From charlo@u.washington.edu Mon Feb 6 15:26:00 PST 1995 >From charlo@u.washington.edu Mon Feb 6 15:25:58 1995 Return-Path: Received: from homer17.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA22897; Mon, 6 Feb 95 15:25:58 -0800 Received: by homer17.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA58927; Mon, 6 Feb 95 15:25:56 -0800 X-Sender: charlo@homer17.u.washington.edu Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:25:55 -0800 (PST) From: Charlotte Wallace To: slavic-uw@u.washington.edu Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: questions for Gerberding In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII It is crazy! Charlotte Wallace Slavic Department, DP-32 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-6848 On Fri, 3 Feb 1995, James West wrote: > The football program is to all intents and purposes independent of the > state funding of the UW, and is not a part of this picture - nothing could > legally be transferred from it even the football types had a sudden fit of > largesse towards the academic programs. Money for stadium building tends > to come from groups like the Tyees. Even more oddly, the capital budget is > independent of the operation budget, and the university always winds up > building buildings while it cuts programs - the building process was set > in motion years ago and the funds, raised usually by bond issues, sit in > coffers that cannot legally be touched for any other purpose. Sounds > crazy, but that's how it works. The football millions and the brand new > science buildings and the stadium plans may be galling, but they not a > meaningful target. > > > On Fri, 3 Feb 1995, Muhammad Thompson wrote: > > > It may be true that the football program pays for all he other athletic > > activities at the UW, but at a time of so many financial constraints, > > shouldn't the more frivolous pursuits be axed or downsized before the > > academic ones? Perhaps alumni should be educated that the excellence of a > > univerity is not in its sports program but in the quality > > of the educational opportunities it provides. I admit that I don't > > really know how the sports programs are funded at Universityof > > Washington, but if they come from our general operating budget, I for > > one think they should be the first to go. By the way, where does the 20 > > million that I hear may be spent on a new IMA come from? I'd appreciate > > any ilumination on these issues anyone might be willing to give. > > > > Muhammad Thompson > > > > On Fri, 3 > > Feb 1995, Michele Anciaux wrote: > > > > > I've often been tempted to attack the football program, but I understand > > > it pays for virtually all the rest of the athletic program at the > > > UW. Alas, it's probably also a major drawing point for support from the > > > alumni. (And I've never even been to a football game.) > > > > > > On Tue, 31 Jan 1995, Galya Diment wrote: > > > > > > > If you want to annoy him further, you can always ask him about the > > > > football program and how it's central to the mission of this university. > > > > He also sees red when you ask him whether it is their position in CENTRAL > > > > Europe that makes Romance and Germanics more "central" than Slavic. But > > > > we should probably keep other departments out of it... > > > > > > > > > > .