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re: LSU launches $1.5B campaign to unite its campuses
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:27 am to danilo
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:27 am to danilo
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"LSU anticipates that 60 percent of campaign gifts will be in support of academics, with the remaining 40 percent of campaign gifts made in support of athletics"
This is sad. WHY does LSU athletics need $600 million?!
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Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:29 am to Enfuego
Finally gonna put condos in Tiger Stadium
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:30 am to Enfuego
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This is sad. WHY does LSU athletics need $600 million?!
Trying to build a new PMAC and new Track & Field facility to go with needed upgrades at TS is my guess
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:31 am to Enfuego
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This is sad. WHY does LSU athletics need $600 million?!
athletic facilities in Shreveport, Alexandria, and probably Eunice too need serious upgrades
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:38 am to Tigeralum2008
Well under the current administration, my money has not gone to fixing those issues, so why would I continue to give it?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:42 am to Tigeralum2008
Your rationale is what is wrong with people. Just keep throwing money at the problem but never actually fix it
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:43 am to Tigeralum2008
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Trying to build a new PMAC and new Track & Field facility to go with needed upgrades at TS is my guess
Are they trying to make the new PMAC like the new Oracle arena for the Warriors?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:54 am to danilo
LSU and other inefficient shrines to academic elitists could get $150 billion and still cry for more. Measuring the quality of an organization by how much it spends rather than what it accomplishes efficiently is ludicrous. But that’s the accepted standard of measurement for higher education.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 11:59 am to Jones
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Your rationale is what is wrong with people. Just keep throwing money at the problem but never actually fix it
Solid post.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:08 pm to Tarps99
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But no money for a new Library that it rains more inside than out and the basement floods.
LSU is literally trying to raise enough revenue to demolish Middleton and build a new library. One of the biggest reasons the campaign is needed is the result of over $125 million a year from the state being cut out of the LSU BR operating budget since 2008.
You need money to be able to fix buildings. One of the primary goals of the new campaign is to help fund the Master Plan.
Library plans are on pages 64 - 67
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:14 pm to whodatdude
Middleton Library has been a piece of shite for 40 years and LSU has burned through billions of dollars without addressing that problem. Their priorities are payroll, perks, and academic privilege. The students and the infrastructure to support them have always been pawns in the big money hustle game.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:16 pm to Jones
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Your rationale is what is wrong with people. Just keep throwing money at the problem but never actually fix it
My "rationale" is to take a multifaceted approach towards solving the problem. We can both support the university and express our dissatisfaction with the current admin.
Why would any talented university leader want to step into FKA's role if there is clearly an issue with constituent support?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:17 pm to whodatdude
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LSU is literally trying to raise enough revenue to demolish Middleton and build a new library. One of the biggest reasons the campaign is needed is the result of over $125 million a year from the state being cut out of the LSU BR operating budget since 2008. You need money to be able to fix buildings. One of the primary goals of the new campaign is to help fund the Master Plan.
Ya’ll literally missed my point.
For years, the library on LSU’s main campus has been an issue, but for some reason, LSU was still able find finding funding to build other facilities and upgrade other buildings while the Library was left to rot.
How can we be sure this money will go where it needs and not on more LSU lazy rivers.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:20 pm to Tigeralum2008
The constituents lack support for King, not the university. A change in leadership would likely be very well supported unless they proved to be more of the same.
But to address your point, how specifically would you support the university while expressing dissatifaction for the current administration? IMO, donations of any kind are a vote of support.
But to address your point, how specifically would you support the university while expressing dissatifaction for the current administration? IMO, donations of any kind are a vote of support.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:24 pm to Enfuego
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"LSU anticipates that 60 percent of campaign gifts will be in support of academics, with the remaining 40 percent of campaign gifts made in support of athletics"
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This is sad. WHY does LSU athletics need $600 million?!
If history is any indication it is unlikely the donation percentages will fall as they predict.
There is something generally wrong with the mindset of LSU Alumnus, most would be willing to sell their children and give the money to athletics if it would mean winning a championship, but will not give a dime to support academics. Until that changes LSU will continue to be a campus full of run down facilities, top professors leaving for better positions , but great stadiums, and a world class tiger habitat.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:27 pm to scott8811
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I've read the article and looked at the website, and still have no idea how this is going to unite the campuses, what that means, or how that is anyway a benefit...I'm so tired of F king's shite
I know. How exactly are they going to unite them? They should have just said to make repairs and renovate and improve them.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:32 pm to EA6B
Maybe the fact that most La. graduates leaves the state for a job is the driver behind all of this?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:33 pm to danilo
Is this campaign going to replace TAF as the fundraiser for athletics?
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:45 pm to danilo
They must be planning to fire Alexander and Alleva because thats the only way they're gonna get that many people willing to open those checkbooks.
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:50 pm to Tarps99
For years, Middleton has sucked, but has also been serviceable so minor issues were temporarily patched instead of permanently fixed due to lack of funding. The basement flooding is a fairly new issue.
So much of the building issues on campus have to do with the loss of state funding. At a point, it becomes financially more viable to build a new building instead of renovating an existing building. CEBA is a perfect example of this.
Much of the money used to build/renovate buildings across campus has come from private donors who specify how they want their dollars used. Patrick F Taylor? $114 million was raised – $57 million from private contributions and a matching $57 million from the state. Since Engineering is the largest college on campus student-wise and one of the largest fields in higher ed, it became a priority to build a new facility.
A quote from the Baton Rouge Business Report sums it up:
"The figures are indicative of a greater problem Louisiana’s higher education institutions are facing—the growing problem of deferred maintenance that has taken a backseat to surviving eight years of budget cuts to the state’s public colleges and universities.
“When you’re worried about keeping the doors open you can sometimes overlook a roof that sprung a leak,” says Jim Henderson, president of University of Louisiana System, which has $364 million maintenance backlog."
LINK
By the way, the Lazy River argument is tired and inaccurate. The student body voted to assess themselves a fee to update the UREC. The university had no legal authority to use that money for anything else.
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Some have blasted LSU’s spending in a difficult economic climate, but Ballard says the criticism is unfair. In November 2011, after polling on campus, student government members passed a resolution asking for a student recreation fee increase, which went toward this expansion project.
“The funds for the project come directly from the student fee, and can only be used for the project,” Ballard said. “Similar to donations to the university or funds from the state for capital projects, these types of funds can’t be shifted to fill in budget holes or be used in another way. They can only be used for what they were originally designated for.”
So much of the building issues on campus have to do with the loss of state funding. At a point, it becomes financially more viable to build a new building instead of renovating an existing building. CEBA is a perfect example of this.
Much of the money used to build/renovate buildings across campus has come from private donors who specify how they want their dollars used. Patrick F Taylor? $114 million was raised – $57 million from private contributions and a matching $57 million from the state. Since Engineering is the largest college on campus student-wise and one of the largest fields in higher ed, it became a priority to build a new facility.
A quote from the Baton Rouge Business Report sums it up:
"The figures are indicative of a greater problem Louisiana’s higher education institutions are facing—the growing problem of deferred maintenance that has taken a backseat to surviving eight years of budget cuts to the state’s public colleges and universities.
“When you’re worried about keeping the doors open you can sometimes overlook a roof that sprung a leak,” says Jim Henderson, president of University of Louisiana System, which has $364 million maintenance backlog."
LINK
By the way, the Lazy River argument is tired and inaccurate. The student body voted to assess themselves a fee to update the UREC. The university had no legal authority to use that money for anything else.
LINK
Some have blasted LSU’s spending in a difficult economic climate, but Ballard says the criticism is unfair. In November 2011, after polling on campus, student government members passed a resolution asking for a student recreation fee increase, which went toward this expansion project.
“The funds for the project come directly from the student fee, and can only be used for the project,” Ballard said. “Similar to donations to the university or funds from the state for capital projects, these types of funds can’t be shifted to fill in budget holes or be used in another way. They can only be used for what they were originally designated for.”
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