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Sunday, August 05, 2007

Southern Illinois University's Stupid and Insulting...


... Saluki Way project drags its ass along, failing to get the funding it said it would for buildings that will enhance the lives of athletes and administrators and do nothing for students:



'Southern Illinois University Carbondale has not yet raised $1 million for Saluki Way, but the university's chief fundraiser says he is optimistic about finding the necessary funds to make the project a reality.

...Saluki Way is a $76 million project proposed to center the Carbondale campus around new athletic and academic facilities. [The 'academic facilities' referred to are not classrooms or language labs or anything. They're new offices for administrators. In other words, they're not academic.] University officials need to raise between $15 and $20 million in private funds, McCurry said.

A portion of the project will be funded with student fees. Students will face a $54 increase in athletics fees next year, $44 of which will go toward the Saluki Way projects. The hike will bring the athletics fee to $221 per semester based on 12 credit hours.' [Fees will eventually rise to above $250 per semester. And if soaking the citizens of Carbondale doesn't do the trick, watch fees rise yet more.]