We start this blog with a quiz: Can you identify which of these pictures shows Swine engaged in a porcine Feeding Frenzy? Sorry. It was, of course, a trick question. The correct answer is "Both". Five Penn State…
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What will it take to bring Penn State Tuition costs under control? What can/should the PSU Board of Trustees do?
In order to solve any problem, we must first achieve three things:1) Understand the nature of the problem, and the damage it creates.2) Understand the root cause(s) of the problemand3) Be willing to commit to a solution that addresses the…
Video Clips, May 2019 Penn State BOT Meetings: The Eric Barron Museum
The Eric Barron Museum An $85,000,000 burden strapped onto the backs of Penn State Students. To satisfy the ego of an amateur artist, who happens to be the Penn State University Presidente. Brief recap of some key points, for those…
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Quick Summary: PSU Board of Trustees Meeting 5/2/2019
Quick Summary of some of the PSU BOT Actions of 5/2/2019, the day of the PSU BOT Committee Meetings. First, let me just say that when attending these BOT Meetings, I feel like the guy in this commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1owcncKCHg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Q38IqBT8_WRqpJiA4v5jKWDUBE0YZG1R-uhLiT_jlXmpZsWR_tXqWues …
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Penn State’s Board of Trustees: The Black Box of Dysfunctional Governance
Did you miss the last Penn State Board of Trustees "Public" Meeting? Well, if so, here is a transcript (in its entirety): Mark Dambly (after calling the meeting to order): "We have a slate of 13 Consent Agenda…
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Updated Tuition Costs and Educational Quality Comparison: Penn State vs the Big Ten
The new figures are in. Where does Penn State rank among its Big Ten peers with respect to Tuition Costs and Academic Quality? Lets take a look at the numbers. First, let's examine Costs: As one can see from…
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The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: AKA, The PSU Alumni-Elected BOT 2012-2019
With respect to taking on the task of serving as an Alumni-Elected member of the Penn State Board of Trustees, it is not enough – not nearly enough – to have the best of intentions. Nor is it…
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Penn State Leadership: Mark Dambly
Excerpted from "BigTrial.net" by Ralph Cipriano: An expose regarding Penn State Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Dambly: "A Moral Lecture From Mr. Integrity At Penn State, with the trustees' report [INSERT: This reference is to the Penn State Trustees'…
The Latest PSU Dormitory Construction Fiasco… and what it REALLY costs.
What is the real impact of the Mark Dambly led Construction Waste? We have previously discussed several of the bewilderingly-priced Penn State Capital Projects.... And the hits just keep on coming, with the most recent debacle being the…
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PSU Board of Trustees Teleconference: Propaganda wrt Donations to the University. AKA: “How to Fabricate a $263 Million Lie”
How does Penn State claim "record-setting" donations of $362.9 Million - when they actually raised $99 Million? Here is but one of the recent Penn State PR pieces proclaiming last year's "record-setting" donations: https://news.psu.edu/story/527911/2018/07/17/giving/penn-state-raises-record-setting-3629-million-during-2017-18-fiscal From the PSU Press Release: "Between…
