By: The Real Ohio State, Inc (tm)

The Real Ohio State, Inc (tm)
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 16:05:32 +0000

I just wish that Ohio State would have the courage one time and declare that their motivation for some action was that they wanted more money. It would be refreshing.

This is just another example of the plutocracy that Ohio State has become. A couple posters above mention core functions, which is an interesting and necessary point to bring up.

“Core functions” are just a red herring, intended to throw people off the trail. Football makes $$. Campus Partners makes $$ (at least in the short-term, and that may be all that matters). Traffic and Parking’s duties could be done cheaper by a private firm, so it’s been privatized. Utilities will be the same. If someone else can do it cheaper, that will happen.

In the meantime, OSU drifts further away from looking like a public institution, which may have been the plan all along. Tom brings up a good point about the high rents. Who can afford such rents? This is about accessibility to higher education.

I’m glad South Campus has largely fallen on its face, and I am hoping for more of the same with this project. I hope it’s a spectacular failure that causes people to stop and question the purpose of cabals like Campus Partners and makes people wonder why Ohio State is a major player in such an organization.