YSU presidents will have new home on campus

Nice. $4.4 MILLION $$$$. These trustees are in la-la land. It will be a palace that will need 24/7 security to keep thugs out.

The guest room and conference center was a far better idea.

Cut out the allowance and make the new president buy his own house like everyone else.

There has to be someone in this area qualified for the job that wouldn't even need the allowance.

I always thought they should restore it as a hotel. YSU has a hospitality major, students could run it as part of their education. Give them somewhat of an internship.

Sure, there are people that don't need the allowance, but they aren't going to take the job without it because every other relevant college in the US gives the president an allowance or a house.

Why would you work somewhere without it when everywhere else you apply will give it to you?

The article said the president's residence would be on the 2nd floor. What will be on the first floor?

What a collosal waste of money. $4.4 million? Why not build a brand new residence for the president on a different site for, say, $400,000. You know, a bungalow of sorts could be built for that. Or, maybe refurbish the residence area for maybe $100,000, build separation walls to the guest rooms, and convert the guest rooms to dorm rooms for graduate students to be included in their stipend. In addition, I know a building on (or just off) Rayen Ave. (Clingan-Waddell?) was converted to a residence for former President Cocharan and his wife about 15 years ago. I believe it was called Penguin Place and was subsequently sold when Sweet became President.

So the trustees give ACE mebers bonuses for increases in enrollments that they had nothing to do with, except that they wrote it into their contracts. Where do I get a contract like this? Businesses are laying off staff, cutting back on benefits like health care, and contracting but these trustees throw money around like an NBA player in a strip club! Pass it on to the students!

Me? I'm going to sit here and finish my coffee. Yessir, enjoying my coffee.

I'll do the job for $120,000, still live in my existing house in Poland, drive a Chevy Malibu, buy my own Lunch at the MVR, and pay for my own YSU Athletic Season Tickets, while sitting in the "stands". And my first order of business would be to "can" all those kiss-a$$ Board of Trustees that think money grows on trees for the parents that provide the funding for their kids college education.

The YSU trustees just gave the taxpaying public 4.4 million reasons to abolish the YSU Presidency and the YSU Board of Trustees. After all, this is America, and we don't have kings and aristocrats, right?

This seems to be a really uninformed decision
1) First, the YSU / downtown area needs a small hotel - 5 to 10 rooms, to have guests of the university and community stay in the area.
2) Did anybody think that a YSU president may NOT want to live in such an urban area, with little by way of greenspace, access to daily life needs (shopping, dry cleaning, etc...)? A house can be purchased on 5th Avenue that would be cheaper, better condition for move-in, etc., would make more sense.

Why doesn't the chosen YSU President be required to reside in the new upscale $2500/mo. BW3 Luxury Inn and Spa's overlooking the Ronnenburg Brewery and the Avanti Motors Plant, in beautiful Downtown Youngstown that only have a couple tenants? .

Here comes another increase in student fees and tuition. Watch the newspapers. I don't care what the trustees say, tuition will rise.

I am so completely disappointed. YSU had the opportunity to renovate this beautiful, historic property and run it using it's own Hospitality Management program AND they blew it. We need a small hotel or inn of this nature close to the university and downtown for the acts that come into play Powers and Stambaugh and also to host conferences for YSU.

The Nittany Lion Inn in State College makes me so jealous and I just kept thinking that we'd get our Wick-Pollock Inn back someday. Such a great opportunity for the H.M. program wasted.

And like we don't have enough beautiful housing for a President? Come on, there's a great house on Fifth Ave that's in immaculate condition for $150,000. That's one hell of a bargain compared to 4.4 million. Good grief, this is a TERRIBLE decision.

Every entity that spends tax dollars in America is simply out of control. It's like they are playing monopoly and the money just materializes or they can just raise tuition as if there are no consequences to their actions. Another 4.4 million down the drain. Maybe they can give another bonus to the unions for the improved 900 increase in enrollment! Are public employees and the boards that run public entities that blind to reality? They treat our money as if it comes from a bottomless pit.