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After posting thirteen Great Things About Alaska I got calls to post a list giving equal time to the other side of life in the Last Frontier (Tim? Are you there?) I don't like being negative but I suppose to be perfectly fair I ought to present the reasons why Alaska may not be for you (you knew there had to be plenty of reasons otherwise why would everyone be living in California?)
So don't say I didn't warn you. Presenting thirteen things I miss here in Alaska. Sniff. Really miss!
1. Krispy Kreme. And for that matter Olive Garden, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma. What other stores or restaurants are we missing? We're about to get a Target . . . but the worst, the WORST part about not having a Pottery Barn is that if you order something from their catalog they rob you blind on the shipping, it'll cost you more to ship the item than the item is worth. I'd understand it if it cost them more to ship it up here but air shipping is air shipping. It doesn't cost them any more to get it up here but they figure we must be loaded or something and can afford paying $50 to ship a napkin ring. In protest I'm boycotting and you just wait, I'll bring down The Man--you'll see.
Oh! And about Krispy Kreme--we Alaskans are so desperate for these guys that it's common for people to have a cargo of them overnighted up here to sell in fundraisers. You'll see a stand set up in a parking lot advertising Krispy Kremes to benefit the women's shelter or something. There's a Krispy Kreme next door to the airport on Maui and you'll see Alaskans carrying boxes of donuts on the flight home.
2. Drive-in movies. I'm not even going to get started on not having U23D or IMAX theaters--the subject is just too painful and my therapist says I'll never get over it if I keep talking about it ("Is she serious? Does she really have a therapist?") Oh how I really miss drive-in movies. But what's the point of having them when it's not dark enough in the summer to see the screen properly? And there's not really anyone lining up to see one in the winter--funny thing. We used to go to the drive-in in Orem and I'd back my little Nissan Sentra coup into the stall, pop the back hatch, put down the seats then recline against pillows to watch the movie--is there anything more American and "remember when?" than that?
3. Fruit trees. Oh how I miss these. We can grow crab apples and some arctic strains of apples but otherwise gardening is limited to the cold-weather basics. Gardening gurus here claim that in some micro-climates around town you can grow special strains of pears and cherries but I've never known anyone successful with these. I guess that's what you get for living in a Zone 2--no asparagus, melons, pumpkins, peppers, cucumbers or citrus.
When Andrew and I were at school in Utah we lived in an apartment complex that had apricot trees on the grounds and I remember taking a walk one morning and finding apricots lying all over the lawn where they'd dropped. I was so fascinated by the idea of fruit just GROWING in nature like that and couldn't bear the thought of apricots just lying there that I gathered up as many as I could hold and took them home. Not that I knew what to do with them because they weren't for eating and were all overripe but they sat on my counter for a while as a mute testimony to my desire for fruit trees. I long for a garden where I could grow limes, mangoes, grapefruits, or plums.
4. Road trips. From Anchorage you can drive for seven hours north and finally hit Fairbanks. Five hours south and you'll find Homer but you can't drive to most settlements in the state. Juneau is only accessible by air or water, ditto Sitka and Ketchikan (Hi Terri!) You can't drive to to many places, you have to fly (which is why so many people have pilots licenses here) and to drive to the Lower 48 you have to go north from Anchorage for six or seven hours then hang a right at Tok and head south through Canada. With conditions like these who takes road trips? We don't drive anywhere--at least not like people down south do.
When we lived in Washington D.C. we drove up to New York City for the President's Day weekend and I couldn't believe that after driving for an hour we'd been through four states. FOUR of them! Amazing. I love driving long distances and seeing new places, Andrew and I have drove from California to Washington D.C. and back again and loved every mile of it. Some day I'm going to start in Maine and drive right down the coast, following it all the way until I hit New Orleans. Someday.
5. Sidewalks. With snow on the ground six months out of the year it's hard to keep sidewalks properly plowed so few places in Anchorage have them. You'll find them all through the downtown area and in one or two of the nicer suburbs but otherwise no sidewalks. It really bugged Andrew at first, you'd think it was the make-it-or-break-it issue for him, representing the line between civilization and the beasts but he's got used to it.
Who needs sidewalks when we have bike trails? I can't say this is a fact but Anchorage might have more bike trails than any other city in the U.S. We'd be a top contender I'm sure. Running is very popular here so for six months the trails are used for running and biking and the other six months they're used for cross-country skiing. Darn practical if you ask me.
Oops! I'd better watch it or I'll get too optimistic for this post. I'm concentrating on things I miss, right? Uh--I guess to get back to the negative side you have to be careful running all over the trails winter or summer because in some places you could encounter a moose or a bear. Or even a pack of wolves. Up near Elmendorf AFB earlier this winter they were having trouble with a pack of wolves roaming around and eating people's dogs in an Alaskan version of poodle antipasto. Not pleasant. Not exactly your average raccoon or squirrel infestation.
6. Oak and elm. Right there with the sidewalks are the large, beautiful trees you find lining the avenues in other cities. To have quaint streets where the trees arch in graceful canopies over the road, providing shade in the summer and acorns in the fall would be so wonderful. We have spruce, birch, aspen, alder, willow and the odd Japanese maple that pops up here and there as the latest craze in suburban landscaping but that's it--no beech, oak, elm, chestnut, hickory or walnut. I'd never seen an acorn until I moved away to college.
7. Warm summer nights. Right there with my first acorn was my first lightning storm. We don't get warm enough in the summer for much lightning here. You may have a freak day where you get a few rumblings but even with that it's too light outside to actually see a fork of electricity. I still remember standing at my dorm window watching a brilliant storm light up the sky and I was in awe. My room mates all made fun of me of course--I mean you're a hick if you haven't seen a lot of things but if you haven't seen lightning you're just a freak. I wish we had more storms like that.
8. Crickets. No warm summer nights and no darkness means no crickets. I'm sure there are people somewhere who might find cicadas, crickets, katydids, fireflies, etc. irritating but to me they're just lovely. The soft, rhythmic chirping in the evenings is just the quaintest, most relaxing thing and I wish we had them here. We do have an occasional grasshopper or cricket show up in my garden but you never hear any at night. Ever--just mosquitoes and they only buzz. In your ear. While you're trying to sleep.
9. Manicured roads and public places. The ground is frozen year-round in most of Alaska, even in a great part of Anchorage, and as I come from a family of civil engineers where permafrost was the bread and butter I guess I'm okay with that. However, it makes things like utility lines, septic tanks and cemeteries difficult (though not so much in Anchorage). To put in something like an automated sprinkler system is pretty frivolous given the circumstances and without watering systems it's hard to keep public parks and lawns well watered and manicured like you'd see in San Diego.
Add to that the gravel that gets dumped on the roads in winter to keep cars from sliding and the medians of every road are gravelly, dusty messes. The freezing and thawing that the roads go through produces pot holes worse than a teenager with the world's worst case of acne and all the chunks of asphalt get thrown up along the roads making for a very rugged, wild and rustic look. It can be pretty in places where wild flowers have sprung up but you'll never see lush medians filled with green ivy like you would in Seattle or pretty little rows of orange trees along the streets like you would in Phoenix. Nope, sorry.
10. Astronomy. Well, actually we have astronomy of course (it's not like we don't have the same stars and planets and moon as the rest of you) but it's not easy to study. You can't see anything in the bright summer nights and in the winter when it finally gets dark it's too darn cold to venture outside with your telescope--you'd freeze your little peepers right to the eye piece! This really kills me because I'd love to have one of those Mead telescopes where I could go out and view the stars on warm summer nights but it just isn't going to happen. That's what vacations in Hawaii are for apparently.
11. Warm water. When we lived in North Dakota we used to head out into Minnesota on weekends to spend a day at the lake. I'd never done anything so fun in all my years in Alaska because the water here doesn't ever get warm enough to comfortably swim in. It's cold. As in freezing one's giblets cold.
Many of the lakes and streams are fed by glaciers which means it's like swimming in ice water (how pleasant, not to mention dangerous) and the ones that aren't just don't get enough summer heat to warm them up properly. There are a few exceptions--up at Big Lake north of Anchorage you'll find people jet skiing or water skiing on the water but the smart ones are wearing wet suits--and most of you would probably think they were crazy for even that. No beaches, no swimming.
We didn't even have many swimming pools here in town when I was growing up, just one or two at the high schools, because the freezing and thawing made them difficult to build and therefore making pools expensive. There are more nowadays of course but it sure made it hard to learn how to swim.
12. History. Sure there have been people living in Alaska for thousands of years but modern history is rather sparse. Anchorage had just graduated from being a tent town when my grandparents moved here back in 1949 and it's still a new place. People don't retire here typically and the median age is somewhere around 30. It's young! So to compare it to a place like Boston where I walked down streets crowded with ghosts and every building was an historical landmark Anchorage comes up historically lacking. It's kind of funny, the latest thing in the schools is to have courses on Alaskan or Anchorage history and I can't help but wonder what they teach--seriously, it could take all of three hours to cover the basic points but they somehow stretch it into a semester.
13. Four seasons. We only have three: summer, winter and break-up. Haven't heard of break-up? No, it's not the holiday following Valentine's Day it's the official title given to the period of time in Alaska when the snow finishes the last stages of melting and the ground thaws, leaving that nasty, rotten, fetid smell that anyone who's ever smelled it will never forget. It's the season when the snow finally melts, revealing all the trash that has blown out of the back of pickup trucks for the past six months. It's the season when the grass is mushy, smashed and brown and everything is covered with a thick layer of smelly mud.
Essentially, if Alaska were a beautiful woman--perhaps for the sake of argument the most beautiful woman in the world--one with long flowing hair, creamy pale Nordic skin and forget-me-not blue eyes then break-up would be the time when you woke up next to her and she was without make-up, her hair rather matted and her mouth reeking of morning breath. You'd wonder what on earth you'd got yourself into but then once she was showered and dressed and done up right you'd remember. Yup, that would be break-up. Be glad if you're missing it--and then plan on visitng Alaska in June after she's showered and put together properly.
So there you have it, thirteen reasons that balance out the previous list--so how do you feel about moving now?
If you missed it, there's a new Write-Away Contest topic for March posted and running--are you game?
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D. Governance and Review
Trustees of Indiana University
The Trustees of Indiana University receive communications and recommendations submitted to them by the President and by their own committees. In addition, the Trustees frequently hear presentations by representatives of the student body, staff, and faculty. Trustees of Indiana University have ultimate authority for matters of governance at Indiana University.
Given the complexity of the University and its structure, the Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC) has recognized a need to develop special channels of communication between the Faculty and the Trustees of Indiana University. In response to the Council's concern, the Faculty Relations Committee of the Trustees has increased its efforts to provide time regularly (in connection with the monthly Trustees meetings) for faculty members and faculty groups to interact with the Committee and to present their concerns. In 1995, the University Faculty Council (UFC) adopted a policy providing for faculty representation at open sessions of the Board of Trustees. In 2002, the Board of Trustees endorsed, in principle, the practice of permitting faculty representation at certain Executive Sessions. (See Policies D-1 and D-2).
University Organization and Review of System Administrators
Indiana University administrators with responsibilities relating to all campuses include: the President, the Executive Vice President and Provost, Bloomington, Executive Vice President and Chancellor for Indianapolis, the Vice President for Capital Projects and Facilities, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and General Counsel, Vice President for Planning and Policy, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, Vice President for Engagement, Vice President for Information Technology, Vice President for International Affairs, Vice President for Public Affairs and Government Relations, and Vice President for Research Administration. All administrators whose responsibilities bear directly on the teaching and research mission of the university are subject to review by an appointed committee every four years, as established by the University Faculty Council on March 28, 1978. (See Policy D-3). A separate policy regarding review procedures for Chancellors/Provost was adopted by the Board of Trustees in 2006. (See Policy D-4).
University Administrative and Policy Committees
Several administrative groups and committees are involved in the review, establishment, and implementation of policy for the entire Indiana University system. Two of the most important groups are the Academic Leadership Council and the President's Cabinet.
The Academic Leadership Council, which considers policies and procedures pertaining to academic affairs that have university-wide implications, consists of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education or Vice Chancellors for Academic Affairs from each campus. The President's Cabinet, which advises the President on a range of policy and programmatic initiatives with university-wide impact, consists of the vice presidents and representatives from the campus chancellors/provost, academic deans, and other senior administrators with university-wide responsibilities. The University Faculty Council and the President also elect or appoint all-campus committees for University-wide awards and endowed lecture series, ceremonies, athletics, and the review and implementation of specific policies, such as the residency requirement. The composition of and charge to some of these committees, including the Honorary Degrees Committee, the Athletics Coordinating Council, and the W. George Pinnell Award selection committee, have been approved by the University Faculty Council. (See Policy D-5; Policy H-20, and Policy G-7).
Bloomington Provost and Administrative Group
The Executive Vice President and Provost, Bloomington, has an administrative group which includes the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the Vice Provost for Research, the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, the Vice Provost for Student Affairs and the Vice President for Information Technology. This group meets regularly with the Provost to discuss campus issues and establish policies.
Review of Bloomington Administrators
The Bloomington Faculty Council has established review procedures for major Bloomington Campus Administrators--members of the Provost's Administrative Group and all Deans reporting to the Bloomington Provost. Reviews occur early in the fifth year in office and at four-year intervals thereafter. A review committee appointed by the Provost from nominations made by the Faculty Council Nominations Committee (with submissions from a school policy committee where a school Dean is to be reviewed) will be composed primarily of faculty members. The Review Committee submits its report to the Provost, to the administrator reviewed, to his/her elected policy committee, and to the Agenda Committee of the Bloomington Faculty Council. (See Policy D-6).
Bloomington Deans
The deans of the schools and other campus administrators on the Bloomington Campus meet regularly with the Provost and his/her administrative group. The Deans and Schools located in Bloomington which report administratively to the Bloomington Provost include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, the School of Law-Bloomington, the School of Library and Information Science, and the School of Music. One of the merged units, the School of Education, which operates programs in both Bloomington and Indianapolis, also reports to the Bloomington Provost, as do two system-wide units--the Graduate School and University Libraries. Other schools, physically located in Bloomington, which report administratively to the Indianapolis Chancellor are: Business (a merged unit), Medical Sciences, Optometry, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (a system-wide unit), and the School of Continuing Studies (a system-wide unit).
Policy Committees
The deans of the degree-granting units on the Bloomington campus meet regularly with the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs on questions of academic programs and policies. Each School or College Dean has been asked by the Bloomington Faculty Council to establish an elected Policy Council to formulate School policy and to advise the Dean in the exercise of the Dean's authority. (See Policy D-7).
Faculty input and counsel have long played a significant and essential role in the governance of Indiana University-Bloomington. This input and counsel have been provided by formal channels, such as the Faculty Council and its committees, and by informal channels. Generally speaking, an "open-door" policy operates on the Bloomington Campus and informal discussions are encouraged and sought.
Faculty Councils
Prior to the 1969-70 academic year, Indiana University had one Faculty Council. This council, comprised largely of Bloomington faculty members, often took actions which were appropriate only to the Bloomington Campus. During 1969-70 each of the campuses making up Indiana University created a separate Council, and the University Faculty Council, with representatives from each of the campuses, was established. The Constitution and By-Laws of the University Faculty Council are contained in the Academic Handbook which serves the entire system.
Bloomington Faculty Council
The Bloomington Faculty Council (BFC) first passed its own constitution May 6, 1975, and it was approved by the faculty on November 14, 1975. The most recent version was approved by the faculty on April 20, 2009. (See Policy D-8). The provisions of this constitution conform to the provisions found in the University Faculty Constitution which appears as Policy D-10. The Bloomington constitution and bylaws provide that Council membership shall include representatives of the faculty in various academic units, professional librarians, research rank and clinical rank faculty, lecturers, various major administrators (Provost-Bloomington, Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the University Graduate School, Chief Budgetary Officer-Bloomington), undergraduate student leaders, graduate students, and the Professional Council. The Council's Bylaws appear in Policy D-9. Faculty members from all units physically located on the Bloomington Campus are eligible for election to the council. The Provost and President preside over meetings of the Bloomington Faculty Council.
BFC Minutes
To keep members of the faculty apprised of the issues being discussed by the BFC, agendas, circulars, policies and minutes of the Council for the last five years are posted on the Bloomington Faculty Council website. Printed and electronic copies of older material are available upon request from the Faculty Council Office and the University Archives. (See Policy D-11).
BFC Committees
The Bloomington Faculty Council has the following standing committees to which matters are referred both by the Council, through the Agenda Committee, and by Bloomington administrators through the Agenda Committee (See Policy D-12):
- Diversity and Affirmative Action Committee
- Agenda Committee of the Council
- Budgetary Affairs Committee
- Constitution and Rules Committee
- Distributed Education Committee
- Educational Policies Committee
- External Relations Committee
- Faculty Affairs Committee
- Foundation Relations Committee
- Fringe Benefits Committee
- Library Committee
- Long Range Planning Committee
- Merger/Reorganization/Elimination Committee
- Nomination Committee of the Council
- Research Affairs Committee
- Student Affairs Committee
- Technology Policy Committee
Other Campus Committees
Campus committees on which faculty serve are appointed by various administrators. These committees play an important role in establishing policy, usually as advisory bodies to administrators.
1974 Reorganization and Governance
Pursuant to the 1974 Reorganization (this reorganization altered reporting lines for system-wide schools and created the two merged schools which operate on the Bloomington and the Indianapolis campuses under single deans), a number of resolutions were passed by the Faculty Councils. (See Policy D-13). Several of these deal with governance issues and the relationships and interactions with the University Faculty Council, the University Administration and the Indianapolis Administration (to whom some Bloomington units report under the Reorganization).
The Bloomington Faculty Council first reaffirmed an overriding commitment to the pursuit of excellence in scholarship and research, and recognized this pursuit as a primary mission of the Bloomington campus. The resolutions request regular meetings each semester with the President on matters of academic excellence. Having noted that the Indiana University Faculty Constitution provides that the primary faculty governing body should be on each campus, the Council indicated that items should reach the University Faculty Council only at the request of a campus council or the President, and only where system-wide action is required. The Council bylaws were also amended to provide that Bloomington representatives on the University Faculty Council be members of the Bloomington Faculty Council.
Budgetary Planning
Since its creation in 1973, the BFC Budgetary Affairs Committee has played a central and major role in budgetary planning and in the budgeting process itself. Members of the committee are accorded full access to all budgetary information and participate in all phases of the budgeting process at the campus level. In the 1974 Reorganization resolutions, the Council sought to further protect academic excellence on the Bloomington Campus by charging the Dean of the Faculties (now the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs), the Vice President for Research (now Vice Provost for Research), and Dean of the University Graduate School to be fully and intimately involved in all aspects of the Bloomington budget. The Council further pointed out that when administrative decisions affecting faculty interests across the campus are pending, the BFC is the appropriate body for consultation. (See Policy D-14).
The Reorganization resolutions called for continued separate budgeting for University Administration and for Indianapolis units which are part of Schools located in Bloomington so that the Bloomington Campus budget reflects academic activities on the Bloomington Campus. (Merged schools may utilize inter-campus services accounts to enable temporary shifts of personnel and services between two campuses to reflect activities.)
Responsibility Centered Management
The Bloomington Faculty Council took the following action in November, 1990: "Each academic responsibility center (RCM unit) shall institute a faculty Budgetary Affairs Committee to be selected by the unit faculty either by election or by the elected Policy Committee of the unit. The committee shall be representative of its constituency and shall serve as advisory to the unit dean in all areas of budget. Each unit shall have student and staff participation in its committee's deliberations. The committees shall be in place as early as possible but not later than February 1, 1991." (See Policy D-15).
Contingency Planning
On December 14, 1982, the Bloomington Faculty Council established a procedure for Contingency Planning. (See Policy D-16). A number of factors affect the structure and content of academic programs on the Bloomington Campus. Faculty and student interest may suggest a need to develop new programs. Data collected and analyzed through administrative planning processes may lead to significant reallocations of campus resources. Fiscal constraints may raise questions about the distribution of resources as they influence the growth or contraction of academic areas. In short, there are times when it may be necessary to examine the possibility of expanding, merging, reorganizing, or eliminating academic programs. The BFC policy establishes procedures for faculty participation in these decisions through the BFC Committee on Program Merger/Reorganization/Elimination.
Financial Crisis/Exigency
The policy on contingency planning describes decision-making procedures that may be initiated in times of financial crisis and financial exigency. They require the Bloomington Chancellor (now Provost) to seek a recommendation from the Bloomington Faculty Council and its Budgetary Affairs Committee. Faculty and institutional rights and obligations in time of financial exigency are also governed by AAUP policy. (See Policies D-16, D-17).
Program Merger/Reorganization/Elimination
Processes leading to the restructuring of academic units and programs should exemplify the University's commitment to governance that is shared between the faculty and the administration. At each step, faculty should be consulted and given the opportunity to review and respond to proposed changes before they are implemented. Reasonable efforts must be made to find suitable new academic homes for faculty members displaced by academic restructuring, and tenure probationary faculty affected by restructuring shall have the option to be reviewed according to the criteria and expectations in effect in their home unit at the time they were initially appointed. (See Policy D-16).
Faculty Positions in Contingency Planning
Faculty appointments, tenured status, salary level, and other benefits in a program merger, reorganization, or elimination situation are specifically protected. Retraining opportunities and retraining leaves with pay are provided for displaced faculty. Except under conditions of financial exigency described in AAUP Recommended Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure faculty dismissals may not occur. (See Policy D-17).
New Initiatives
Academic program initiatives, other than those authorized by the faculty of a school, must be approved by the Bloomington Faculty Council. (See Policy D-18). Economic development initiatives must be in accord with Bloomington's central academic mission of teaching and research. (See Policy D-19).
Program Reviews
The University Faculty Council has outlined procedures for the review of academic programs (see Policy D-20).
Any unit conducting a review should examine the relationship of its educational goals to success of students in reaching those goals and clarify the appropriate procedures for monitoring and reporting the achievement of those goals. These guidelines rest upon one fundamental principle: the purpose of monitoring student achievement is to reflect and improve upon teaching strategies and student performance as a result of those strategies. The monitoring of student achievement is separate from the evaluation of individual faculty members. Primary responsibility for monitoring, and for devising strategies to address questions raised in the process, rests with the teaching unit.
Clarification of Procedures
1. Each teaching unit shall articulate educational program goals appropriate for students completing the major or degree. Some of these goals should reflect the "Shared Goals" of the General Education Policy, specifically Information Fluency and Intensive Writing; others will concern the principles, methods, and concepts of the discipline. Goals articulated by the teaching unit should be reflected in the learning outcomes of courses in the unit's curriculum.
2. Each teaching unit will develop a plan and timeline for monitoring achievement of these goals. Plans can vary widely by discipline and may include any number of assessment, review, or evaluation practices; units are encouraged to consult appropriate support units for information on best practices in their disciplines. Measures such as assignment grades or course grades may constitute only one part of an effective plan.
3. The unit's report for its program review should include its educational goals, an indication of how those goals are being addressed through the expected learning outcomes of individual courses, and a summary of the monitoring of student achievement of those outcomes. The following questions should be addressed in the report:
- Are the educational program goals appropriate and sufficient?
- Is the monitoring plan appropriate and sufficient?
- What strengths and weaknesses have been identified?
- What actions is the unit taking in response to these results?
Long-Range Planning
The Bloomington Faculty Council expects each school on the Bloomington campus to designate a committee for the purpose of conducting long-range planning. At the request of the BFC, the University Faculty Council has also created a long-range planning committee. (See Policy D-21).
Faculty and other academic appointees are provided a number of mechanisms for appeal or review of administrative decisions. In addition to providing peer review of specific decisions, recommendations of the various bodies involved significantly influence the development and interpretation of policies.
Before utilizing any of these mechanisms, it is expected that academic appointees will take appeals through the various informal channels that exist at the University. These channels are the departmental chairperson, division director, dean of the school, and the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs. If satisfaction is not achieved using these informal means, the formal grievance procedures are then available.
The Bloomington Faculty Council policy states:
- The review function of the faculty at Bloomington shall be exercised by a Bloomington Faculty Council Board of Review. This Board shall consider complaints concerning academic freedom, reappointment, tenure, promotion, salary adjustment, and the nature or conditions of work. Any member of the faculty or associate faculty at Bloomington with the exception of associate instructors, desiring a review of administrative action in these state areas may request in writing a hearing by this Board of Review. (See Policy D-22).
Faculty Grievance Committee/Board of Review
The Bloomington Faculty Council has established two bodies to carry out reviews: the Faculty Mediation Committee and the Faculty Board of Review. (See Policy D-22). Both are available to all academic appointees, save Associate Instructors, who should direct grievances to the Student Academic Appointee Mediation Committee of the Bloomington Faculty Council and the Student Academic Appointee Board of Review. (See D-23 and D-24). Faculty in multi-campus units may bring a grievance to the Board on any campus in which the unit operates. (See Policy D-13). The University Faculty Council has adopted Minimum Standards for Uniform Hearing Procedures which apply to all hearings conducted by Faculty Boards of Review established by campus governing bodies under Article V of the Constitution of the Indiana University Faculty. (See Policy D-25). Guiding Principles for Faculty Review were approved by the Trustees in 1999. (See Policy D-26).
In 1999 the Bloomington Faculty Council passed the Faculty Misconduct Policy (also known as "post-tenure review") which provides procedures to review complaints against faculty members of substantial or chronic incompetence or misconduct, limited to violations of formal rules of the University, such as violations of the Code of Academic Ethics, or failure to meet generally understood and accepted standards of professional conduct. (See Policy D-27) More detailed statements regarding specific grounds for allegations of misconduct, requirements for disclosure, and review procedures were developed by the University Faculty Council for financial conflicts of interest (see Policies I-7 and I-8), conflicts of commitment (see Policy I-6), and research misconduct (see Policy I-13).
Student Academic Appointee Grievance Procedures
The Bloomington Faculty Council recommends that all departments involved in supervising Student Academic Appointees (SAAs) develop internal procedures for reviewing graduate student grievances and complaints related to the terms and conditions of their academic appointments. (See Policy D-28) The procedures should provide for timely response, aim to protect confidentiality, and inform the SAA of avenues of appeal beyond the departmental or unit level. If a grievance cannot be resolved at the departmental or unit level, the SAA may bring the grievance to the SAA Grievance Committee and, ultimately, to the SAA Board of Review. (See Policy D-29).
Discrimination and Harassment Complaint Procedures
In 2008, the Bloomington Faculty Council revised and expanded its procedures for dealing with complaints alleging discrimination on the basis of characteristics such as age, color, disability, ethnicity, sex, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. (See Policy D-30) The policy encourages handling such complaints informally when possible and describes advising, alternative dispute resolution, and formal complaint procedures that may be used when informal efforts are not successful or when otherwise preferred.
The University Faculty Council has affirmed the need to preserve documents of historic nature generated by administrative offices and committees. (See Policy D-31) Chairs and unit heads are required to work with the campus archivist in determining preservation needs.
Policy D-1- Faculty Relations With the Trustees of Indiana University
Policy D-2- Faculty Representation at Indiana University Board of Trustees Meetings
Policy D-3- Review Procedures for Indiana University Administrators
Policy D-4- Review Procedures for Chancellors/Provost
Policy D-5- Honorary Degrees Committee
Policy D-6- Review Procedures for Administrators Bloomington Campus
Policy D-7- Elected Policy Committees In Schools and Colleges
Policy D-8- Constitution of the Bloomington Faculty
Policy D-9- Bylaws of the Bloomington Faculty Council of Indiana University
Policy D-10- Constitution of the Indiana University Faculty
Policy D-11- Distribution of BFC Meeting Minutes
Policy D-13- 1974 Reorganization Resolutions
Policy D-15- Responsibility Centered Management
Policy D-16- Merger, Reorganization, and Elimination of Academic Units and Programs
Policy D-17- Financial Exigency
Policy D-18- Academic Program Initiatives
Policy D-19- Economic Development Initiatives
Policy D-20- Procedures for Program Reviews
Policy D-21- Long-Range Planning Committees
Policy D-22- Grievance and Review Procedures of the Bloomington Faculty
Policy D-23- SAA Mediation Committee
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The State Bar Association took the first step toward a comprehensive solution on Nov. 12 by launching a toll-free legal aid helpline for residents affected by the superstorm who cannot afford to pay an attorney. Since then, more than 140 lawyers from all-sized firms across New Jersey have devoted time and expertise to help Hurricane Sandy victims with insurance-related claims, FEMA appeals, landlord-tenant matters and creditor-debtor matters, according to a spokeswoman for the group.
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"The use of Dr. King, because of him being an icon in the community, we feel would be most effective. That's why we used it. We have the documentation to back the claims we're making on the billboard," Kamau-Imani says.
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1971 - Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with founder Robert Davids as president.
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1959 Fleer Ted WilliamsTed Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever to play the game ! The 'Splendid Splinter' played from 1939-1942 and 1946-1960 all with the Boston Red Sox. He missed 1943 thru 1945 due to military duty when he was a pilot during the wars. For his career he hit .344 with 521 home runs. Ted Williams was one of the biggest stars baseball has ever seen, and his baseball cards remain very popular and valuable.
Ted's rookie card was in 1950 Bowman and he was exclusive with Bowman from 1950 thru 1954. In 1954 he also allowed Topps to make his cards which they did from 1954 thru 1958.
In 1959 Fleer signed Ted Williams away from Topps and assumed the star Ted Williams would be retiring, put out an entire 80-card set of cards highlighting Ted Williams and illustrating his life both in and out of baseball. Williams decided late in the fall to resign for another year perhaps damaging the sets impact. Today these cards remain extremely popular with most of the cards in teh set still quite affordable.
There is one very rare card in this set, #68 picturing Ted with Bucky Harris.
UNFORTUNATELY Topps had Bucky Harris under exclusive contract and
Fleer had to quickly halt production of this card making it a significant
SHORT PRINT. Only a few made it out to the public. This card is quite rare,
hardly ever seen and a plain old simple checklist making it the perfect
candidate for counterfeiting.
Other interesting cards are those that picture Ted with Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Sam Snead and Jim Thorpe. In addition, cards of Ted fishing or with his airplane are also very popular.
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1961 Topps Baseball Cards AUTOGRAPHED Set info/informationBy now you all heard of the rash of counterfeit autographs on the market.
The following autographs all come with auction house LOA's (Letters of Authenticity) from the top authenticators in the hobby - PSA/DNA or James Spence !!!
The 1961 Topps baseball card set included 587 standard size 2˝" x 3˝" cards (#1-#598 with several skipped numbers). 2 cards were accidently numbered #463, one of them (the Braves Team card was supposed to be card #426).
The 1961 Topps set included the following special "subsets":
* League Leaders (10 cards)
* World Series highlights (10 cards)
* Highlights (11 cards)
* MVP's (16 cards)
* Checklists (7 cards plus several variations)
* Team cards (xx cards)
* Special Multi-Player cards (xx cards)
* Managers (xx cards)
* Topps Rookie All-Star Trophies (xx cards)
* Sporting News All-Stars (#566-#589)
1961 Topps was the first of the very popular and continuing Topps Rookie All-Star Trophies subsets. Cards from the last series (#523-#589) are scarce "High Numbers" making the set fairly expensive to complete.
MLB Baseball expansion led to one of the least attractive aspects of the 1961 Topps baseball card set. The American League made several changes. The Los Angeles Angels were added, the Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins and a new franchise was granted to the Washington Senators who also debuted in 1961. Possibly because of these team changes, many players had their portrait photos taken without their baseball caps. Not only did most of the players look awful without their caps, they looked more like your old, not so handsome uncle then athletes!
Card backs were black print on an army green background on a dark card stock making them somewhat difficult to read. TOP ROOKIES: #35 Ron Santo, #141 Billy Williams, #417 Juan Marichal, Willie Davis, Zoilo Versalles & Jim Maloney; are popular players but still reasonably priced.
More interesting tid-bits from the 1961 Topps set:
Card #1 features All-American basketball player Dick Groat
Collectors of 1961 Topps cards may also want to take a look at 3 other baseball issues Topps released that year: a Topps Dice Game, Topps Magic Rub-Offs and a series of Topps Stamps.
Although some dealers and collectors consider this set boring, with it's clean design, many special subsets
and multiple cards of some of the games top stars including 6 Mantle's I rate it much higher.
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