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Despite high pay, Brown strong leader, spokesman says CGSA to host meeting about President: From Page 1
ing in total compensation figures. As The Boston Globe reported on June 13, 2010, Brown’s residence in Brookline was the priciest among Boston private college presidents. However, the Globe reported that BU assessed the entire house in determining the rental cost, while many other Boston schools, such as Northeastern and Harvard University, as-
sessed rental costs based exclusively only the private residential portion of the house. Certain areas of presidential homes, particularly ground floors, are used for community activities. The Globe reported specialists said presidential homes would yield thousands of dollars more if universities assessed entire property values rather than portions. This distinction contributes to why Brown’s compen-
sation was the highest among Boston private colleges in 2008. New York University President John Sexton received a total compensation of $1,476,625, 11th nationally and a base pay of $1,242,806 in 2010. George Washington University President Steven Knapp received a total compensation of $1,165,813, 23rd nationally and a base pay of $725,231.
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a video on the importance of genderneutral housing. Hunt, a College of Communication junior, said the production of the video was temporarily halted when SG received the phone call from Elmore, but it could be an important tool in getting the initiative back up and running. Hunt said administration and student leaders should realize the importance of gender-neutral housing. “Even if it’s only important for 20 people, we should care about that,” Hunt said. Swanson Ninan, public relations coordinator for the Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism, said Center is dissatisfied with the administration’s decision. “The Center for Gender, Sexuality & Activism is disappointed to hear the news, but we are interested to hear more about the administration’s decision,” Ninan, a CAS sophomore, said. The CGSA will be hosting a public meeting Monday at 8 p.m. to discuss how to raise gender-neutral housing to the top of the administrator’s list of priorities, Ninan said. SG announced the administration’s decision as part of its agenda for the last meeting of the semester. The meeting focused on the genderneutral housing initiative, the passing of the gavel and the final speech of the fall 2012 president, COM junior Dexter McCoy. At the end of the meeting, the spring 2012 SG executive board was officially sworn into the office. SMG juniors Aditya Rudra, Lauren LaVelle and Justin Jones will serve as SG president, vice president and vice president of finance, respectively. Jasmine Miller, a CAS freshman, will serve as vice president of internal affairs. The winning slate, BetterBU, ran on a platform of stabilizing tuition, running vacation buses and increasing safety on campus. BetterBU ran unopposed and won about 1,300 per candidate. Steph Solis contributed to the reporting of this article.
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ment with the administration’s decision to strike down the gender-neutral housing initiative. CAS junior Alex Kara said he does not see any academic or pressing reason why gender-neutral housing should be rejected. “It seems like a lot of emphasis is placed on these arbitrary values,” he said, referring to values countering gender-neutral housing. “ … It seems kind of old-fashioned.” Hannah McKechnie, a junior in the College of Fine Arts, said BU officials should offer gender-neutral housing, considering the diversity of BU’s student population. “It doesn’t affect me, but I think there should be a place for everyone,” she said. “If there are people who want that, our school should offer it.” Madi Wachman, a first-year graduate student in the School of Social Work, said the university should consider the living preferences of all genders and identities within the campus. “I think this campus should be inclusive of all genders and all ways students identify,” she said. “I understand the difficulties that the administration faces, but I think they should support what the Student Government puts forth.” Considering its implementation at other universities, Wachman said, the administration’s decision to strike down the proposal seems unfair to the students at BU. “If there’s a model in place, it seems like BU should be able to look into that,” she said. To raise awareness and to encourage the administration to understand the importance of the initiative, Seele said SG might put together a number of responses from students explaining why they would want to apply for gender-neutral housing. “Gathering those stories, even if they’re just anonymous without a name or anything to them really sends a message that this has actually happened to people,” Seele said. Cherice Hunt, SG director of communication, said SG is in the process of creating and sending out
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