Comments on: CATCH 22

By: Shorebreak

Shorebreak — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:37:37 +0000

I don’t object to the salaries - I object to the positions/department. $1/yr is too much salary for anyone who promotes racial and gender discrimination.

By: Sicker

Sicker — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:30:05 +0000

I can’t believe they make that much money. This is the last straw. I work at IUPUI and don’t even break $40,000/year. I will admit that I don’t have to do very much, but I could go elsewhere and make into the mid-$50Ks. I have procrastinated too long. It is time to take my 12 years of experience and leave IU. Unless you are an administrator, they don’t want to pay you anything. I know so many administrator types who have gotten raises with no increase in their workload.

By: Robert-NW Side

Robert-NW Side — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:01:18 +0000

Should we really be paying these types of salaries?????? How much of our tax money is paying for these jobs? - SICK, 29 Feb 08
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Too fracking much!!!!!

By: SICK

SICK — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:58:20 +0000

Has anyone checked on Indystar the salary these people are bringing in at the IUPUI afirmitive action????? I did and I cannot believe my eyes.

Lillian Charleston, also of IUPUI’s Affirmative Action Office earns $106,219.00.

Marguerite Watkins at the IUPUI Affirmative Action Office makes $68,377.00 a year.

Should we really be paying these types of salaries?????? How much of our tax money is paying for these jobs?

By: Snark

Snark — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:28:46 +0000

I am astonished that it has taken this long for this story about administrative idiocy to be publicized.

Reading a BOOK in front of one’s coworkers seems to be hanging offense at IUPUI!

By: SOS

SOS — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:15:30 +0000

Yeah, this reminds of an incident a few years ago, when stupid folk in a supposedly progressive, small southern Indiana community got all in a tizzy because someone used the word niggardly in the presence of black people.

If the case at IUPUI is true, the party or parties harrassing this gentleman should be fired as they obviously are not qualified for any position at a University.

By: Hypocrites

Hypocrites — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:33:03 +0000

Read the letters Nuvo scanned and posted on their website. I believe this guy has been libeled and should seek out a lawyer immediately. Did you see what the Affirmative Action office has posted on it’s website: http://www.iupui.edu/~aao/kkk.html

If he is guilty of “racial harassment,” then isn’t the office guilty of the same thing for putting something about the KKK on their webpage?

The simple fact is that I have heard from some employees that everyone fears this office. They are the judge and jury. I don’t think they have the last say in firing someone, but they can recommend it. Instead of one person, it should be a panel of folks from a variety of backgrounds. Some people that work on the campus do just what is required. They are not pro-active for fear someone they interact with brings up some false and malicious charges.

By: Underreach

Underreach — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:30:50 +0000

If one was to look carefully at staffing and budget, one would likely find a curious amount of employees within the AA office, many with fanciful titles that reveal nothing in the manner of duties. Even the most obtuse administrator understands that an overbudgeted office must make itself known publicly every once in a while if it is to continue its immersion in graft.

By: No name

No name — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:30:14 +0000

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:16:26 +0000

I would pursue the hell out of the employee making the claim and Mr. Sampson’s employers. While proving that one is not a racist could be nearly impossible, I would certainly look into a civil action for the defamation.