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The majority operate at a loss, but many, including UF, do make money.

Maybe, maybe not. Take the case of the University of Nike^h^h^h^h Oregon, which is another one of the few that claims to make money. Turns out it actually operates on all kinds of hidden subsidies from academics. Athletics also costs academics in other ways, such as channeling donations away. It would not shock me at all if these hidden costs also apply at Florida and other schools that claim to make money.

"First your state develops that absurd vehicle mileage tax system that was discussed yesterday"

Wrong. A guy from district 3 is looking at alternative to a gas tax to help recoup loss from improved gas mileage. NO one has develod, implemented or OK'd any such system.

Bzzt. You may want to check the history on the proposal. In fact, such a system was already "developed, implemented and OK'd" in Portland. From http://www.dailyemerald.com/news/ore-rep-floats-mileage-fee-to-replace-gas-tax-1.236118:

"This type of pilot program has already been tested in Oregon, along with a few other states. In November 2007, 260 Portland residents volunteered to have a mileage-tracking device installed in their cars as a VMT [Vehicle Mileage Tax] program trial run."

As the linked article notes, there were tracking issues because it was limited to the state of Oregon and had limited funds; the point of the new proposal is to expand the trial program nationwide so that folks can be tracked (purely for accounting purposes, of course) across state borders. From time to time, it throws out something stupid, too.

That being said, you're right about it not being the entire state of Oregon that has gone mental. Most folks in my home state are good people, whether they're raving liberal city-dwellers or raving conservatives from everywhere else. Oregon has a long history of being very progressive, from beverage container recycling laws to "death with dignity" (assisted suicide).

Tenure will give him some protection. But his university has a history of retaliating against whistleblowers. Considering that he has been using the public-records laws to ask hard questions about administrators, I'd say yeah, he's putting himself on the line to do this.

It's sort of like when basketball players take ballet, they generally don't throw a pirouette into their layup routine, but the discipline pays off in transferable skills such as grace and injury avoidance.

Bigger bombs make bigger explosions.

Bigger lead weights are heavier.

Student leaders break promises.

Back to the topic at hand: Seriously... does this come as a surprise?

More brain volume = more neurons.
More neurons = more capacity for thinking/memory/etc.

Note: Having a big head is not the same as having a big brain. There are a lot of people on Slashdot that are definitely in the former category, but not in the latter category.

Sorry, forgot to post URL for final example.

http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/20 04/06/07/40c498c06de48

Most college newspapers are not owned by their respective universities, but are usually entities funded by the student body.

For example, the Oregon Daily Emerald at the University of Oregon is an independent paper funded in part by the student body. Ad revenue makes up the rest. Being independant relieves them of the obligations that a state-published paper would be under.

That doesn't make the behavior of the student at Brown any better, though. Removing *all* of the newspapers is usually considered theft.


Send lawyers, guns and money. The shit has hit the fan.