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per the Duluth News Tribune:
The University of Minnesota's request to bump up its state funding $147 million comes at a tough time.
The big university news over the past few weeks has been a football scandal, easily topping the team's Holiday Bowl victory. With that fresh in Minnesotans' minds, university officials are hitting up the Legislature for more money.
"It doesn't help," said Jennifer Schultz, a Duluth legislator and University of Minnesota Duluth professor. "Timing wise, it is really bad to get when these fires happen. And we have really had a lot of fires."
The football scandal involved some players allegedly sexually assaulting a women. It came months after allegations revolving around sale and use of drugs by wrestlers.
"I think they are going to want to hear how it is being handled," Chairman Bud Nornes, R-Fergus Falls, said about lawmakers.
"To the public, it appears they are very, very generous with how they pay people," added Nornes, chairman of the House Higher Education Committee. "The public is sensitive to that because nobody is getting paid anywhere close to what they are paying coaches."
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4196411-could-gopher-football-scandal-block-university-budget
Go Gophers!!
The University of Minnesota's request to bump up its state funding $147 million comes at a tough time.
The big university news over the past few weeks has been a football scandal, easily topping the team's Holiday Bowl victory. With that fresh in Minnesotans' minds, university officials are hitting up the Legislature for more money.
"It doesn't help," said Jennifer Schultz, a Duluth legislator and University of Minnesota Duluth professor. "Timing wise, it is really bad to get when these fires happen. And we have really had a lot of fires."
The football scandal involved some players allegedly sexually assaulting a women. It came months after allegations revolving around sale and use of drugs by wrestlers.
"I think they are going to want to hear how it is being handled," Chairman Bud Nornes, R-Fergus Falls, said about lawmakers.
"To the public, it appears they are very, very generous with how they pay people," added Nornes, chairman of the House Higher Education Committee. "The public is sensitive to that because nobody is getting paid anywhere close to what they are paying coaches."
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4196411-could-gopher-football-scandal-block-university-budget
Go Gophers!!