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The University of Wisconsin has plans underway for a new indoor practice facility for the football team. Pricetag is about a quarter billion dollars. Meanwhile, it can't get money to expand the engineering department, even though the school claims it has 2000 qualified applicants and can accept only 1200.

Who has laid out such a misguided strategy? Why, it's the budget-writing committee of the Republican-controlled state Legislature.

 

Good point. I was surprised to learn, however, that women didn't overtake men in the % of the population with a college degree until 2014 (32.0% of women had a college degree to 31.9% of men). Gap has grown to 39.1% to 36.7%.

 

Yes, it’s worth asking whether the University of Oklahoma should be paying for that kind of thing. As in, if students want that kind of education, they can pursue that themselves outside the framework of the University of Oklahoma.

The current president - not the president then - agreed it was a poor use of money.

 

Certainly without spending the equivalent of a head coach and two coordinators on a building that isn't used by a tremendous number of students.
In general, I will say that if an American university can have facilities to run its own programs with its own faculty, the result is a more reliably enjoyed and appreciated and beneficial experience than farming it all out. That's in general. Your mileage may vary.
But the monastery is probably a good example of bloat.

 

https://badgerextra.com/sports/foot...cle_5958af58-0169-11ee-8ba3-a74632d5c5ac.html

The new facility, slated to replace the 67-year-old Camp Randall Sports Center next to the stadium, has been in planning since at least 2019. It picked up speed last year when the UW System and Gov. Tony Evers included the $285 million project in their 2023-25 capital budget proposals.

 

New UW-Madison engineering building in jeopardy after GOP leaves it out of budget

 

I think this is what Marx was talking about with the progression to Super Capitalism; Go Football Team !!! And cut the actual teaching.

 

We in the US re doomed….

 

I was happily unplugged today from about 11 am to 7 pm. Golf, friends and food, phone off and tucked in my bag.

Another firehose of a news day. Not sure there is any other takeaway than the trumplican House is completely dysfunctional and broken. And a fix does not seem apparent.

Who is gonna want that job? They’ll have to meet the same impossible requirements that McCarthy had. And I have no sympathy for that asshole.

The next speaker will have to make a budget deal. And any kind of deal with the democrats means you get fired from your job.

So, the government will just shut down from November to the 2024 election?

Once upon a time, I lamented a “slow news day.”

How foolish that was.

 

Or access to better jobs through training for more technical jobs, whatever they may be. Pipefitting, electrician, internet and computer jobs. It's not about college, or more properly it is only sometimes about it. Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer, the professions, sure. On the other hand, a college education is worthwhile and perfectly appropriate in many other fields. If you work in a hospital there is a direct link between your degrees and your position and salary.

When it comes to more general office work of all types, often a college degree is simple proof that you are a serious enough person to accomplish a four year degree and of sufficient intelligence to do the work required to earn one. It's not a true "requirement" many times. It's a sorting mechanism to narrow the hiring pool to better applicants, at least in theory.

You keep hammering on wealth, and of course wealth makes everything you do easier. My point is that you don't have to make 1%er money to greatly improve your life and health through means far less available to the poor. I live in a state which has not expanded Medicare. Trust me, Joe Lower Middleclass gets far better outcomes, let alone a two income family that's pulling 80k or more, than the poor bastards who depend on Medicare for their health care.

 

The democrats need to hand over a budget that slashed the military and fucks over senior citizens.

Balanced budget.

Sign it.

Fuck you very much.

Or, just ask what percentage do you want the budget reduced by? Then take that exact percentage off of each budget line.
Sign it.
Fuck you very much.

 

That's fine. Doesn't have anything to do with the football practice facility though - or who prioritized it.