To the Editor: The Reveille recently (June 13, 2012) ran an article on salary compression that quoted me to the effect that we are “firing” faculty. Please note that I said that salaries and wages are the largest part of our budget, and when budget cuts come, the way universities most often deal with such cuts is to give up vacant lines. We seem to only be able to hire back about one faculty member for every two we lose. Please also note that universities do not fire faculty members except under exceptionally rare circumstances. Typically, faculty we lose are either hired away by other universities or retire. Christopher F. D’Elia, Ph.D. Professor and Dean School of the Coast and Environment, LSU ____ Contact The Daily Reveille’s opinion staff at [email protected]