Can't the lazy river fiasco be used to go after F. King?

The lazy river that the students voted for and are paying for?

At least get some background and then bitch.

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What's the lazy river fiasco?

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There isn’t one. The REC was badly in need of updates. They were going to build an outdoor pool with the updates. A lazy river was added as well in place of a dip pool or something similar. People flipped their shite because of some WSJ article.

Students voted on and supported the fee increase to cover the bond issue for the renovation.

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The lazy river that the students voted for and are paying for?

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You just might not be up to speed?

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Jeffrey Sadow, an associate professor of political science at LSU's Shreveport campus, and a frequent blogger on government waste, said state taxpayers subsidize public university tuition at a high rate relative to other states. He is not surprised that students and families balk at the idea of tuition hikes.

"Funding for this aesthetically pleasing, but dubious project undercuts arguments that families are too strapped to pay more, allowing taxpayers to pay less at LSU," Sadow told FoxNews.com. "If they can afford increased student fees to fund this project, surely they can afford higher tuition and fees instead of foisting this responsibility on taxpayers. Or they should reallocate these fees toward the academic activities of LSU and create more fairness in how higher education is funded in Louisiana."

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Oh my fricking god. When will people learn that the lazy river was paid for by the STUDENTS and voted for by the STUDENTS?! The administration had nothing to do with it.


frick...

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But the gist was, if parents will pay extra for a lazy river, why not more important improvements that they expect the taxpayers to fund?

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Because the URECs proposed improvements provided the students with tangible benefits. Instead of doing media interviews, Prof. Sadow could spend more time working with students and show them the value of increased investment in faculty.

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The same year that the school said LSU may not have enough money to fund a football team

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That wasn’t what they said.

Jesus christ. LSU needed a new Rec, it also needs better, well payed professors. It decided on one. If we hired a few more professors or offered some raises then we'd just be bitching at how shitty the Rec is. You can't give everything to everybody all at once. I'm glad LSU at least did something to help itself out for once. That rec is incredible and very important to recruiting not to mention its main purpose of encouraging its students (who are mostly from one of the unhealthiest states in america) to lead a healthy lifestyle. Jesus Christ people.