Investigation finds @wrightstate violated state law by purchasing property without prior approval from the State Controlling Board or chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education. https://t.co/e5xyT271JI
Before anyone @ me to say I’m making @wrightstate look bad. No, they’re doing that themselves. I’m merely the friend saying “Hey WSU, why don’t you take a break from punching yourself in the face? You might like it.”
I mean, are we to believe that if @WrightStatePrez and @FecherDoug didn’t want the rec center, they would allow themselves to be overruled by a student vote? Ummmmm, no. They have a PR problem and they’re looking for students to give them cover #ReCreateWright
I don’t doubt that a new rec center could make sense at some point and that there may be real benefits to it. But, there are a few reasons why this whole thing is bizarre and, likely, disingenuous...
Plan calls for “no more than $260 student fee per semester.” Really? When cost overruns for new center happen (and they will), will we stop construction and leave a half finished building? Or will admin raise fees/tuition to finish the thing? Guessing the latter #ReCreateWright
I mean, can you name another expenditure close to this magnitude that @wrightstate has put to student vote? This whole thing is so Admin will have something to tell @MaxFilby to justify expenditure and inevitable cost overruns #ReCreateWright
If students voted for a plan to lower @wrightstate tuition, would the admin go along with that? Two word answer: “Hell” and “No” This is a CYA move by admin for dropping millions $$$$ in the face of screaming poverty and cutting of salaries/benefits #ReCreateWright
This “we’ll build a new rec center if students vote for it!” Is not regular order. Why is @wrightstate abdicating responsibility 4 huge financial liability after it endured a strike (and guaranteed enrollment decimation) because they were screaming poverty? #ReCreateWright