Coffee Stand

Our beloved Dean of College of Engineering must have a thing with Seattle's Best Coffee. She had apparently decided that there was a need (in the name of students and faculty) for a coffee stand in the northeast side of campus. Without consulting any student organizations, she pressed ahead with her plan and now we have an ugly looking circus tent with a dozen tables and chairs in the atrium of the MSEE building. Steam blew off my nose gasket... when I heard how much she paid for the circus tent..... $55,600! Oh my... oh my... I can open up a Chinese restaurant with only 20 grands. Amazing... considering our Dean is trying to cut 50% of the secretarial staff... cut the number of TAs... and hire an unprecedented number of new faculty members without any increase in resources and funding available to each engineering school. The best of this is that there are already two student lounges in the buildings next door. Those lounges are run by students and for the students. Well... like I said in the previous post... the Dean is trying to build up her resume and move on to a higher position, possibly a presidency in some other school. Her 5-year term is almost over... before it happens, I can't wait for another big achievement during her tenure.