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OSU quarterback Terrelle Pryor underwent a second surgery to repair torn ligaments in his left foot.
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Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee continues to lead the pack as the the highest paid public university president in the nation, raking in almost double what the next highest paid president makes per year. In the 2009-2010 fiscal year, Gee earned $1,818,911, a number that includes bonuses, future earnings and retirement, according to a special report The Chronicle of Higher Education released Sunday. Gee is the only public university president to earn more than $1 million in a year. Jason Conklin, a third-year in electrical and computer engineering, said he doesn’t think the gap between Gee’s and the next highest paid president is justified. “I think any university president, no matter how big or how small the school, does basically the same job,” Conklin said. “There’s no reason for that discrepancy between Gee and the next highest paid university president.” Gee was unavailable for comment on the report. His earnings are $913,907 more than the second highest paid president, Mark Emmert of the University of Washington, who earned $905,004 in 2009-2010. Emmert is no longer president at the
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Highest paid public university presidents Ohio State University
E. Gordon Gee
$1,818,911
University of Washingon
Mark Emmert
University of Texas
Francisco Cigarroa
$905,004
$813,892
University of Central Florida
John Hitt
$800,703
President’s salary
President’s salary
$4,368,728,000
$3,114,992,000
$11,900,000,000
$1,002,945,568
University full budget
University full budget
University full budget
University full budget
.042% of budget
.029% of budget
President’s salary
.0068% of budget
President’s salary
.079% of budget
Penn State University
Graham Spanier
$800,592 President’s salary
$7,788,313,000 University full budget
.021% of budget
According to a special report released Sunday from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee is the highest paid public university president in the nation. Gee, the only public university president to earn more than $1 million a year, earned $1,818,911 in the 2009–2010 fiscal year. The next highest paid public university president, Mark Emmert of the University of Washington, made less than half of Gee’s yearly earnings. Source: reporting
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Spring showers amanda hager, a second-year in speech and hearing sciences, waits in the rain at the north dorms’ bus stop for a West campus-bound bus. according to the National Weather Service, 1.48 inches of rain had been measured at Port columbus International airport as of 9 p .m. monday. This breaks the daily rainfall record set in 1981 of 1.22 inches. Four to six inches of moving water has been reported at Ohio State’s campus. Facilities Operations and Development representatives said maintenance is responding to the many leaks that the flooding has created.
Security breach could mean more phishing, spam mOll y GRay Managing editor for design gray.557@osu.edu
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Dozens of major corporations sent notices to consumers Monday morning saying that their names and e-mail addresses might have been obtained by hackers who attacked an e-mail marketing firm’s database last week. According to a press release on Epsilon’s website, a security breach was detected on Wednesday as “a subset of Epsilon clients’ customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon’s e-mail system.” Epsilon clients who have reported being affected include Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., Target, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bancorp, Citigroup, Best Buy Co., Walgreens and TiVo. When contacted by telephone, Epsilon press contact Jessica Simon said the company is working with authorities on an investigation into the breach and couldn’t comment further. Despite the broad expanse of the breach, some students weren’t concerned about their information. “What is someone going to do with my e-mail? It’s not important. I only check it once a week,” said Seth Martin, a third-year in business. Others weren’t aware of the breach. Unlike the data breach Ohio State experienced last fall, Epsilon is reporting that the hackers were only able to obtain names and e-mail addresses, which means the biggest concern for affected customers is phishing — when hackers imitate
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Steam overwhelmed pressure tanks, causing fire alarms to go off at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. “They’re fed by steam, and the controls didn’t shut down when they should’ve, and it overheated the system,” said Michael Mitchell, zone maintenance technician. The machines did what they were supposed to and set off the alarm after malfunctioning, said Diane Jensen, associate director of facilities at the RPAC. “Everything’s working properly right now. We just need to put it back the way it was,” Mitchell said. “A couple parts need to get ordered.” Officials made the decision to completely evacuate students from the RPAC building and aquatic center as a safety precaution at 8:31 p.m. “The FOD (Facilities Operations and Development) was on the scene at 8:36 and went inside the room at 8:38 and reset the system,” said Deputy Chief of Police Richard Morman. “By 8:48, the buildings were still closed, but had no risk.” Mitchell isolated the problem and officials decided it was necessary to take precautions. The force of the steam in the pressure tanks surprised the FOD staff, Mitchell said.
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Police and RPac offi cials blocked entrances to the RPac after it was ev acuated at about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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