Iowa College President Kicked Out Over Drinking Party on Boat

[StickerShock]

<p>[Iowa</a> Central president receives $400K for resignation | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register](<a href=“http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/NEWS/80828006]Iowa”>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080828/NEWS/80828006)</p>

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The special meeting was called after The Des Moines Register published a July 4 photograph of Paxton aboard a boat with a group of young people, holding the spigot of a small beer keg suspended over a young woman’s open mouth…</p>

<p>Paxton, 52, has said all of the people who were drinking in the boat when the photograph was taken were of legal age. He said the beer keg was broken and wasn’t dispensing beer into the young woman’s mouth. He said his 19-year-old son, who was arrested for second-offense drunken driving early the next morning, was in the boat but was not drinking.</p>

<p>Three days before the photo was taken, Paxton signed a new employment contract with the school. The deal awarded Paxton a 33 percent increase in his annual retention bonus, raising it to $15,000 per year.</p>

<p>The deal also included a $156,000 annual salary; a $27,960 stipend toward the purchase of an annuity; a $13,200 annual car allowance in addition to mileage payments; and an expense account worth $7,250.</p>

<p>In 2002, Paxton was indicted on charges of felonious misconduct in office, falsification of public records and tampering with public records. The charges grew out of an investigation into student athletes being awarded false grades.</p>

<p>Three of Paxton’s colleagues at Iowa Central eventually pleaded guilty to charges they tampered with student records to benefit the athletes and to deceive others. All three men retained their jobs at the school. The charges against Paxton were deferred under an agreement in which he accepted responsibility for the transcript fraud.

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<p>Sounds like quite a guy.</p>

[mamabear1234]

<p>I wish someone would pay me $400,000 to resign!</p>

[ChiSquare]

<p>I can trump your Iowa-academic-misconduct. This person subsequently committed suicide, around 2 weeks ago:</p>

<p>[UofI</a> investigates prof accused of asking for sexual favors | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register](<a href=“http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/NEWS02/808120371/0/THEMES]UofI”>http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/NEWS02/808120371/0/THEMES)</p>

[Inthebiz]

<p>And everyone thinks Iowa is a dull place . . .</p>

[RacinReaver]

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According to the criminal complaint, one student said Miller told her he would give her an “A” if she let him fondle her breasts. The student said Miller fondled her and then asked to lick her breasts, police reported. Miller later sent her an e-mail asking to meet again, stating, “A lasting memory of a lovely Monet cannot be formed in 20 seconds,” the complaint states.

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<p>So she only complained after she didn’t get her A?</p>