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Vol LXVIII, Issue 15
Gender pay gap Salary differences among professors KIMBERLY WHITE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR KMW722@CABRINI.EDU
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Housing lottery Students lined up outside of the Residence Life Office to pick a housing lottery number.
Line included; satisfaction not guaranteed CECELIA FRANCISCO PHOTO & WEB EDITOR CAF722@CABRINI.EDU Extending from the clear glass doors of the Residence Life office, down the hall and around the bend in front of the art studio, stood groups of anxious freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Many stood in groups, ready to pick a number for the
housing lottery. Their hopes lie in a brown paper bag, which held shredded pieces of paper containing housing lottery numbers. The goal; gather together, go in as a group of prospective roommates and then pick a number out of the bag, hoping it was the lowest number possible in order to get their first choice of housing. “The housing process is a two-way street,” Amanda
Popovitch, a sophomore and political science major, said. “It’s great if you show up at the last minute and get a great number, like I happened too, but it’s not so great if you waited in that line for an hour during your lunch break and get number 250.” Freshmen, sophomores and juniors submitted their intent to return housing forms last HOUSING, page 3
Women professors earn about 80 percent of what men professors earn, according to the American Association of University Professors. Although the laws enforce equal pay among women and men in the workplace, specific examples prove that equally qualified and experienced women earn less than their male counterparts. Dr. Sharon Schwarze, a philosophy professor, and Dr. Jerry Zurek, the chairman of the English and communication department, were hired by Cabrini’s administration on the same day in 1971. Although both were equally qualified, Zurek was paid more than Schwarze. “When I inquired as to why I was hired at a lower salary than he was I was told it was because he had a wife to support. The implication was since I had a husband to support me I was not worth as much,” Schwarze said. “I know it happened in the past. I think that people with equal qualifications in comparable jobs should earn the same money,” Zurek said. The American Association of University Professors also states that “women professors make up 50 percent of faculty at commu-
Cabrini to present state senator with Ivy Young Willis Award MELISSA STEVEN ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR MS727@CABRINI.EDU Strong activism in the world is an essential part of the Ivy Young Willis Award, an idea that Cabrini College reiterates yearly with the presentation of this award to a woman. The 2005 recipient will be Pennsylvania State Senator Connie Williams. The award will be presented on Thursday, March 17, at 7 p.m. in the Widener Center Lecture Hall. The Ivy Young Willis Award started in 1992 at Cabrini College and is awarded to women who have made, and continue to make, creative and progressive contributions to improve the climate and conduct of public affairs. The award was cre-
ated by Ivy Young Willis’ husband, William Willis, a retired political science professor from Temple University, and his daughter, Martha Dale, the director of alumni affairs at Cabrini College. Ivy Young Willis was a teacher, school administrator and reading consultant in the Pittsburgh school system for over 20 years. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and World Affair Council in Philadelphia. She took a lifelong, lively interest in public affairs. Dr. Jolyon Girard, history and political science professor, said that Willis set up a small fund and wanted a department to compete for an award that would honor their mother. Their goal, he said, “was to bring women of substance to the college to serve as
role models to our students.” Dale said that they chose Cabrini to host this award because of its small-school atmosphere and she is very pleased at how the school has handled the award. In 1992, Cabrini presented the first Ivy Young Willis Award to Constance Clayton, school superintendent of Philadelphia. Cabrini promised to uphold the privilege of seeking out an individual each year to bring to the campus and present to the community about their contributions in the world. Soon after the first recipient was announced, the award became more international as the 1993 recipient was the President of Nicaragua, Violetta Chamorro. Then Chai Ling, a Chinese civil rights activist, who led stu-
dent protests in Tiananmen Square in the People’s Republic of China. Girard explained that their method of choosing a recipient is quite simple. “We go out and literally find people of substance, women, who have made some contribution of significance to their community,” Girard said. However, they do not all have to be involved in politics. The 2003 recipient, Trudy Rubin, was a foreign policy columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and in 2000, Happy Fernandez, president of the Philadelphia College of Art won the award. There is no formal committee that chooses the nominees. Girard said that what he does is AWARD, page 3
nity colleges, 41 percent of faculty at baccalaureate and master’s degree institutions, and 33 percent of faculty at doctoral-level institutions. The earnings gap between male and female faculty is largest at doctoral-level institutions and smallest at community colleges without faculty ranks.” Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 establishes the fact that equal pay for male and females will be instated. However, an example such as Schwarze’s experience proves that some institutions do not adhere to these laws as most Americans assume they must. Dr. Kathleen McKinley, a sociology professor, states that determining whether or not there is a pay gap can be difficult. “At private institutions, salary and compensation data is often difficult to obtain from the administration, making it almost impossible to know if gender inequalities exist. Clearly, what is not known cannot be challenged.” According to Cabrini’s academic affairs office, professors are hired according to their qualifications and work experience. Dr. Jonnie Guerra, vice president for Academic Affairs, said, “Since I have been at the college, both male and female faculty members have been hired at pay rates that reflectPAY GAP, page 5
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