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Days after LSU’s credit outlook lowered, national investors pull out of bond sal

Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:32 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:32 pm
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Updated at 1:28 p.m. — Funding for a new student health center and residence halls at LSU has been threatened amid a state budget crisis that has put Louisiana colleges and universities at risk of deep cuts in the coming year.

National investors pulled out of a large portion of a $114 million bond deal for LSU this week, citing concerns over LSU’s financial outlook, according to state Treasurer John Kennedy.

“We’re trying to sort out the facts. This is obviously not a welcome development,” Kennedy said Friday in a news release. “It could have ramifications for other universities in Louisiana and for the state’s overall bond rating, and it could impact the interest rate on future state bond issues, including an upcoming $300 million state general obligation bond issue.”

LSU, meanwhile, has blamed “inaccurate media reports” for the fallout. This week, inaccurate reports circulated that LSU had begun the paperwork for exigency, a process that is the functional equivalent of academic bankruptcy. LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander said in a statement Wednesday that the university had “decided to begin contingency planning for exigency” because of the potential budget threat. Other higher education leaders also said they also were examining the process out of caution.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:32 pm to
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Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
127597 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:37 pm to
tDecline is real.
Posted by MyNameIsNobody
Member since Dec 2013
1138 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:38 pm to
that is what they get for acting like they are going to file for bankruptcy...

wow...they let they let that girls underarm show...
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
143100 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:39 pm to
I bought LSU when it was 14 cents a ton

Now it's 16 cents a ton

That's a profit of... Well you figure it out
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67296 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:40 pm to
F. King Alexander has no one to blame but himself. He spent so much time exaggerating and fear mongering that he scared away his own investors. The guy is an absolute clown.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13586 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:43 pm to
Fire Les Miles
Hire rookie coach

Save ~4 million/year, apply that towards general funding.

Raise football ticket prices by $10, apply that towards general funding.

Raise tuition $100 per student.

Problem solved. Better solution than screaming scare tactics in every microphone in the state when it's really not as draconian as he's making it out to be.
This post was edited on 4/24/15 at 4:45 pm
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
58062 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:51 pm to
First of all...the funding was for a student health center, family dorms, and the like. Hardly essential things that have to be done....

Second of all, like I said would happen, Alexander and his sky is falling bullshite won't get him what he wants AND it's hurting the unversity...anyone still wanna claim he's right to do what he's doing? Dude is an arse clown.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
66137 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:56 pm to



LSUsual

Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11315 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 4:58 pm to
So their fear mongering and scheme attention backfired.
Posted by Placebeaux
Bobby Fischer Fan Club President
Member since Jun 2008
51852 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:00 pm to
All bullshite aside, the state should cut their voucher program and slash Medicare. Raise the corp. tax and lower the individual tax. Also cut police spending. Oh and increase licenses.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69430 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:09 pm to
Thanks Piyush.

Posted by forksup
Member since Dec 2013
8817 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 5:10 pm to
Dang, y'all need some Michael Crow (president) in your universities. Students hate him at ASU, but the man is a pure business genius. We've had dorms pop up like crazy, premium dorms too, deals to build State Farm's SW HQ in a once parking lot, Starbucks partnership, online classes like they're weeds on a abandoned lot, freshmen required to dorm their first year, etc.
Posted by 20MuleTeam
West Hartford
Member since Sep 2012
3862 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 6:34 pm to
Aren't you so glad you elect these dbass conservatives???? Lol
Posted by Choctaw
Pumpin' Sunshine
Member since Jul 2007
77774 posts
Posted on 4/24/15 at 7:46 pm to
Looks like Alexander's scare tactics backfired by fricking over the school. He should be fricking ashamed of himself.
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