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\"Akronhouse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It really is interesting how the other half lives, particularly when it comes to the Poo Bahs who rule over our institutions. Their lives are just so\u2026different. I worry about losing my job, because that would be a major problem for me.<\/p>\n

I want to move closer to my university, but it\u2019s a major risk: I\u2019m not exactly paid enough to buy a house near the place, so if I lose my job soon after moving, I\u2019ll be really hurt, financially. It\u2019s a big gamble.<\/p>\n

Poo Bahs don\u2019t worry about such mundane things. I\u2019ve mentioned before how, when a Poo Bah is fired, he gets a fat check no matter how horrible he or she did the job. Over the course of even a wildly incompetent career, a Poo Bah can rake in a $1,000,000 or more just by getting fired repeatedly.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not why Poo Bahs don\u2019t worry about buying a house, because the institution actually provides a house for them. I\u2019ve been to administrative palaces, and these residences are magnificent<\/em>. I grant that I\u2019m not much for interior decorating, my personal style is basically \u201clate 20th<\/sup> century cardboard box\u201d but the interior (and exterior) of an administrative mansion is gorgeous. The reason why these amazing homes are so beautifully decorated is because, like the house, the Poo Bah doesn\u2019t actually pay for it.<\/p>\n

As luck would have it, a Poo Bah\u2019s residence is for sale<\/a>. Let\u2019s look at some of the features these guys get, courtesy of the tax dollars provided via the student loan scam:<\/p>\n

The\u00a07,600-square-foot home\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Wow. Every house\/apartment I\u2019ve lived in my entire life, put together, doesn\u2019t add up to that square footage. Perhaps I haven\u2019t moved around as much as others, but that\u2019s one huge house. The decadence continues:<\/p>\n

five bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half-baths\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

What is wrong<\/em> with these people? Have any of my gentle readers ever lived in a place with more bathrooms than bedrooms, and two half-baths to share? To be in a house where half a dozen people can simultaneously take individual showers is pretty nuts.<\/p>\n

Why is the house on sale? Well, the Poo Bah got into a bit of a scandal, seeing as the university blew nearly $1,000,000 on renovations of the palace. Goodness, I have something of an imagination, but I\u2019m hard pressed to think of how to spend that kind of money, just on decorations. If I ruled over a university and had that much of the university\u2019s money to blow on whatever I wanted, I\u2019d have spent it on scholarships and continued to use a cardboard box as a coffee table\u2026.there I go again, thinking like an educator, it\u2019s probably why I\u2019ll never be a Poo Bah.<\/p>\n

One strange decoration drew particular ire:<\/p>\n

A $556 olive jar in\u00a0Scarborough’s bedroom became a flashpoint for students and employees upset at the cost of renovations at a time when 161 employees lost their jobs.<\/em><\/p>\n

The olive jar is actually a planter (so no actual olives\u2014I could see the cost justified if filled with olives, I guess). The planter is dun and not covered in gold foil or anything<\/a>. I\u2019ve seen the like at Wal-Mart for around 1\/10 of the price\u2026and I still can\u2019t justify spending my own money on such a thing. I get by with cardboard boxes well enough.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the scandal of tossing such a huge sum of money away while over a hundred employees had to be fired for lack of money, among other issues, caused the Poo Bah to resign in disgrace, but no, the gentle readers need not feel much in the way of pity. As always, a golden parachute awaits the Poo Bah:<\/p>\n

a contractual buyout of about a year’s salary – $450,000.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Hey, want to be ticked off some more? That $450,000 award for being fired comes after less than<\/em> two years<\/em> of \u201cservice.\u201d It must be so sweet living the lives of the 1%. I\u2019ve put a decade into an institution and got nothing on the way out, and I suspect many of my readers get the same treatment. Did I mention this is at a public university? Our students are going into debt for this<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As Poo Bah you get the use of a free house, luxuriously renovated, and a half-million dollar check when you\u2019re fired. Just do that every two years, and you\u2019d be pretty set after a handful of years, right?<\/p>\n

Once a Poo Bah moves out, a new Poo Bah comes in. Mercifully, this institution did things a bit differently:<\/p>\n

This time around, the school has not hired a search firm, and it also hadn\u2019t started a national search<\/em><\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing how things work for these guys. The university actually hires a search firm (paying tens of thousands of dollars) to get candidates, and makes a national search to find \u201cthe right person.\u201d After the list of names is put together, a bunch of 6-figure administrators spend a great deal of time in interviews and parties deciding who will be the best. Then the new Poo Bah is anointed.<\/p>\n

And time and again, these guys get fired after a handful of years, grabbing a golden parachute on the way out.<\/p>\n

The university this time decided to be clever (amazing!) and hire someone besides another wandering plunderer who\u2019ll ride off in a few years, saddlebags stuffed with loot. This time they decided to pick someone from inside the institution. I hope it works out; at least there\u2019s some reason to believe it\u2019ll be someone who actually cares a little for the place.<\/p>\n

Too bad most administrative positions aren\u2019t normally chosen so sanely.<\/p>\n

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