He Makes a Lot More Money Now

I was doing research when I ran across this article about the budget cut protests of 2003:

Chris Stark, an 18-year-old freshman, read the e-mail that reached him last Sunday night and decided to attend the rally. He said he couldn't believe it when he read that Hitt had received a $93,000 raise this past year.

Rostock agreed. "[Hitt's raise] is hard to justify considering he also gets a free house and car," he said. "We pay for his insurance and give him a travel allowance for him and his wife. The university even pays for his country club membership, meaning we pay for his golf. Basically, all he has to buy is food, and $295,000 is a lot of money to buy food."

Yet, according to one social sciences teacher, students shouldn't be surprised. The teacher, who refused to give his name because he feared he'd lose his job, said that everyone is paying the price for Hitt's arrogance and attitude. "Hitt isn't a leader," he continued. "He's a bully. Hitt and the administration are padding their pockets with raises when real leaders would suffer along with everyone else.

"The captain is filling his lifeboat with caviar and champagne while the rest of the ship sinks," he explained.

Hitt is an arrogant bully. If YouTube existed during Hitt’s younger and fatter days, I bet we could find a video of him slapping around some untenured faculty member or student who made the mistake of disagreeing with him.