The StarTribune says today that it's "more than a football stadium" and I suppose they are right. The University of MN is not only building a new stadium - back on campus where it belongs - but this is part of building a better university for the next century.
http://www.startribune.com/561/story/918627.html
It's hard while paying $2,000 per class to swallow some of the spiffy new improvements to campus (and the millions that the fired football & basketball coaches just walked way with) but overall I do believe that excellence begets excellence, and attitude is everything! I appreciate that President Bruiniks has an optimistic vision for the U of MN's future and is making positive things happen.
I wonder where Gen X is in all this. Grad students are mostly commuters with careers and lives off-campus. How many 30- or 40-year-olds were at the last Gopher football game? I went to a Gopher hockey game last week & was impressed by how many 20-year-olds were there, but otherwise felt surrounded by older folks. If nothing else, we're paying a larger share of taxes every year - are we paying attention?
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