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jwhouk:
That would go under the category of "bad timing of press releases."
cesium133:
And on top of that later in the day today they announced a $300 million renovation project for the football stadium.
edit -- correction: $370 million.
Papersatan:
I went to a "big 10" school and our athletics budget was crazy (our football coach makes >2 million a year for one thing) but it is all self funded. Tuition does not pay for athletics, and the department actually run a surplus. Though, there are plenty of arguments about if they are solvent enough to weather a bad season, a lot of their budget depends on the sale of football tickets, and they can charge a lot for them as long as the team is up... (Student tickets are $280 a season and depending on the game non-student tickets can go for $200 each plus people "donate" to be able to buy them early).
I've had discussions with sports fans on campus who point out that in addition to funding themselves, the big sports, like football, also make it possible for the non lucrative sports, like track and field or field hockey, to be well funded and offer scholarships.
I'm not sure that it's the case at other schools, but it seems likely that is would be.
Metope:
My school is creating bursaries for us so that we can continue our artistic practice! From October through February we'll be getting £315 for living costs per week for 15 weeks, they will arrange studio spaces for us as well as 30 hours of tutor guidance, and up to £1000 in material costs. Everyone who applies is guaranteed to get this. And the best part is that they'll even arrange it for people like me who won't be living I Glasgow, so they'll either talk to an art school in Oslo and place me there, or I'll find a studio for myself and they'll fund it (I might actually have a studio already). This is so incredible! I was just planning on finding a full time job because I need to save money, but this way I can have a part time job, spend a lot of time in the studio and still have more money than I'd get from the job if it was full time. At the end of the 15 weeks we'll have an exhibition in Glasgow, I'm so happy!
Method of Madness:
That's wonderful news!
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