re: If you could make a large $ donation to LSU, would you?

I'd like to be able to do several things:

endow a couple of professorships at a salary level high enough to draw the very best

redo Hatcher, Hodges, and Johnson: totally clean out the buildings (asbestos and lead mitigation); if structurally possible, add several floors and some decent elevators. the lower floors can stay as office space, the new upper floors would be dormitory space

do the mitigation and cleanout of West and South Stadium dorms and make them into something useful...

look at a design for a multi story parking garage on old Alex Box that would include RV hookups on the top level (something like the municipal lots in Knoxville by the Marriott)

a couple of pet projects involving ROTC:
cadet band - we used to have one
memorial tank - those who know me know exactly what kind of tank too

this list could eat up a bunch of money quickly

If I gave say $25 million, it would look like this:

1. Cost to blow up kirby smith
2. Cost to tear down middleton
3. Remainder to College of Business for endowments.

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Neaux. Just neaux. Middleton needs to be removed from the quad. The library needs to be relocated across from the Union

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I have no problem with getting rid of Middleton in its present location, where exactly are you talking about putting it? HELL NEAUX if you're talking about the Parade Ground...

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My point exactly. There isn't really another reasonably convinient location to put such a high-traffic, important building.

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Get rid of Lockett and put it there. Or put it in the parking lot next to Tureaud.

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I want a bowling alley in the union...

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I'd like to be able to do several things:

endow a couple of professorships at a salary level high enough to draw the very best

redo Hatcher, Hodges, and Johnson: totally clean out the buildings (asbestos and lead mitigation); if structurally possible, add several floors and some decent elevators. the lower floors can stay as office space, the new upper floors would be dormitory space

do the mitigation and cleanout of West and South Stadium dorms and make them into something useful...

look at a design for a multi story parking garage on old Alex Box that would include RV hookups on the top level (something like the municipal lots in Knoxville by the Marriott)

a couple of pet projects involving ROTC:
cadet band - we used to have one
memorial tank - those who know me know exactly what kind of tank too

this list could eat up a bunch of money quickly

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That's a pretty aggressive plan. I haven't been to the Quad in years so don't know about the problems with Middleton. When I was a student and used to go in there it seem alright. Hatcher I agree is bad, I remember being there a few times and thinking it needed to be blown up.

Me thinks this thread is gonna be full of people who think they can do a shite ton more than you really can with 200 mil lotto winnings

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I'd ask for architectural input on new buildings constructed with my money, to make sure they maintain the Italian Renaissance feel rather than enormous bamboo rotundas of bullshite (looking at you, new EJ Ourso building).

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I would, but it would stipulate that the self-serving, arrogant administration could not touch a dime...unless I could pick five-or-more to get rid of as a condition of the gift. I would set up scholarships to benefit middle class, working families from Louisiana.

I'd probly just lease one of the $50,000 a year suits for the min 5 yr contract that would give me pleanty of tickets and a great right off on taxes... and im sure you would have an in on any post season events you wanted with this.. with out letting someone else spend your donation on what they want