Thursday, May 20, 2010

UT considers bulldozing prime green space to ease budget woes

Hoppe reports:
The University of Texas, choked by recession and budget cuts, is considering strategies that could raise money but cost one of its biggest assets: its cachet with the city of Austin.

The proposals involve bulldozing 350 acres of urban green space along the Colorado River where Ben Hogan and Harvey Penick walked the fairways on their way to golf lore; revamping a 30-year-old music room that provided an early stage for Lyle Lovett, Sara Hickman, Natalie Maines and Jason Mraz; and ending popular, noncredit classes in everything from intermediate Spanish to beginning belly dancing.
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