The Miami Student VOLUME 138 NO. 52
Oldest university newspaper in the United States, established 1826
Friday, April 15, 2011
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD, OHIO
In 1970, The Miami Student reported approximately 150 students had been arrested and “hundreds more” had been victims of tear gas after a six-hour occupation of Rowan Hall, home of Miami University’s Naval ROTC program at the time. Students felt Rowan Hall represented the “war machine.” A full 700-person battalion of the National Guard was called in to diffuse the situation.
City of Oxford loses local business owner Bill Berry passed away Tuesday morning, store’s future uncertain
By Sam Kay Editor in Chief
Seniors hoping to get one last bit of good luck by rubbing the Delta Zeta turtles prior to graduation will probably not be able to do so. Repairs on the Tri Delta Sundial and the Delta Zeta turtles will almost certainly not be completed by commencement, according to Cody Powell, senior director of utilities and building maintenance. The cost of repairs to the sundial may reach $28,000, according to Powell. The brass and bronze monument was initially damaged May 6, 2010, when Miami University junior Bradley Hoffman climbed inside of it, causing the sundial to topple, according to the Miami
ANDREW BRAY The Miami Student
Flowers and paintings were placed outside Bill’s Art Store on Wednesday after local residents learned of owner Bill Berry’s death.
By Bethany Bruner
University Police Department. After the incident, the sundial was kept in storage for several months while Miami University figured out what to do with it. According to Powell, the delay was caused by uncertainty over the outcome of the court case and difficulty in choosing whether to attempt to repair or completely replace the Sundial. “We spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out what to do with it,” Powell said. “We talked to several different artists and the company that manufactured it originally, deciding whether to remanufacture the whole thing or fix it. That took more time than what it probably should’ve.” Ultimately, Miami chose to repair rather than replace the sundial. It was not until February that the sundial was moved to local artist John Cline’s shop for repairs. Cline said the damage to the sundial was so extensive it had to be completely dismantled and each major component reshaped. “None of the rings are designed to take an impact like what it sustained. Almost every major component was damaged,” Cline said. “Although something
News Editor
The Miami Student received word on Wednesday that Bill Berry, the owner of Bill’s Art Store located on High Street had passed away. Berry worked extensively with the Oxford Community Arts Center and local artists while providing art supplies for Miami University art, architecture and graphic design students and Oxford residents. Bill’s Art Store had been open for more than three decades. Sidewalk art, paintings and flowers had created a small memorial to Berry outside. Patrons of the store left messages reading “You were an amazing person” and “You will be missed, RIP Bill.” City of Oxford Economic Development Director Alan Kyger said Bill’s Art Store had been in business on High Street for as long as he could remember. “He’s been one of the long-term business patrons of our uptown district,” Kyger said. “His store has always been a very stable and consistent presence providing a much needed product. We need retail stores like what he offered uptown.” An email from Art Department Administrative Assistant Jennifer Fox, distributed to all art majors, said a decision on the store’s future would be made soon. A sign on the door of Bill’s Art Shop said the store would remain closed through Friday, April 16. Kyger said he had not heard any definite plans for the store to remain open or to shut its doors. The email from Fox said Berry had been found unresponsive Tuesday morning by a family member at his home. No cause of death has been determined at this time.
is made of metal, it is very fragile if it sustains a fall. It’s not designed to be bounced across the pavement like a beach ball.” Reshaping the metal has required the use of multiple subcontractors with specialized stamping and rolling equipment. The work is moving slowly to avoid further damage, Cline said, because some of the components may be irreplaceable. Although the company that manufactured the sundial in the 1960s is still in business, Cline said much of the equipment used to manufacture it is no longer there. “We’re trying to salvage as much as we can, because if something is completely scrapped, you might not be able to find a replacement for it,” Cline said. When it returns, the sundial will no longer be perfectly spherical, according to Cline. “We’re going our best to bring it as close to round and concentric as possible,” Cline said. “I don’t think it will ever be exactly the way it was back when it was installed in the early 1960s.” The sundial is a major icon of the university and used by many alumni to relate to their time
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CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN CLINE
Parts of the sundial, including the iconic turtles (top), are catalogued while they await their return to Miami. Artist John Cline repairs the Tri Delta Sundial (bottom).
Million dollar men: Who gets paid the most at Miami? By Lauren Ceronie Campus Editor
Every October, Miami University releases the University Salary Roster that includes the pay of all full-time employees at Miami. The salary roster is public record and can be found at King Library. Since the October release however, Miami’s roster of employees has changed, including employees in the upper-echelons of the university. Here’s an updated list of the five highest paid people at Miami:
1. Don Treadwell- $400,000. Miami will welcome the new head football coach with the highest salary in the university, according to General Counsel Robin Parker. This salary will top former head coach Mike Haywood’s $300,000 salary. Treadwell’s salary is not “inordinately high” when compared to Big 10 schools, according to Parker. Treadwell’s paycheck is based off Haywood’s salary at the time of his departure from Miami, according to Jason Lener, deputy director for
athletics. After Miami’s football team won the Mid American Conference, Haywood received an increase in salary, which then transferred to Treadwell. Treadwell will also be eligible for bonus pay throughout the year for his team’s academic and athletic success, according to Lener.
2. Dr. Roger Jenkins- $381,881. Jenkins is a professor and dean of the Farmer School of Business. Jenkins’ salary is based on the market for professors and deans in business, according to Parker. This means Jenkins’ paycheck is based on salaries in business schools across the country, according to Parker. Salaries in this market tend to be higher than in other academic divisions, according to Parker. “In higher education, the pay range is driven by the underlying discipline,” Parker said.
3. President David Hodge$380,000 While some may be surprised that Hodge is not the highest paid employee at Miami, this is not uncommon at
universities, according to Parker. “It’s not unusual for the president not to be the highest paid person at an institution,” said Parker. Hodge’s salary is competitive in the Ohio market as well as with schools of similar size, according to Parker. The salary roster also does not take into account the value of Hodge’s house and car, Parker said.
Tuffy’s smoothie rounds out the top five highest paid people at Miami. Blasi has been leading Miami’s hockey team as head coach for the past 12 years and has signed a contract to stay through the 2016-2017 hockey season. Like Treadwell, Blasi’s salary is also based on the salaries of other conference hockey coaches,
according to Lener. Blasi is also eligible for bonus pay throughout the season for academic and athletic success, Lener said. “We’re very fair with what we’re paying Coach Blasi and Coach Treadwell,” Lener said. “When you’ve got good leaders on and off the field you want to keep them around.”
4. Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw- $310,000 Gempesaw will take the position of provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Miami May 1. Before coming to Miami, Gempesaw was dean of the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Gempesaw’s salary will top current Interim Provost John Skilling’s pay of $250,000. Like Jenkins, Gempesaw’s pay is also based on what other university provost’s are paid.
5. Enrico Blasi- $300,000 The man who has his name chanted by hundreds of students on a regular basis and has his own personalized
GRAPHIC BY ERIN KILLINGER