Farewell

The poor little carpet died shortly after its birth. It was put up around 11PM at the Troy Building, and was gone by 8 the next morning, Monday.

What do you think?

You are here because you saw it.

I would love to hear your reactions, positive or negative.

(as a note, the duct tape on the outside was not ideal....but neither was the wind that forced me to have to use it)

Background Information

In case anyone didn't already know, we at RPI are in the midst of the greatest college president, ever.

I mean, she has to be, right?

President Shirley Ann Jackson is the highest-paid college president in the country, receiving 1.6 million dollars in total compensation.

She did give 5% of her base salary (which is around 1 million not including other forms of compensation) to go toward student scholarships this past year. So that's only about 1 student's yearly cost of attendance ($50,000).

RPI has one of the highest costs of attendance in the country.

1.6 million is about a million more than the average college president salary at similar universities.

This should be pretty alarming, considering the state of the economy.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/10/1029_college_costs/28.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/education/02college.html?_r=1

http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/01/15/news/doc496ebfe6012b6731487152.txt

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmPScsuz7zCFAOOK5zjempnTRLzQD9BNC39G0