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kyle

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  1. All you need to do to make this quote more representative of reality is replace "boldness" with "arrogance". Using PUF money, to which UH doesn't have access, to buy land in Houston under the guise of a "research hub" without the knowledge, much less approval, of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, only to admit that this "research hub" will offer undergraduate and graduate courses (which sounds a lot more like a university than a "research hub"-- whatever that term is supposed to mean) sounds about par for the course for "TEXAS". Never mind the fact that the PUF can in no way fund the construction of buildings/labs, the hiring of faculty/staff/researchers, nor the ongoing operations of a 300 acre university, which means that "TEXAS" will be going to the State for new, ongoing funding for this redundant, ego-inflating project of theirs. Where does that money come from? Yeah... it's astounding alright.
  2. No, it's not proportional to the surrounding tax base. Otherwise the state flagship universities (UT/TAMU) would not be located in Austin and College Station.
  3. UH has raised over $100 million per year in private donations for the last 5 or so years in a row. Most likely less than UT/TAMU, but more than almost every other school in the state except perhaps TTU, who probably raises a similar amount. The total budget of UH is ~$1 billion per year, if I recall correctly.
  4. This isn't like United vs. Southwest. This would be like GE creating 2 subsidiaries that operate in the exact same industry and then locating both subsidiaries' headquarters in the same city. And then giving one subsidiary a 5 times larger budget. UH and UT are essentially owned by the same parent company, i.e., the state. And both institutions' funding comes from the same pie. Instead of "wanting to get UT even more" because they have better funding, the solution is much more simple, just have the state give UH better funding.
  5. They should just put it by TSU-- since TSU will be playing in the stadium too. I'd love to see several acres of land by TSU turned into a stadium and parking lots!
  6. I agree it's super ugly, but it's supposed to be made of brick and limestone, which you cant tell from the rendering-- so maybe it'll turn out better than it looks. I think the point is just to get more kids on campus as fast (and as cheap) as possible and not worry about the looks for now.
  7. Well, basically the goal is to have enough housing for 25% of the campus population, which is apparently what's necessary to be designated a residential campus. Which means the goal is for 11,000 beds, since enrollment is expected to grow to 40k+ or so.
  8. great idea. doesn't seem like one they're willing to consider though, for whatever reason.
  9. costing the city revenue or costing the dynamo revenue? um, the rockets don't bring global attention to houston? have you seen their website? The rockets - milwaukee regular season game got more views than a superbowl because of china. china is a little bit more influential than mexico.
  10. i just want someone to explain to me why the dynamo "deserve" a new stadium, especially with help from the city. unlike the dynamo, which is a privately owned company, UH is a public institution that educates thousands of houston's children, supplies thousands of graduates to the houston workforce, and injects 3 billion annually into the houston economy. meanwhile, there has been countless academic research proving that pro sports teams do nothing for their surrounding economies. but the dynamo Deserve public money for a new stadium, millions of dollars. somehow though, UH can't even get the city to re-pave cullen blvd...
  11. it would be nice if they could put the stadium in the 3rd ward. they'd have room for huge parking lot, a dozen practice/league fields, etc. be nice to also include a regular park there too.
  12. is this garage going to be on the same side of calhoun as bauer/new grad housing or is it going to be on the other side of calhoun where there's supposed to be more housing in the future?
  13. what is that "tarp" or mosquito-net-looking stuff covering a lot of the building? that's the ugly part, and its been there for several years. i thought it was an abandoned building or something by the way it looks. the architecture is nice, but it just looks in disrepair.
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