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Troyer seeks more pay for transition to faculty from administration
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Payment requests reviewed as ethics investigation continues BY NATHANIEL LASH ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
As she continued to work on clearing her name, Lisa Troyer, former chief of staff to University President Michael Hogan, worked on preparing Hogan’s office for her transition into a campus faculty position, work for which she is seeking additional pay. The University has paid Troyer a little more tha n $ 3 0,0 0 0 since her resignation, $17,880 of which was paid out of her 185 unused vacation hours. The rest TROYER of the salary is for her time as chief of staff up until Jan. 3, when she resigned from her position in the midst of an investigation into the anonymous emails she allegedly sent to the University Senates Conference. Another $2,200 was paid out for her appointment in psychology since the time she accepted a faculty position in the department on Feb. 6. But
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Henna Ismail, sophomore in AHS, places a candle on a Syrian flag on the Quad to honor a Syrian martyr killed in the beginning of the Syrian revolution on March 15, 2011. There were 100 candles placed for 100 martyrs honored Thursday, but the event honored others killed as well.
Local political candidates vie for student support in early voting opportunities BY KRIZIA VANCE STAFF WRITER
With spring break coming up at the University, local candidates are making the push for early voting among students and explaining their case to become their respective party’s nominee for the November election. In the race for U.S. Representative for the newly formed 13th district, both the Democratic and Republican parties have multiple candidates running for their parties. For the Democrats, David Gill , an emergency room doctor from Bloomington, Ill., and Matt Goetten, the Greene County State’s Attorney, are vying for their party’s nomination. Mike Richards, media/field consultant for Gill, said students going on spring break will not be
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“So if I can get all the way out there (The Champaign County Clerk’s Office) maybe, but more than likely not.”
“I’m registered to vote back home and I’m probably going to vote in the primary.” MICHELLE BOCIAN, senior in LAS
HORACIO CHAVEZ, sophomore in LAS
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“I definitely plan to vote next Tuesday. Being a freshman here it’s obviously my first time voting and I unfortunately was unable to vote last time even though I was 18 at the time.” MIKE CZMIEL, freshman in FAA
“I think I am. I need to get on registering, but I definitely want to vote. It’s really important to me what the outcome is. I’ll probably register in Champaign. It’ll probably be more useful in the fall.” LISE GRAHAM, freshman in Media
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After admissions scandal, College of Law drops 12 spots DAILY ILLINI STAFF REPORT
The College of Law dropped 12 spots from No. 23 to No. 35 in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the best law schools. This drop comes after an admissions dean systematically manipulated LSAT scores and GPAs for years, according to an external investigation. The University, along with two outside fi rms, issued a report in November that concluded that Paul Pless, then assistant dean of the college, was the sole actor in altering data to make the school seem more academically accom-
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plished than it was. While the college took a hit in its rankings — something that was a top priority for the school in attracting students — campus spokeswoman Robin Kaler said the campus is confident that the college will continue to be recognized among the nation’s top schools. “Fall 2011 was a challenging period for the College of Law, but its defi ning attribute — its track record of producing great lawyers — has never been stronger,” she said in a statement. This may not be the only repercussion from the fallout.
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an issue because of early voting. Richards said Gill will probably see a lot of student support from the University as well as other institutions in the district, such as Illinois Wesleyan University, Illinois State University and Millikin University. “We certainly think that we are going to do well with students and Champaign,” Richards said. “We are doing our best to get students to register to vote and out to the polls.” The Gill campaign is also stressing that Gill refuses to take campaign funds from Wall Street lobbyists as well as how he is standing up to Republicans’ views on women’s issues, Richards said.
emails obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, detail her desire to receive compensation for her work for Hogan after her resignation. This included going through emails that had been requested under FOIA and creating a “detailed transition plan” for the president’s office. Maureen Parks, the University’s director of human relations, wrote to Hogan about Troyer’s pay. “Obviously, this could be controversial and could create administrative complexities that would take some time to work through. I will need you to verify this once she replies and then for you to authorize payment to her,” she said. Hogan confirmed several days later that Troyer had been helping with a transition plan. Hogan added in that Feb. 19 email, however, that he did not keep records of the work she had done on his behalf. “If she worked perhaps she
The American Bar Association, or ABA, the accrediting organization for law schools, has conducted its own investigation into the scores and could impose sanctions on the college. In this case, over six years of manipulated data was sent to the ABA. As the College of Law deals with these issues, the College of Business’ MBA program tied for No. 37 this year, the same ranking it received last year. Tracy McCabe, assistant dean of external and alumni affairs, is the chief communications offi cer for the College of Business.
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McCabe said she recognized the combined importance of the college’s ranking and its outreach to prospective students. “Slight changes in position in the ranking do not have a strong correlation to enrollment,” McCabe said. “The quality of our students is reflective of the quality of our programs and our recruiting efforts, which go far beyond what U.S. News & World Report would publish as a ranking.” Further rankings for the University of Illinois and its graduate programs can be found on the U.S. News & World Report’s website.
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President Hogan listens to Dean Emmert’s, not pictured, speech about the College of ACES at the Board of Trustees meeting in the Union. Faculty members delivered a letter to the board condemning Hogan on Thursday.
Trustees re-evaluate Hogan after fresh outcry Faculty members send 2nd letter regarding president BY DARSHAN PATEL STAFF WRITER
Distinguished faculty members delivered another letter to the Board of Trustees calling for University President Michael Hogan to be fi red. The letter came just as the trustees were about to leave for executive session at its meeting. The same faculty members that originally expressed no confidence in Hogan’s presidency said they supported the board’s actions in calling for an emergency meeting last week. In the letter, professors said a Board of Trustees that does not act when the presi-
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dent is ethically compromised is unable to “effectively govern the institution it stewards.” The professors said Hogan’s perception has deteriorated after that meeting More inside: — exactly the Turn to opposite of what Page 1B for the board had comments hoped. The letter from the said Hogan met trustees with the media on future at length before coaches. reaching out to For more on his administra- tuition in the tion and faculty. College of Hogan said Medicine, after the meet- visit Page 3A. ing that he had not read the letter and declined to comment on it. Board chairman Christopher Kennedy said
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