Likins authorizes contracts for part-time instructors
UA President Peter Likins lifted a ban yesterday on the hiring of adjunct professors for next semester.
The move - which comes more than two weeks before the end of a university-wide hiring freeze - means that departments will be able to offer contracts to part-time instructors needed to teach courses in the spring.
A memo issued yesterday by Provost George Davis stated that instructors can be hired as long as it is consistent with individual departments' plans for saving money.
Psychology sophomore Athena Shaffer builds a landfill using various pieces of candy yesterday on the Mall for "America Recycles Day." The UA recycling program set up booths ranging from conservation awareness to a session on how to make paper.
Actor Chris Evans, who recently landed the role of "The Popular Jock" in Universal's upcoming teen-genre spoof, "Not Another Teen Movie," said he is hoping his hard work has finally paid off.