Double Standard

Obviously there are countless non-essential programs that should be cut. Doing so will not, however, free monies then to be applied to programs fundamental to education. Much of the problem is rooted in the highly-restricted fashion the college has been soliciting donations. If my memory serves me correctly, something like 70-80% of the endowment monies are restricted-use, as are the incomes from such donations; as such, cutting the programs they support would have no effect on the general situation other than ridding us of lesser absurdities. Bizarrely, the college generally honors the intent of living donors, while it apparently harbors no reservations over misappropriating funds left by dead donors.