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> David Boren Undermines Investigation of University of Oklahoma Bomb

4 October 2005, 23:00

Michael,

I understand your points regarding the bond issue and I actually tried to look at the documents but could not read them on my 19 inch monitor. (must be going blind)

If I remember correctly, when I worked at the athletic department in the late 80’s, the athletic department bailed out the university general fund because of the declining state revenues (read university funding) caused by the oil bust.

I agree with your points on Boren. I have never, nor do I currently believe that Boren has an ounce of leadership in his body. Just remember the "new policy" he came up with in August that all incoming freshmen, including those from Norman, must live in the dorms. How stupid is that one? The average family income in Oklahoma is probably around $40,000 or less. It will cost around $8,000 for housing and a meal plan for a year. Therefore, he wanted to raise the cost of going to college for metro students by 20% of the average FAMILY income!

I also agree that he raises tuition unnecessarily due to the lame excuse that we have the lowest costs in the Big 12. The part he’s missing is that we have the lowest average income for the Big 12 and our costs for college should be lower.

One other random thought, since when should college costs be tied to athletic conferences?

Sorry for the rant!
College of Business Graduate