UNO Athletic Department may be cut

With the students voting down the athletic fee increase, UNO athletics may not be able to survive with the iminent cuts to higher education across the state.

What are all of your thoughts on this situation?

My opinion: I think UNO's Chancellor, Tim Ryan, is a gutless coward that should resign from his position and stay away from all other positions of power! Newsflash, Tim, you were hired into a position of power, and paid accordingly, to make tough decisions. All he has done in this situation is pass the buck. He has not taken any leadership, and now the entire UNO community will suffer. He could have gone to the LSU board and proposed the athletic fee increase without the vote (which was done in 2001) and saved the department, but he doesn't want to take any responsibility for anything that happens. He just wants to avoid controversy at all costs. This is the worst type of person anyone can have in a leadership role--someone that hides and refuses to stand up! Anyway, I understand everyone is going through hard economic times right now, but for the leader of a university to turn over ANY department's existance over to 18-22 year old kids that have a difficult time analyzing long-term effects is truly dispicable. The students voted thinking only about the immediate impact to their wallet. I don't blame them, especially in these economic times. I blame the lack of leadership.

That falls squarely on the shoulders of you Ms. Ryan - you obviously do not have the testicular fortitude to be called "Mr."

I do, however, want to apologize to the ladies out there that I insulted by associating Tim Ryan with your gender.