[Tax-chick]

I usually agree with Mike - and he’s a cutie-pie, too! - but this column doesn’t make sense. Why should any conservative donate a significant amount to an ultra-liberal STATE university? Going to college there, if they have a program that you really want, is reasonable. UNC-Wilmington, batty as it is, has a highly-regarded Marine Biology program, for example.

An alumnus might make contributions for sentimental reasons. An extremely wealthy donor might buy a building or a sports team. However, affecting the ideological bent of a state institution is so improbable as to be not even worth discussing.

[Kaslin]

Yes it does, read the first paragraph

[Calvin Locke]

Doesn't matter if strings are attached. In a case involving Princeton, some person/family donated $25M for a Western Civilization chair.

The president of Princeton, a Canadian woman, didn't used the money fund everything but the gift was for.

I don't remember the details, but Princeton may have had to give the money back.