Comments on: Sac State and other CSU faculties authorize strike http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/ Sacramento News, Gossip & Snark Wed, 3 Dec 2008 06:25:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: andy http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10284 andy Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:18:57 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10284 hmm.. well maybe if the homeless go on strike we can talk about them here on the sacrag. Wait.. would that mean they would start working? ..or maybe they would stop grabbing student's boobs. hmm.. well maybe if the homeless go on strike we can talk about them here on the sacrag. Wait.. would that mean they would start working? ..or maybe they would stop grabbing student’s boobs.

]]> By: CSI Sac http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10266 CSI Sac Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:32:17 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10266 Pesci?? Pesci?? What about Robin Williams?? It took a lot of sensitivity to don that clown nose and spend time perfecting that lovable bedside manner. Pesci?? Pesci?? What about Robin Williams??

It took a lot of sensitivity to don that clown nose and spend time perfecting that lovable bedside manner.

]]> By: HeyMeg http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10254 HeyMeg Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:51:14 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10254 Yeah, professor pesci's boiler room was always open, spring break, strike or no. Yeah, professor pesci’s boiler room was always open, spring break, strike or no.

]]> By: sac-eats http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10253 sac-eats Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:42:01 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10253 You know who I feel sympathy for? Joe Pesci. That's right, Joe Pesci. He's been a homeless man on that Harvard campus for years and never really gotten his due. Moira Kelly and I find him to be a really motivational homeless man. He helped me with my term paper way more than my professor did. You know who I feel sympathy for? Joe Pesci. That’s right, Joe Pesci. He’s been a homeless man on that Harvard campus for years and never really gotten his due. Moira Kelly and I find him to be a really motivational homeless man. He helped me with my term paper way more than my professor did.

]]> By: HeyMeg http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10251 HeyMeg Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:58:57 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10251 Wow. This discussion feels kind of tacky. Can we all just agree that no matter the outcome it's the students who will benefit from a strike, because their spring break just got extended, potentially by weeks. Woot woot. Wow. This discussion feels kind of tacky. Can we all just agree that no matter the outcome it’s the students who will benefit from a strike, because their spring break just got extended, potentially by weeks. Woot woot.

]]> By: Lynn http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10249 Lynn Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:13:49 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10249 Someone who makes $50,000 a year doesn't tug at my heart strings. Sonemone who has all their belongings in a shopping cart does. Someone who makes $50,000 a year doesn’t tug at my heart strings. Sonemone who has all their belongings in a shopping cart does.

]]> By: Stickie http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10241 Stickie Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:32:54 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10241 The local anchor is INCORRECT. Surprise surprise, the local news is not doing their homework and is simply using the figures put out by the University as propaganda against the strike. Please keep in mind that I am not taking sides in this discussion, but I AM miffed when the University releases figures that are LIES in order to help turn public sentiment against the faculty. The majority of instructors (more than half) at CSUS are not professors, but are part-time lecturers who are paid the equivalent of $32,000-$36,000 a year, which is pitiful. The average full time professor does not make $86,000 a year, the administration is playng with statistics to fool you. I believe the figure that you are being told is the "average" salary calculated by taking the lowest paid professor at $50,000 and the highest paid professor at $122,000 and averaging the two. Abricadabra! Believe me, the average professor is much closer to the $50,000 number than the $122,000. Now, $50,000 may sound like a lot of money to some but is pretty pitiful for someone with 10+years of college education and a PhD. Garbagemen probably make $50,000 a year in this town. (Shout out to the garbagemen who keep our city clean!) Don't believe everything you hear on the local news. The local anchor is INCORRECT.

Surprise surprise, the local news is not doing their homework and is simply using the figures put out by the University as propaganda against the strike.

Please keep in mind that I am not taking sides in this discussion, but I AM miffed when the University releases figures that are LIES in order to help turn public sentiment against the faculty.

The majority of instructors (more than half) at CSUS are not professors, but are part-time lecturers who are paid the equivalent of $32,000-$36,000 a year, which is pitiful.

The average full time professor does not make $86,000 a year, the administration is playng with statistics to fool you. I believe the figure that you are being told is the “average” salary calculated by taking the lowest paid professor at $50,000 and the highest paid professor at $122,000 and averaging the two. Abricadabra! Believe me, the average professor is much closer to the $50,000 number than the $122,000.

Now, $50,000 may sound like a lot of money to some but is pretty pitiful for someone with 10+years of college education and a PhD. Garbagemen probably make $50,000 a year in this town. (Shout out to the garbagemen who keep our city clean!)

Don’t believe everything you hear on the local news.

]]> By: Lynn http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10240 Lynn Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:37:07 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10240 A local anchor said that professors make $86,000 a year. By contrast, there are the homeless. I've seen some homeless on the same street corner for years. Once I saw a homeless, legless man taking a nap in a wheelchair in the middle of a parking lot. I once saw a woman who was well-dressed... and she had a blanket and pillow neatly folded in a two-wheeled shopping cart... THOSE are the type of people I feel sympathy for. A local anchor said that professors make $86,000 a year.

By contrast, there are the homeless. I’ve seen some homeless on the same street corner for years. Once I saw a homeless, legless man taking a nap in a wheelchair in the middle of a parking lot. I once saw a woman who was well-dressed… and she had a blanket and pillow neatly folded in a two-wheeled shopping cart… THOSE are the type of people I feel sympathy for.

]]> By: andy http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10233 andy Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:27:51 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10233 i'm going to have to disagree with what Lynn said. This is not a "be happy with what you got" type situation. This is -Higher Education-. I like to think that professors should be ATTRACTED to our school. Unfortunatly most PhD's would not even CONSIDER csus because of the extremely low pay and high course loads. One professor told me that another professor laughed in his face when he asked him to send his graduating phd's to apply at csus. I mean really, after 4 years of undergrad, 4 more years of grad work, possible projects & programs, (all of which forces you to live like a pauper) and quite considerable amounts of student loans, should a professor really be expected to live on a tiny amount of pay? These people aren't working at the corner store, they are educating your children, siblings, neighbors, and yes.. me. Professors are expected & often required to do research as well as teach classes.. so can you blame them for writing the book which the students are required to buy? THEY ARE THE EXPERT. So.. go teachers. i’m going to have to disagree with what Lynn said. This is not a “be happy with what you got” type situation. This is -Higher Education-. I like to think that professors should be ATTRACTED to our school. Unfortunatly most PhD’s would not even CONSIDER csus because of the extremely low pay and high course loads. One professor told me that another professor laughed in his face when he asked him to send his graduating phd’s to apply at csus.

I mean really, after 4 years of undergrad, 4 more years of grad work, possible projects & programs, (all of which forces you to live like a pauper) and quite considerable amounts of student loans, should a professor really be expected to live on a tiny amount of pay? These people aren’t working at the corner store, they are educating your children, siblings, neighbors, and yes.. me.

Professors are expected & often required to do research as well as teach classes.. so can you blame them for writing the book which the students are required to buy? THEY ARE THE EXPERT.

So.. go teachers.

]]> By: Lynn http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10232 Lynn Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:01:11 +0000 http://sacrag.com/2007/03/sac-state-and-other-csu-faculties-authorize-strike/#comment-10232 They should be grateful for what they have. There are many people with PhD's who are unable to get a teaching position at a university. Of course once they get tenure, the goal of most professors is to get more for themselves. They should be grateful for what they have. There are many people with PhD’s who are unable to get a teaching position at a university. Of course once they get tenure, the goal of most professors is to get more for themselves.

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