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University employees to see pay increase
] r e m m u [S DAILYWILDCAT.COM Wednesday, June 8, 2016 – Tuesday, June 14, 2016 VOLUME 109 ISSUE 91
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animal scavengers. However, unlike many other migrants, he has a chance of being identified. “What he did in his life that makes him different is that he broke his ankle,” said Bruce Anderson, one of the two forensic anthropologists at the examiner’s office. “He hurt himself years prior, sought medical attention, a doctor put those two screws in that bone and fixed the fracture, so if the family knows about that
The UA administration recently announced a new compensation increase program that will give graduate assistants, faculty and staff a wage increase. This announcement comes one month after graduate students gathered at Old Main to protest the lack of wages being received, where graduate students demanded better working conditions at UA and called for school President Ann Weaver Hart’s departure from the school. Former Graduate and Professional Student Council president, Sarah Netherton, said that with this new program, UA will stay on a high performance level. “I believe one of the greatest benefits of these pay increases will be to our ability to attract and retain the best and brightest to the UA , both faculty and graduate students,” Netherton said. “While we have world-renowned programs, competitive pay plays a large role in recruitment. Increasing salaries and I think stipends will move us everyone toward a competitive wants to be treated position among our fairly, so when peers.” Allison Vaillancourt, people feel their pay vice president of is fair compared to human resources others doing similar and institutional effectiveness, said work, that makes they’re really fortunate them feel good that people love to about themselves. work at UA, but the —Allison Vaillancourt university has not kept up with increasing pay over the years, and being able to pay competitively is critical. “Most of the funds that are going to be used to fund this raise program are going to come from colleges and departments themselves,” Vaillancourt said. “So they’re going to be asked to reallocate monies they might have used for something else and to really focus on investing in salaries this year.” According to UA’s FY 2017 Annual Budget, they are looking to set aside $9.5 million for faculty, staff and graduate assistant salary adjustments to show what they called a focused commitment to their employee’s performance. The UA is currently ranked last out of its fifteen peer institutions for average faculty salary. According to the UA at Work website, beginning with the Sept. 12 pay period, all benefits-eligible
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FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST Bruce Anderson uses bones to discuss causes for immigrant deaths along the border on April 11. Immigrant bodies found along the border are often taken to
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The forensics behind migrant deaths Pima County forensic anthropologists work to identitify remains found near the U.S.-Mexico border BY NATALIE ROBBINS The Daily Wildcat
Located inside the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner is a forensic anthropology lab. On a table inside the lab lies the remains of an unidentified migrant, fully skeletal. Like 80 percent of the migrants that come through this office, he is male. He’s average height and average age. He’s missing his hands, feet and his right arm, likely thanks to