Top dollars: Highest paid college officials
Last tax year’s biggest breadwinners—11 administrators and department heads

Many of the college administrators and academic personnel on Columbia’s highest paid list are back from last year. A few new additions, however, with large pay raises, joined the top-rated ranks.

Information obtained from IRS 990 tax forms documented the salaries of the highest paid college officials from the 2000 tax year, which began in September 2000 and ended in August 2001, the latest tax date available from the college. The 990 form is the tax report that nonprofit organizations, such as Columbia, are required to file with the IRS. Read more...

Keeping safe while on campus
PART 4 in the Campus Safety Series deals with tips for students

South Loop-area campuses have recently increased security and safety outreach to arm the community against crime and help students, faculty and staff maintain their personal safety and security.

Safety awareness seminars have more than tripled at Columbia this fall, compared with last year. “Now we are putting education on the forefront,” said Martha Meegan, Columbia’s director of campus safety, who hopes all new students will attend one of the seminars. Read more...

Ivy-League salary too rich for our blood

The numbers are in. Last tax year Columbia paid Warrick L. Carter $453,990 to act as its president. That figure, gleaned from Form 990s provided to the IRS by the college, fairly begs the comparison:

Carter makes more money than the president of the United States. Read more...

Parties look to persuade voters

(U-WIRE) NEW YORK—It has become quite obvious to politicians that issue of Iraq is going to be the largest influence on the 2002 election season. Read more...

All the haunts fit to print

It’s not too late to join in on the Halloween madness—but you better hurry, Halloween’s on Thursday, and that doesn’t leave much time to check out some local happenings. Read more...

Hawks still looking to get on track
Absence of Daze, Fleury results in slow start for Chicago

The new hockey season is already a roller coaster for the Chicago Blackhawks. They are off to a 2-3 start as of press time and all five teams they have faced did not make the playoffs last year. Read more...