<![CDATA[Chapman resigns]]>http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/256289/

Good... I was wondering how long this (or him getting fired) was gonna take after all that stuff he's done lately has came out...

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StangerBanger96;291841 wrote:
Wellness center is already too small for the amount of people that use it. Even at 11AM it's crowded, I can only imagine how shitty it would be around 5-9PM.

that sucks, was such a nice place when it first opened.. wasnt all that busy either when i was there...

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bubba;291688 wrote:
the union is a joke... $22 million... it's not even that great...

did like the wellness center, best work out place i've ever been to...

Wellness center is already too small for the amount of people that use it. Even at 11AM it's crowded, I can only imagine how shitty it would be around 5-9PM.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280235https://fargostreet.com/post/280235Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:31:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:09:18 GMT]]>No Bid Gov't work happens in IT as well, however there is definitely a bidding process to get listed on the state contract... At least from an IT standpoint we are the approved vendor for Brand X and must sell @ 41 off of list.... I'd imagine other industries do things similarly..

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280187https://fargostreet.com/post/280187Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:09:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:30:12 GMT]]>I can assure you with SimplexGrinnell there were no kickbacks...last guy that tried that got canned and took 1/2 the office out with him. They aren't even allowed to bring donuts to meetings on public bid projects anymore.

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Trafik Jamz;291706 wrote:
The worst part about it (like you and I have talked about before Chris) is that a lot of it was no bid gov't work. IDK how the hell they get away with it, but HUGE portions of the work never have a competitive bid to go with them (Fire & Security for example....SimplexGrinnell never has competition as everyone else is excluded from bidding, I know for a fact that those projects go out at 40pts profit margin, and never mind what happens with change-orders...)

it's called kickbacks... i'm sure he was banking from giving certain companies the deal...

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MisterCMK;291684 wrote:
I find it funny that people actually think that a government project (especially any construction project undertaken by NDSU) will come in on time and at or under budget. Look at how long it took for them to complete the additions to the Memorial Union and the Wellness Center.

The worst part about it (like you and I have talked about before Chris) is that a lot of it was no bid gov't work. IDK how the hell they get away with it, but HUGE portions of the work never have a competitive bid to go with them (Fire & Security for example....SimplexGrinnell never has competition as everyone else is excluded from bidding, I know for a fact that those projects go out at 40pts profit margin, and never mind what happens with change-orders...)

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MisterCMK;291691 wrote:
The union ended up costing $22 million? Yikes!

I still don't understand the university's logic in buying all of the downtown buildings when they have plenty of space right on campus. The architecture building I can justify as it kind of goes along with the theme of the program. However, the business building and I think there was another one is silly. They have to spend money to gut, renovate and bring those buildings up to code. They also have to spend more on personnel costs to maintain the IT stuff, building maintenance, etc. Now consider that they are going to have to run more busses to get students down there and back. Stupid IMO.

agreed... that and it's just a huge hassle for students...

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bubba;291688 wrote:
the union is a joke... $22 million... it's not even that great...

did like the wellness center, best work out place i've ever been to...

The union ended up costing $22 million? Yikes!

I still don't understand the university's logic in buying all of the downtown buildings when they have plenty of space right on campus. The architecture building I can justify as it kind of goes along with the theme of the program. However, the business building and I think there was another one is silly. They have to spend money to gut, renovate and bring those buildings up to code. They also have to spend more on personnel costs to maintain the IT stuff, building maintenance, etc. Now consider that they are going to have to run more busses to get students down there and back. Stupid IMO.

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MisterCMK;291684 wrote:
I find it funny that people actually think that a government project (especially any construction project undertaken by NDSU) will come in on time and at or under budget. Look at how long it took for them to complete the additions to the Memorial Union and the Wellness Center.

the union is a joke... $22 million... it's not even that great...

did like the wellness center, best work out place i've ever been to...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280082https://fargostreet.com/post/280082Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:45:20 GMT]]>I find it funny that people actually think that a government project (especially any construction project undertaken by NDSU) will come in on time and at or under budget. Look at how long it took for them to complete the additions to the Memorial Union and the Wellness Center.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280078https://fargostreet.com/post/280078Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:45:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:07:42 GMT]]>He is not a bad guy. The house is not his, it belongs to NDSU and he will not be living there. The 22k and 50k salary are pretty ridiculous though.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280074https://fargostreet.com/post/280074Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:07:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:02:39 GMT]]>People that say he helped ndsu grow so many students, well fargo had a big growth spirt during that time, which most likely caused the amount of students to go up

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280073https://fargostreet.com/post/280073Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:02:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:02:10 GMT]]>damn... for $2 million, the dorms woulda been a hell of a lot nicer... like maybe showers that weren't freezing cold half the time, other stuff not falling apart, and possibly the basements not flooding every time we had a decent rain...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280051https://fargostreet.com/post/280051Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:02:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:24 GMT]]>I understand that enrollment is an all time high, yada yada...but honestly, what did HE do personally that any President wouldn't have? I mean I have never met a single soul on campus that went there because of something he directly did.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280021https://fargostreet.com/post/280021Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:55:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:35:30 GMT]]>Whatever mistakes he may have made, he did good things for NDSU period.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/280020https://fargostreet.com/post/280020Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:35:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:38 GMT]]>He gave his wife a 50,000 dollar salary using the NDSU foundation

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/256289/group//

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/279975https://fargostreet.com/post/279975Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:15 GMT]]>Wasn't that $22,XXX worth of 'donations' for NDSU? Which instead of getting something for the campus or w/e....trip to Washington for my family. Sweet.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/279974https://fargostreet.com/post/279974Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:01:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:57:09 GMT]]>They went through the whole thing today in depth today with joel heitkamp. There is alot more too it than just the house.

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DelSlow;291563 wrote:
Here is $900,000 to build a house....what $2 Million? Ok.

I'm pretty sure there were private donations to build the house...no? If so, who gives a shit? If someone wants to donate money specifically for the house, why the hell would you spend it on anything else unless you want to make sure that person never donates any money again. If they used it against authority, then fine, shame on them, but I think theres more to it than that.

It's like the subject everyone always brings up about athletics over academics...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/279967https://fargostreet.com/post/279967Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:49:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:43:19 GMT]]>So what exactly were the bad things that he did. I'm seriously just asking because I don't know.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/279964https://fargostreet.com/post/279964Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:43:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:43:07 GMT]]>Donka Torbert

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DelSlow;291563 wrote:
Here is <u>$900,000</u> to build a house....what $2 Million? Ok.

fixt

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/279959https://fargostreet.com/post/279959Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:39:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:33:02 GMT]]>Here is $90,000 to build a house....what $2 Million? Ok.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/279957https://fargostreet.com/post/279957Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:33:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chapman resigns on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:22:51 GMT]]>the news of this made my day aswell

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