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Date Posted: 09:05:38 07/06/06 Thu
Author: J.J.
Subject: Re: Lobbying effort
In reply to: Keith 's message, "Re: Lobbying effort" on 20:47:52 07/05/06 Wed

You are 100% correct. I remember when I was a student and went to see a CCSU game vs. UConn some years ago at the HCC and about 10 of us CCSU students were in the top row. Just in front of us was a young couple with 2 small children all decked out in UConn gear. They said to us it was great we were all rooting for Central, because at least 1 of them was a CCSU alumn. Where was there Central gear? Why not root for the underdog?

And at a recent UConn football game at the Rent I was sitting behind 3 younger state legislators. Come to find out again at least one of them was a CCSU alumn. I joked and asked where our state funding was after they built this $94 million stadium. He smiled and didn't have an answer.

While I agree some alumni aren't as excited about giving or CCSU support, there seems to be a small group that think like us. Certainly we need to start small with a modest plan to cite the case of underfunding. And bluntly the Administration at CCSU (and the CSU system for that matter) has to make a stronger case for increased funding even if it means a small decrease in UCONN funding. The attitude can no longer bee that UConn funding is sacred and cannot be touched! The recent capital building scandals and mismangement at UConn is a perfect case for us to make that public money could be better spent at CCSU.

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