Senate Special Order: Linda Morris Williams
September 21st, 2009 | by ariel |
Linda Morris Williams visited the Senate meeting this week to represent the UC Office of the President’s (UCOP) opinions on the budget cuts, speaking before the faculty panel. She explained how the administration is eliminating excess and being more budget-conscious themselves.
Unfortunately, as she spoke it became more and more apparent that perhaps her personal actions in the past had not reflected this budgetary concern she spoke of. Ms. Williams was, in fact, the recipient of a $100,000 severance package from UCOP, only to be immediately hired as the UC Berkeley associate chancellor, where she now earns $300,603 yearly. To Ms. Williams’ credit, President Yudof ended the program shortly after her hiring. But for some perspective, keeping our libraries open for 24 hours during finals week would only cost approximately $30,000.
I am eager to hear from representatives of UC Berkeley, but I truly hope that next time, UCB respects Berkeley students enough to send someone who has not personally benefited from the excess and dearth of oversight that caused the current squeeze on faculty and students.
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