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Tuesday, November 18,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 58
OSU president
earns highest
OUS school pay
With a salary of $278,024 this year, UO President
Dave Frohnmayer earns slightly less than OSU
President Edward Ray’s $295,000
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
University President Dave Frohnmayer earns the second
highest salary in the state for public university presidents, but
his compensation is much less than some of the country's
other public university presidents, according to a recently
released report.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, which
last week published a study of presidents' salaries from pri
vate universities for 2002-03 and public universities for
2003-04, more than a quarter of the 131 presidents sur
veyed earned more than $400,000. Twelve public universi
ty presidents will earn more than $500,000 this year while
only six had similar earnings last year.
Frohnmayer will earn $278,024 this year, according to the
Oregon University System. Oregon State University President
Edward Ray earns the highest salary in the state at $295,000
this year and University of Michigan President Mary Sue
Coleman is at the top of the income bracket of the public uni
versities surveyed, earning $677,500 this year.
Frohnmayer receives a base pay of $170,396 from the state
with $107,628 from private funds. The private fund compris
es $90,000 from the UO Foundation and $17,628 from an
endowed chair. His housing and car are also provided to him,
via the state and the UO foundation, respectively.
OUS Chancellor Richard Jarvis said a university president's
salary is determined by their performance as well as the eco
nomic history of the state.
"It's a mixture of what the market situation is at the time
the president is hired," he said.
Jarvis said there has been a salaiy freeze during the past
couple of years because of the state's budget crisis, and he
worries Frohnmayer could be tempted by pay packages from
other universities.
"He's regarded clearly as an extremely successful president,"
Jarvis said, adding that most presidents' tenures last about five
years. Frohnmayer is in his 10th year as University president.
Jarvis said university presidents' high salaries are warranted
because of their responsibilities.
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"Now Autumn's fire bums slowly along the woods
And day by day the dead leaves f
a
l
l
and melt."
•William Allingham
Autumnal Sonnet
Sophomore Josh Wells
walks beneath the fall
leaves near Deady Hall
Monday afternoon.
Danielle Hickey
Senior Photographer
OSPIRG sponsors several events for Hunger Week
The group aims to deepen
awareness of hunger rates
with a teach-in, festival
and hunger banquet
By Ali Shaughnessy
Senior News Reporter
Oregon has been known for having
one of the highest hunger rates na
tionwide since 1998.
This week, OSPIRG is sponsoring
World Hunger Week, a time for stu
dents and community members to
come together and learn about the
devastating effects hunger has on the
world.
The Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group has three events
planned for the week.
The first event is a teach-in and will
take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
EMU Gumwood Room. University
OSPIRG Chairman Tim Johnson said
the goal of the teach-in is to eliminate
apathy toward hunger and increase
awareness in the community.
On Wednesday there will be an
awareness festival in the EMU Fish
bowl starting at 11 a.m. and lasting
until 2 p.m.
Finally, OSPIRG will be hosting a
hunger banquet Thursday evening at
the Delta Tau Delta house, located at
19th Avenue and University Street.
Ruth Fuller — a spokeswoman for
Better Safer World, a coalition focus
ing on issues of world poverty and
hunger — said a hunger banquet is a
very effective way for people to under
stand how hunger feels.
"It's a real world dramatization of
unequal distribution," Fuller said.
At a hunger banquet, people draw
a ticket that has one of three colors
on it. The first 15 percent of the peo
ple at the banquet will receive a lav
ish, five-course meal complete with
plates and silverware, while 35 per
cent will receive a meal of rice and
beans. These ticket holders will also
be able to sit at tables.
The remaining 55 percent will only
be allowed rice and water, which they
must fetch from the kitchen. They are
not allowed to eat at a table and must
sit on the floor instead.
Fuller said the point of the banquet
is to teach people about what life is
like in developing countries.
Lurma Rackley — a spokeswoman
for CARE USA, an organization dedi
cated to ending hunger and poverty
— said events such as hunger ban
quets increase awareness among
those who may not realize the harsh
reality of hunger.
"People can get caught up in their
own daily lives, and they may not re
alize how difficult it can be for oth
ers," she said. "A week like this brings
attention to the plight of fellow man
across the world."
The hunger banquet will start at
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