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An independent student newspaper • Serving the GW community since 1904 • Always online at GWHATCHET.COM The GW SuMMEr 2010 Volume 107 • Issue 3 HATCHET MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF SOPHOMORE by LAUREN FRENCH Guthridge Park. B SECTION Editor in Chief Choi said no one claiming they knew the victim showed up to the Questions surrounding the events scene while emergency responders N that led to the death of a 20-year-old were there. de student on May 16 continue to arise Hubbard, who had “multiple in- ui O a month after he was found in the ternal injuries,” was brought to the G grass outside of Guthridge Hall. GW Hospital at 4:25 a.m, D.C. Fire Taylor Hubbard, a sophomore and Emergency Medical Services I biomedical engineering student, spokesman Pete Piringer said May fell from a fifth-floor window in 16. He then underwent surgery to Guthridge Hall according to initial relieve pressure on his brain. He was T police reports, but Hubbard's fam- taken off life support and died short- ily believes something else may have ly before 3 a.m. May 16, his father happened to their son that evening. told The Hatchet in May. Hubbard’s family is consider- The room Hubbard was staying ing hiring a personal investigator in for the weekend housed three stu- A to assist in the investigation after dents this semester. Only one room- they said they were not being given mate, Joseph Kocjan, was still resid- enough information from either the ing in the room at the time of the University Police Department or the incident. Metropolitan Police Department. Hubbard’s father said that po- T MPD was still investigating the inci- lice told him in May that Kocjan was dent as of June 13. A spokeswoman asleep when police officers came to for the Office of the Chief Medical investigate. Examiner said June 11 the case was Kocjan, a sophomore and a mem- still pending. ber of the same chemistry frater- N So far, The Hatchet has been able nity Hubbard was initiated into this to reconstruct only part of the week- spring, declined to comment on mul- end of Hubbard’s death. tiple occasions. On May 11, Hubbard left GW for University spokeswoman Can- the summer, his father, Wayne Hub- dace Smith said June 1 that the Uni- bard, said, but decided to return to versity continues to “mourn the death E campus May 14 to help a friend pack. of Taylor Hubbard.” In response to Hubbard was found by a group questions about the University’s in- of students coming back from a vestigation into Hubbard’s fall and the party early Saturday morning. Se- events of that evening, Smith said: nior Jen Choi said she was walking “The George Washington Uni- back to South Hall around 4 a.m. versity continues its examination of when she and her friends found a I male sprawled out on the grass in See HUBBARD: Page A3 R Knapp's compensation nears $1 million mark O SALARIES OF UNIVERSITY CHIEF EXECUTIVES 2.0 $1,598,247 1.5 $1,297,475 $895,305 1.0 $804,639 0.5 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY VIKTORS DINDZANS | SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR (in millions) Salary MEDIAN – $324,938 $45,846 0 Board approves merit pool decrease (LOWEST) BU PRESIDENT KNAPP NYU PRESIDENT (HIGHEST) Salaries from the Chroncile of Higher Education SOURCE: ChronICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND GW FORM 990. are from the 2007-2008 fiscal year. Knapp's salary is GRAPHIC by RACHEL LEE by MADELEINE MORGenstern from the 2008 calendar year. Assistant News Editor DIFFERENCE IN SALARY by MADELEINE MORGenstern independent consulting firm, which The Board of Trustees ap- Assistant News Editor included data from comparable uni- proved a 3 percent increase for versities and took Knapp’s skills and the faculty merit pool, down 1 University President Steven experience into account. percent from last year’s increase. Knapp earned $895,305 in 2008 dur- Knapp’s salary is ultimately ap- Money from the merit pool funds ing his second year as GW president, proved by the Board. faculty raises. according to a University financial Paul Fain, a senior reporter for The news comes after Uni- SOURCE: GW FACULTY SENATE disclosure document. the Chronicle of Higher Education versity administrators repeatedly GRAPHIC by ALEC NOBLE The Form 990, which reports who specializes in university execu- stated that GW’s ability to fund salaries by the calendar year, shows tive compensation, said he would not merit pools was a testament to the “Quite frankly a 3 percent pay hard to keep the salaries in each that including $88,496 in benefits, classify Knapp as one of the highest- University’s fiscal strength amid raise in today’s financial environ- of the ranks above the 80th per- Knapp’s total compensation in 2008 paid university presidents in the a massive recession, as well as its ment is a great thing,” Lehman centile [as listed by the American was $983,801. At approximately country, but added that he was “get- commitment to attracting and re- said. “We are trying to be cautious Association of University Presi- $74,600 per month, the salary is a ting near the top.” taining top faculty. and conservative and a 3 percent dents],” Lehman also said. “The steep increase from the $298,178 The factors that contribute to a Executive Vice President for pay pool is pretty impressive.” only way you get really top fac- Knapp earned during his first five higher salary include the prestige of Academic Affairs Donald Leh- In March, Lehman said it was ulty is if you have salaries that are months at GW in 2007. the school, its location'' and the senior- man said the decision to reduce good news “The George Wash- competitive nationally.” University spokeswoman Can- ity a university official brings to the the merit pool increase was done ington University can actually The 1 percent reduction in the dace Smith said a Board of Trustees position, Fain said. Knapp previously “in connection with the overall talk about merit pay increases.” compensation committee determined priorities of the budget.” “We’ve been working very See MERIT POOL: Page B6 the salary using information from an See SALARY: Page B6 From refugee to Colonial: Student's path to GW was anything but easy by PRIYA ANAND camp with his family when he was home, most of it melted,” Bidar Contributing News Editor four years old. When the Taliban said. I was six years behind took control of the camp, a bomb Relocating for the second time, At the age of five, Musadiq Bi- landed in his front yard, killing his the family moved from the camp to everybody. The only dar would wake up at 6 a.m., work- grandfather. the city of Islamabad, where Bidar’s ing all day at a carpet factory in Survival in the camp was tough. father’s friend had a carpet factory math I knew was two plus Islamabad, Pakistan, taking just a Armed with only a few bags of be- and house. Bidar and five family 30-minute break for lunch. longings, Bidar and his family strug- members rented a small room and two and I still needed Twelve years later, Bidar is a gled to find food and keep it from lived together in close quarters high school graduate gearing up to spoiling, as well as obtain clean, while working at the factory. to learn English. attend GW in the fall, a far cry from drinkable water - tasks unheard of “At night, my parents would Photo Courtesy OF MUSADIQ BIdar the dusty and dangerous conditions for an average GW student. home school my brother and I,” Bi- Musadiq Bidar hopes to become a he once called home. “My mom would walk 40 min- dar said. “It wasn’t great. It wasn’t MUSADIQ BIDAR journalist. He will begin classes this fall Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Bi- utes to get some clean water and ice Incoming Freshman as part of the class of 2014. dar relocated to a Pakistani refugee for us. By the time she came back See BIDAR: Page A11 In draft, SPORTS OPINIONS New academic NEWS NEWS royals select Write your future, start today deans bring Expert: university's CAP is 'on the right track' Colonials pair A senior shares advice for incoming freshmen on how fresh ideas, '' An expert weighs in on GW's recent commitment to credentials Graduates to to make the best of life as a Colonial. • Page A4 reach carbon neutrality by 2040. • Page A11 play baseball SPHHS and LIFE GWSB to in prestigious Bookstore launches book rental program No drama here welcome new league. For theater kids, it's all in the family. Members of the deans this August. GW Bookstore to begin offering textbooks for rent, • Page B8 theater community reflect on its dynamic. • Page A7 • Page A9 slashing costs by at least 50 percent. • Page A3 Emily Cahn | Senior News Editor | [email protected] Madeleine Morgenstern | Assistant News Editor | [email protected] Amy D’Onofrio | Metro News Editor | [email protected] Kara Dunford | Contributing Editor | [email protected] Amy Rhodin | Campus News Editor | [email protected] Priya Anand | Contributing Editor | [email protected] Summer 2010 H 2.0 Matt Rist | Campus News Editor | [email protected] News SnapShot IN BRIEF Visitor’s Center will move to Marvin Center this fall The University’s Visitor Center will move from its current location in the Academic Center to the first floor of the Marvin Center at the end of the summer to make room for academic offices and classroom space, a University adminis- trator said in June.