An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner THE Mosaic makeovers: The Northeastern ends the Review gets a new ' do, Hens' undefeated run , Bl Cl 250 University Center University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716 Tuesday & Friday • • FREE Volume IJO Issue 18 www.revie1twdel.edu November 14, 2003 \ ' Roselle's pay second Rap mogul among public colleges visits UD BYT0:\1 \10'\AGHA '\ less than the president of DrexeL and lcs~ than the B\ ST EPH ..\'\IE \ '\ DERSE'\ '(.'\1 ~· I 1ft/ LIHPI president of Rockefeller Cni' crsil). \\ hich I haYe ( ., \l,, Fdtt4• Lni' er~it\ President Da\ 1d P. Ro clle i the sec­ ne\ er heard of.·· \\'ith hip-hop music and picture~ of stars such as ond highest paid president of a public uni\ ersil) in But unlike the Uni\ ersit\ of Delm\·arc and Tupac hakur and Lauren Hill flashing on a screen in the the nation. according to a repo11 released \1onda:. Rutger~. both Drexel and Rockefeller arc pri,·ate uni­ back!!:round. Chairman and CEO of Ru~h The Chronicle or Higher Education rep011ed ver~itics. \\hose presidcnb are historically better Commumcauons Russell immons spllke to an audience that Roselle current!; cams $630.65-t in pa) and compensated than their public uni,·ersity counter­ of apprm1marely 500 people \\'ednesday mght 111 other benefits from the uni,er~il}. placmg him just parts. :'\1nchell Hall. behind lini\ ersil) of \IIch1gan President .\.1ary Sue This }Car. Roselle· base salaf} increased b) Simmons· lecture. "Empm,·emlent through I lip­ Coleman on the list of highest paid public uniYersity almost I 0 percent. coming lll at S-+30.638. Since Hop. Academia and Economic~... highhghtt.!d the mean-, presidents. 199X. his salary has increased by more than 90 per­ to succeed m the music i ndu try and other competlll\ e Roselle said his salal) is detennined by the uni­ cent. business settings. ,·ersit\ 's Board of Trustees. but refused to comment Roselle's aim) is not paid with money from Coun~'Y of Crmc;\11) Publrc Rclatron' Cultural Programmmg :\d\IsOf\ Board member further on the Issue. student · tuition or from funds provided by the state, University President David P. Roselle Svlvia Bullock ~~a~1ed the IlH.!ht otT \\ ..ith an mu·oducuon Cnl\·ersil)' Board of Trustees Chairman lloward CosgrO\ c ~aid. has received a 90 percent salary ohhe hip-hop group "Basslu1e ... Co grme said the Board sets the president"s salaf) ~The president's salary is drawn from mone: increase since 1998. ·'Their goal IS to create positiw hip-hop songs to und man\' factor_ are taken into consideration. such fiom pm ate mstitutions. he said. but could not be educate thetr peer~ ... 'he said. as the length of the president's sef\ ice and salary more speci tic as to '' hich institutions. million. admimmatmu the uni,er~it\ is a "large Audience member began dancm,; m tht.!Ir ~cab and rates at comparable institutions. :\!though Roselle's salary may seem high '' hen undertaking ... Cosgro~e said. and it is Ro. elle\ clappmg along to Ba~shne · I~ nc~. ">tand up. e\ t.:f} body \\ ith more than 20.000 sn1dents and 3.500 fac­ compared to other public uniYersities of similar izcs. responsibilTl)' to administrate e\ cry aspect of the thro\\ your hands up ... ull) members. the uni\ ersil) Is not the second large~t Cosgrove said he feels Roselle's contributiOns to the school. \\ ith the audience fully engaged, CPAB member public institution in the nanon. but Cosgro' e said that uni\ crsity m·er the years wan·ants this pay rate. Roselle is also giYen a car and u~c of the um­ \\"a de Gunn mtroduced the -+5-Year-old nat I\ e 'e'' with more than 13 years at the helm of the uni\ ersi­ In the last ti,·e years, donations for research at vcrsit\··s house at 4"'-Kent \\'a\. Yorker. Simmons. - ty. Roselle is one of the longest sef\·ing presidents. the umYcrsit\· hm e risen from S50 million to S I 00 But. he said. the house dcies nor come \\·uhout a Gunn said Simmon~ has been Ill\ oh ed '' ith "Ont.: \lark \1aben, associate director of strategic million. he said. due in large part to e!Torts on the part price. Road ~lagazme ... the apparel !me "Phatlaim·· and \\a-. communications for Rutgers L111\ crsil). said Rutgers of Roselle. "I \\·ould not ''ant to liw there and do \\hat the co-founder ot Def Jam Record~ President Richard L. \1cCormick currently earns The number and qualit} of student. ha. [Ro>elie] docs. as far <lS the amount orentertaming he "l [e i~ a ma~ter 'i,IonarJ \\ ho ha~ 1\mg shaped the S525.000 in pa; and other benefits. inc rca ed as well, Cosgrm e said. and Ro clle ·s doe~." Cosgrove said. cuttmg edge of hip-hop:· he ,aid. The Chronick report listed \1cCOimick's salai") etforts to increase the p~estige of the school ha,·e The president\ job. he said. 1s a 2-t-hour a da~ A graduate of the Communi tv lollege of:--.e\\ 1 ork. at S625.000 a vear. 11e said. because \lcCormick will dra\\'n three Rhodes Scholar~ to the uni,-ersitv 111 the job ever} day of the year. and C\ en ''hen he is on he said~ Simmons ha-. helped mold the ~career~ of star-, rccci\ e a 500.000 bonus if he completes fi\ e years past fi,·e years. - vacation he is responsible for e\ erything that hap­ >uch as \\'ill mith. L.L. Cool J. Slick Rick and The of sef\·ice. Roselle has made an effort to make the uni' ersi­ pens at the uni\ ersit;.. Beastie f30\ -.. :"\.tcCom1ick became president or Rutgers. t\ a more "student-centered institution."' he said. and Cos!.!ron: said he has "no idea" if Roselle\ In a que,uon and ans\\·er forum , -.tudents llll1) which has more than 50.000 studenb. in October Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine ranked the salm; \\ill continue to climb as It has in the past fi\e Anderson. Guillennu Febres and .loy Oil\ er led a panel. 2002. uni\·ersil) 12th among public colleges and universi­ vears. but did sav that the uniYersit\ trustees consid­ along \\ ith moderator Dr. hauaib \ leacham. Audil·nce \\hen asked about the pay discrepancy between ties for overall 'alue in its 2002 survev. er Roselle to be 3n excellent leader.- men1bers \\en: abo encouraged to participate. the two presidenb. Cosgrme said Roselle ""makes \\ ith an annual budget that is approaching S515 ··[ hope he ne\ er retires ... he said. In :ms\\enng que~nons. Immon' Ji.,cussed the m«n;. obstacle~ pt.:\lple lace. especwlh anisb. \\ he'l tf}­ mg to break mw mamstream bthmes, corporations. ~immons 'aid when he first entered the recl)rdmg and apparelmdustncs. none of the big. Cl1rporauons took him seriouslv. Columnist UD fig fits city "lf vou .. \\ :lilt to build a career. all \OU need 1. re at I\ itv m1d heart ... he smd. - it i, important for indl\ iduals ro appreciate \\ llJl sprinkler code thev are doing. Simmons ... md \\'ith re!.!ard to thi, state­ applauds meiu. he abo acknowledged the trap ~Orne aJ1Ists 1311Int0 - aliO\\ mg marenal po sessions to become their on!) moti,·ation. B\ ERI:\ BI LES •·Jr is depressing to me ''hen artists thmk the;. ·re Umini,n.ait"e \lIt' Edww '' orkinu for thinu~ ... he said. "The grearc-.t rhmg vou can Iraq war The uni,·en,it\ went before the citv of '\Jewark \ board ha' e 1s -a job : ou like. using your talents." - .. of building appeal~ \\edncsday to requ~st exemption from a \udience members repeated!: a,ked question' cit)' code requiring all buildings to haYe installed sprinkkr regardmg the negam It) some rap music encompasses. B\ K.W. E..\ST systems. 1mmon~ referred to rapper 'O Cent a.-, an example. El; In-( ·I · The uni\ ersit) appealed the code as it \\'Ould appl: to The artist has been expll,ed to \ iolence throughout President Geor!!:e \\. Bush "s administration the parking garage for the recently funded Center for the his life. being shot more than onee ,mJ his mother being wa" ju titied in ir-. d~eci..,ion to wage '' ar against Perf01ming Ans. Con~truction on the parh.mg garage ''ill a drug dealei~ he >aid. HO\\C\CL Sllll!llOn' said he dtd nm Saddam Hussein\ regime in Iraq. a prolific hear it) being expressed through the \\"Ords Of 50 begin this spring.\\ hile the center IS slated for completion in ~egati\ columnist and author said Tue~da; aftemoon. Cent and others like him. bur iibtead uuth. Christopher Hitchens. a contributing editor 2006. "You ha\ e to be focused on the truth. the message."' According to cit) solicitor Roger A. Akin. the code is for \'ani!] Fair and Atlantic \lonthl}. explained THE RE\ 'IEW Pat Toohe~ he said, "and '' h::r people say some thing-:- you don't'~am part of an lntemational Buildmg Code. \rhich \\<h locally his reasoning for his break with the left in sup­ Journalist Christopher Hitchens to hear... porting the Bush administration's actions in Iraq amended by ~e\\ ark to require all open or closed structures Simmon~ said he sees the ~orrO\\ ing collecti\ e con­ to a group of200 people in the Rodney Room of shares his insight into the Middle East. to ha,·e spnnkler -.ystems. sciousne'.s \\ithin hip-hop as a po ' ill\·e mo\ement. Perkin" Student Center Under a motion b\ board member Junie l . \hwle.