheartedness. At one point, she commented on how physically and emotionally stressful her formidable task is. "I'm very wom out. I'm having fun, but I'm worn out. I can't wait [until] somebody gets elected. I don't / WMtt my MTV—MTV News reporter Tabltha Soren told students to 'choose or lose" In Nunemaker Hall last Thursday night./Thoto by Abut Clmte. See law school/page 8 See Evaluations /page 6 See MTV /page 6 I Inside this week... §