Student Union Construction.

[CajunRebel]

It just occurred to me how funny it is that the admin could move ahead with these renovation and construction projects without the campus aster plan having been finished down to the last t being crossed and the last I dotted but we couldn't move ahead with the much needed and long promised new weight room until every last detail of the athletic plan is completed.

The Student Union is already paid for through student fees. The athletic projects aren't.

[Just1More]

The Student Union is already paid for through student fees. The athletic projects aren't.

The student fees weren't voted/passed prior to the construction.

[nathancpike]

Student have been paying for this new union for more than ten years now through three different student fees.

[Hammer58]

The Student Union is already paid for through student fees. The athletic projects aren't.

Let me refresh your memory. The admin claimed the weight room funds were in hand from private donations over a year ago. There were several discussions on this board about its location, layout and start date. Unlike the union and other academic projects, this has been delayed by the admin.

And since you bring up funds, maybe if RCAF had not been required to you use $1 million of its funds to make up for disproportionate cuts to athletics by T-Joe the weight room and other projects would be underway.

Do you ever get tired of making excuses for the admin? Or is that part of the deal to get printing contracts from the university?

[HelmutVII]

No photographs today as it is raining pretty hard this afternoon. Not much progress this past week because it rained almost every every day. As far as photos or renderings I don't have any and since they have not been made public yet, I don't think they will be. The only thing I can say is that the middle section of the new building will be brought closer to McKinley Street the renovations will be made to the Ball room and Bookstore areas and an addition will be made from the bookstore to where Guillory Hall is ano for a new food service wing. Guillory, Old Corona and old Olivier Halls (the original old student union buildings build ion the late 1950's commonly referred to as the "eyesores buildings) wil be demolished. A plaza area will be built where Guillory Hall is now and landscaping will be placed where old Corona Hall and old Olivier Hall are now.

[Just1More]

Student have been paying for this new union for more than ten years now through three different student fees.

True. I was thinking only of the most recent.

[CajunRebel]

Let me refresh your memory. The admin claimed the weight room funds were in hand from private donations over a year ago. There were several discussions on this board about its location, layout and start date. Unlike the union and other academic projects, this has been delayed by the admin.

And since you bring up funds, maybe if RCAF had not been required to you use $1 million of its funds to make up for disproportionate cuts to athletics by T-Joe the weight room and other projects would be underway.

Do you ever get tired of making excuses for the admin? Or is that part of the deal to get printing contracts from the university?

I made an excuse in this thread???

I don't know what the real reason is but here's my guess if the money is actually there. It's my understanding that a Cajun Field renovation will include a new athletic complex/weight room built in to it. They may not want to spend all that money on a new weight room if the entire complex is slated to be torn down and replaced as part of the master plan. That's just my guess but who knows? If you donated to the project I would recommend emailing Farmer to ask him why nothing has been done with your money. If you didn't donate then I don't think you have much reason to care how other people's money is spent.

You're right though. The cuts were definitely disproportionate. Academics has been cut way more than athletics has. Academics has been cut 49% since 2008. Athletic subsidies have only been cut about 15% (about 1 million taken from about 6 million.) I think that's more than fair after losing 49% of your subsidy.

[CajunRebel]

The student fees weren't voted/passed prior to the construction.

Yeah the Student Union fees were passed back around 04 I think. Trust me I remember voting for it voted for it and I really remember paying for it.

[Hammer58]

I made an excuse in this thread???

I don't know what the real reason is but here's my guess if the money is actually there. It's my understanding that a Cajun Field renovation will include a new athletic complex/weight room built in to it. They may not want to spend all that money on a new weight room if the entire complex is slated to be torn down and replaced as part of the master plan. That's just my guess but who knows? If you donated to the project I would recommend emailing Farmer to ask him why nothing has been done with your money. If you didn't donate then I don't think you have much reason to care how other people's money is spent.

You're right though. The cuts were definitely disproportionate. Academics has been cut way more than athletics has. Academics has been cut 49% since 2008. Athletic subsidies have only been cut about 15% (about 1 million taken from about 6 million.) I think that's more than fair after losing 49% of your subsidy.

More defense of the admin. Athletics has taken a hit every year along with academics. Your numbers smell of the area from which you produced them.

As for my right to complain, I give to athletics therefore I have an interest in what the admin does with that money as does everyone else here who gives.

[LaGrid]

You're right though. The cuts were definitely disproportionate. Academics has been cut way more than athletics has. Academics has been cut 49% since 2008. Athletic subsidies have only been cut about 15% (about 1 million taken from about 6 million.) I think that's more than fair after losing 49% of your subsidy.

I don't know anything about anything but I was told a while back by someone at Martin Hall "UL-Lafayette has never maxed out" a little over 3 million was the number I was given. So when I heard Savoie took a 1 million my mind went to 2 million total.

[cajun4life]

It just occurred to me how funny it is that the admin could move ahead with these renovation and construction projects without the campus aster plan having been finished down to the last t being crossed and the last I dotted but we couldn't move ahead with the much needed and long promised new weight room until every last detail of the athletic plan is completed.

Hammer the fee for this project was voted on during the '98 or '99 semester as I took part in the vote. The credit for this project goes to the Fossil and the students.

[cajun4life]

I made an excuse in this thread???

I don't know what the real reason is but here's my guess if the money is actually there. It's my understanding that a Cajun Field renovation will include a new athletic complex/weight room built in to it. They may not want to spend all that money on a new weight room if the entire complex is slated to be torn down and replaced as part of the master plan. That's just my guess but who knows? If you donated to the project I would recommend emailing Farmer to ask him why nothing has been done with your money. If you didn't donate then I don't think you have much reason to care how other people's money is spent.

You're right though. The cuts were definitely disproportionate. Academics has been cut way more than athletics has. Academics has been cut 49% since 2008. Athletic subsidies have only been cut about 15% (about 1 million taken from about 6 million.) I think that's more than fair after losing 49% of your subsidy.

Yet, the most visible marketing tool for a university is athletics. Just go ahead and look at the application increases when UL has been successful in athletics compared to when we were not.

Hell, LSU athletics offsets many of the cuts towards academics because they are able to be fully funded and make money for the university. But, we don't want to be like LSU anyway, you know that Tier I university right down the road with an enrollment over 30,000.