…build new buildings. Yes. This makes TOTAL sense.

On the cover of the George-Anne (the universities newspaper) is the top story of Furloughs. The article talks about how GSU has already taken a 12.5% (equal to 12.5 million dollar) budget cut. There is a quote from Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Teresa Thompson:

What we’re trying to do is [find] what has the least impact on the camps, what makes sense and what people want to do.

What the people want to do, is not be forced to take 3 days off in one month. How can the administrative staff think this is what we want to do? Further on in the article, it states that the last three days will most likely be taken at Spring Break – again, forcing a three days of no-pay in 1 month. It would be much more effective, and must less intrusive to students, if they let each department decide what works for them. Let my area rotate us out, one at a time, once a month. Then it wouldn’t be such a cut to our checks.

As I flip through the rest of the paper, an article, apparently trying to be hid, stands out on the page:

New biology building construction scheduled to begin fall 2010

W. T. F.?!!?!

You can’t pay us, but you can find the money to build a new 120,00 square foot building?! Oh, I am sorry – only 80,000 is assignable…. Right, and it will be environmentally friendly. So that makes it alright. The building itself is supposed to be a learning tool. While I am all for this, I really am, I think they could have picked a better time to announce the project rather then in the same breath they tell us we are being furloughed.

The article says that the building is being funded by State of Georgia Resources. “There have been no substantial funding from private donors.” So, money from the state, despite the state cutting our budget, will be going to a building, not it’s employees. . . .

And I leave you with that rant for today.

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