tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5225352784862597688..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Building a Showcase Campus, Using an I.O.U. From the NYTimes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75457549144411468302012-12-15T12:20:57.562-05:002012-12-15T12:20:57.562-05:00Drexel?
Couldn't they just pretend that Penn&...Drexel?<br /><br />Couldn't they just pretend that Penn's buildings are theirs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-241632511547507642012-12-15T12:09:40.095-05:002012-12-15T12:09:40.095-05:00The article, in a rather dismissive tone, mentione...The article, in a rather dismissive tone, mentioned some universities building such things as a "lazy river" on campus. Grandiose Mental State University, the institution where I got my MA and PhD, built a lazy river as a central feature of its new aquatics center. <br /><br />The new pool complex cost an arm and a leg, and it actually had to be scaled down from the original project, Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30150528194376052202012-12-15T11:09:54.846-05:002012-12-15T11:09:54.846-05:00Ah, but that's what alumni are for, aren't...Ah, but that's what alumni are for, aren't they? But much of this situation was caused by the vanity of the senior administrators.<br /><br />A few years ago, I received my annual grovel-and-plead telephone call from my alma mater. The munchkin on the other end of the line was close to tears about how the institution had a multi-million dollar shortfall in funding.<br /><br />That Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29363113560444121502012-12-15T06:19:33.145-05:002012-12-15T06:19:33.145-05:00Just great. So much for those endowments, then!Just great. So much for those endowments, then!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com