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november 18, 2010
T H E I N DE PE N DE N T S T U DE N T N E W SPA PE R OF S Y R ACUSE , N E W YOR K
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Thirty private college presidents made more than $1 million in 2008. Ten worked at colleges in the Northeast
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SU announces plans for graduate and law school student housing by the Carrier Dome. Page 3
No. 6 in Northeast, No. 14 nationwide: Nancy Cantor Included in Cantor’s nearly $1.4 million compensation for 2008 is a one-time bonus of $500,000, given to Cantor for the completion of her first contract. But Cantor gave the bonus back to the university as part of a $1 million donation to the Campaign for Syracuse.
Just stop Lauren Tousignant analyzes Lady Gaga’s spot on Vogue’s Best Dressed List. Page 5
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
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1. Bernard Lander
3. Lee C. Bollinger
5. Richard C. Levin
8. Richard M. Joel
10. Robert A. Brown
TOURO COLLEGE, N.Y.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.
YALE UNIVERSITY, CONN.
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MASS.
2. John L. Lahey
4. Shirley Ann Jackson
7. John E. Sexton
9. Robert Kerry
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY, CONN.
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, N.Y.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, N.Y.
THE PARSONS NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, N.Y. Source: chronicle.com
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Cantor 14th-highest paid private college head in ‘08 By Jon Harris
INSIDE PULP
Encore Syracuse Stage looks to strengthen bonds with the SU Department of Drama 30 years after it was built. Page 9
INSIDE SPORTS
Take your pick Lacrosse has been the sport of choice for Central New York high school students in recent years. But football may be making a come back. Page 20
ASST. COPY EDITOR
Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor was among the 30 private college presidents who earned more than $1 million in 2008, according to an analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education released Sunday. The analysis included 448 private college presidents nationwide and listed Cantor as the 14th-highest paid with a total compensation of $1,386,464. The Chronicle used the most recent
financial data contained in the Internal Revenue Service Form 990 reports, which nonprofit organizations are required to file each year. As recently as 2004, no college president had earned more than $1 million. The report is done annually and looks at college presidents from institutions that have more than $50 million per year in expenditures. Institutions were classified as either a large research university, a liberal arts college or undergraduate
and graduate college/university. In this year’s report, a few changes were made, making it difficult to compare salaries to past years. Despite the changes, presidents’ salaries are expected to continue to rise in the future as competition between universities to hire or retain elite leaders heats up. “Last year the IRS — where we file the form — changed the rules,” said Kevin Quinn, SU’s senior vice president of public affairs.
In previous 990 forms, Quinn said, the compensation information the university provided to the IRS was during a university fiscal year, from July 1 to June 30. But for the first time last year, it was based on a calendar year, causing data to overlap. The overlap from the 2007-08 fiscal year in this year’s Chronicle report caused Cantor to be near the top of the list for highest-paid college presidents, Quinn said. Included in Cantor’s nearly $1.4 million compensation for
2008 is a one-time bonus of $500,000. The bonus was given to Cantor for the completion of her first contract, which ran from 2004 to June 2008, he said. SU’s Board of Trustees — which is responsible for managing and protecting the university’s financial resources — awarded Cantor a new six-year contract through 2014 in June 2008, Quinn said. But Cantor gave the bonus back to the university as part SEE CHANCELLOR PAGE 6
Transgender issues highlighted Survey to research possibility of By Rebecca Kheel ASST. NEWS EDITOR
When Elliott DeLine transferred to Syracuse University this year, the computer system listed him as two people. One, Elliott L. DeLine, was female. The other, Elliott R. DeLine, was male. “When I first came in, my transfer papers said I was female,” said DeLine, a junior English and textual studies major. “I don’t know how they ever figured that out. I don’t think I’m still two people, I hope.”
DeLine is transgender and transitioned from female to male two years ago, DeLine said. SU has generally been accepting and accommodating of him as transgender, but small instances, such as the glitch in the computer system, show SU still has work to do to be fully transgender-friendly. SU’s LGBT Resource Center is recognizing the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors those who have died because of violence against transgender
individuals. The weeklong recognition at SU culminates Thursday when people are encouraged to wear memorial ribbons and T-shirts. The national Transgender Day of Remembrance is technically Saturday, and SU usually marks the day with a vigil at Hendricks Chapel. But remembering past violence is only one piece of the day, so the LGBT Resource Center decided to eliminate the vigil this year, said Lauren Hannahs, a graduSEE TRANSGENDER PAGE 7
ending campus water bottle sales By Andrew Swab STAFF WRITER
A study beginning Thursday will look into potentially banning or phasing out water bottles on the Syracuse University campus. “This is a study. It’s not like we want a ban or anything like that,” said Alejandro Fernandez-Lovo, a project coordinator for the SU and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which is coordinating the study.
The announced study comes out of several weeks of NYPIRG listening to students’ concerns and opinions on the use of water bottles. A Facebook page called “Back to the Tap — Syracuse University” will host a survey beginning Thursday. The survey is open to students, faculty and staff and will include space for students to comment on how they feel about a phase-out of water bottles, the amount of bottled beverages they consume and their preferences for drinking fountains or bottled water.
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