An editorial in North Jersey:
… The same state university that has gone into deep debt to expand its football stadium now is seriously considering a massive overhaul of its athletic center. This is a very bad idea.
The Rutgers Athletic Center has not been expanded since it was built 31 years ago. A bigger and better center may be desired, but now is not the time. The proposed expansion includes a new basketball practice facility, adds premium and club seats, replaces the playing court and scoreboard and creates an atrium that would house retail stores and a hall of fame. New coaching offices also would be built.
To date, there are no estimated costs for the ambitious plan, but Rutgers hopes private fund raising, plus income from the sale of premium and club seats, will pay for the project. Where have we heard that before? Ah, yes, Rutgers’ football stadium.
The expanded stadium was going to be financed with private funds. But the money didn’t materialize and the university had to borrow much of the needed $102 million. Has no one inside the athletics department noticed the recession?…
January 7th, 2010 at 10:12PM
Dear Margaret,
I want to thank you for the precious work you are doing here at UD. As a non-native English speaker, I find most of your linguistic insights very helpful. By the way, could you explain to me in plain English the meaning of this paragraph
“It is my hope that creative permutations will replace the singular dimensions of the past and present. Tom Peters authored a best seller entitled, ‘The Pursuit of WOW!’ in which he defined ‘WOW’ as ‘someone (something) that stands up and stands out from the crowd.’ I have every confidence that the College of Arts and Sciences will continue to be the acknowledged ‘integrative hub’ of UT, and that UT will be a WOW in global higher education in the future.”
This has been written by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Toledo… (check http://ascforum.blogspot.com/2010/01/meaning-of-wow.html)
January 8th, 2010 at 9:08AM
Hmm. This is difficult. Here’s my translation:
“I hope that by now my meaningless bullshit has bored you to the point of losing interest so that I can sell your worthless asses down the river without further interruptions.”