THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Gutmann salary, at $2.82 million, tops all Penn employees KRISTEN GRABARZ Deputy News Editor
INSIDE NEWS
For the first time, Penn President Amy Gutmann is the highest-compensated University employee.
HIGHER ED ROUNDUP
Gutmann received a compensation package of $2,820,452 in fiscal year 2013 — which lasted from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 — according to the University’s most recently avail-
able tax filing. Long among the ranks of top-paid private university presidents, Gutmann’s salary in p r ev i -
2013
$2,500,000
ous years did not top the list of salaries distributed by Penn. Last year, Ralph Muller, CEO of Penn Health System, made the most of any Penn employee. In the most recent data, he was the
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IN COMPARISON
$2,820,452
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GUTMANN’S SALARIES FY 2013 FY 2012
RALPH MULLER
$2,091,764
CEO of Penn Health System
$2,000,000
WEST PHILLY JOBS
second-highest-paid, with a compensation package of $2,377,576. Gutmann’s compensation marks a 35 percent jump
$2,377,576 $3,429,240
The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative placed 124 local residents into jobs
LARRY JAMESON
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Vice President, Perelman School of Medicine
$2,243,633
$1,500,000
OPINION
$1,462,742 $1,367,004 $1,321,040
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY
KRISTIN GILBERTSON Former Chief Investment Officer
$1,225,103
West Philadelphia High School is missing a lot more than funding
$1,706,287
$1,000,000
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ARTHUR RUBENSTEIN
Former Vice President, Dean of Medical School
$975,589 $2,631,751
SPORTS EMILY CORCORAN, OFFENSIVE FOCAL POINT
MICHAEL SEAN GRADY
$500,000
COO of Penn Health System
$1,938,589 $1,815,23
GARRY SCHEIB Surgeon, Neurosurgery
2008 FISCAL YEAR STARTS ON JULY 1
SOURCE: 990 TAX FORMS
2009
2010
2011
2012
BY FISCAL YEAR
$1,699,94 $1,630,484
2013
GRAPHIC BY ANALYN DELOS SANTOS
BACK PAGE
College House cafes close over possible regulation issues Sales tax concerns contributed to the decision to close the cafes
The College House cafes in Rodin, Harnwell, Harrison, Riepe and Kings Court English were closed because of possible sales tax and licensing issues. The cafes will not be reopened until licensing issues are resolved.
JESSICA WASHINGTON Staff Writer
Nearly all college house cafes will be closed this semester after an internal audit found the cafes may not have been in compliance with sales tax regulations. While the exact details of all potential sales tax violations are not clear, Executive Director of College Houses and Academic Services Martin Redman cited as an example that sales tax should have been applied to 84 percent of all products sold in the Rodin College
A talk with Mayor Nutter attracts new Penn Dems members
YOLANDA CHEN/NEWS PHOTO EDITOR
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UA pushes for Penn Transit stops at 30th Street Station, Trader Joe’s Penn Transit Routes
CONNIE KANG/PHOTO MANAGER
Mayor Michael Nutter spoke at Penn Dems first meeting of the academic year last night. JONATHAN BAER Staff Writer
cabs or SEPTA to get to 30th Street Station. The LUCY loop is one of the SEPTA options that runs from 6 a.m to 7:30 p.m on weekdays. More than 70,000 people rode the LUCY loop in May 2014, but most were employees that work in University
As students return to campus looking to get involved with extracurriculars, Penn Democrats, one of the most active political organizations on campus, has a prominent recruiting tool: Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. Mayor Nutter spoke to a room of over 80 students at Penn Dems’ first meeting of the year at Huntsman Hall on Tuesday night. “I think he is a really interesting politician, and his seat is almost up, so I am hoping he will be a little bit more loose-lipped,” Penn Dems President and Wharton Senior Amiyr Jackson said before Nutter spoke to the room. “But I think it will be nice for people coming from West Philadelphia to ask him questions about issues and things going on here.” Before Nutter spoke off-the-record to the large group for almost an hour, he expressed his admiration and appreciation for Penn Dems. “It’s really exciting to be back on campus — and certainly to be with the Penn Dems,” said Nutter, who graduated from Wharton
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Potential new stops PennBUS West PennBUS East GRAPHIC BY HAILEY EDELSTEIN
SOURCE: PENN TRANSIT SERVICES/MAP COURTESY OF STAMEN DESIGN SONIA SIDHU Staff Writer
The Undergraduate Assembly is working to revamp the Penn Transit route to include stops at 30th Street Station and Trader Joe’s, a popular grocery store among students, on 22nd and Market streets.
Currently, Penn provides free transportation service that runs Monday to Friday from 5 p.m. to midnight. The service includes two bus routes and a shuttle service. Penn Transit also offers the Campus Loop which runs between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays. The PennBUS East runs in a loop
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around campus from 20th Street to 40th Street. The PennBUS West runs from 33rd Street to 49th Street. However, neither service stops directly at 30th Street Station or at Trader Joe’s, a popular grocery store among students. Right now, the UA believes that students are mainly walking or using
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