Quick question for Mr. Coleman

Any idea if any school affected made any noise about the golden handshakes being given out (which I believe you wrote about). Because approximately 280 students worth of tuition is going to Peter George and nothing was said here by our "Union".

Originally Posted by AndrewC

Quick question for Mr. Coleman

Any idea if any school affected made any noise about the golden handshakes being given out (which I believe you wrote about). Because approximately 280 students worth of tuition is going to Peter George and nothing was said here by our "Union".

Peter George's golden handshake is unique to McMaster. His and Kelton's retirement paydays are way above any other university in Ontario.

Students at York, UToronto, UOttawa, Carleton, and Ryerson all made complaints about presidential compensation.

The MSU president instead came to the defence of the university.

Who can blame him, after all the MSU is taking students to the bank by giving themselves pay increases this year. The SRA gives the BoD a giant raise. The BoD returns the favour by moving a pay increase for paid SRA members (committee chairs and etc).

So, we can give them credit for being consistent.

Students at York, UToronto, UOttawa, Carleton, and Ryerson all made complaints about presidential compensation.

The MSU president instead came to the defence of the university.

I think the title of that article says it all because I too am speechless. My favourite,

"It is important to note that Dr. George recently made a private donation of $100,000 to the Faculty of Humanities, which has been chronically under-funded for years, and shows his commitment to students."

Let's hope that our next President recognizes that Dr. George is in part responsible for that underfunding and donating $100, 000 to the university after recieving 1.4 million from it really doesn't say much.

In your experience, have you seen other Universities across the country that fail so miserably in advocacy? You would think that the student body tuition, which is one of the largest sources of revenue to the University, would make them more accountable.