A la Carte override

In an editorial, the Standard Times recently advocated an override menu for Dartmouth. I was reminded of a story that I know about just such a plan. The air force was building a new base and had completed the enlisted men's club, the NCO club, officer's club, the golf course, the gym, and the food court. Then they ran out of money before the runway was built. Why, I asked, didn't they build the runway first? Well, came the reply, we know we can get money to finish the runway, but probably could not for the golf course. Which item do you think will make the override menu, the runway or the golf course? My bet would be the runway. More importantly though, this demonstrates the lack of leadership that Dartmouth suffers from. Rather than make hard decisions to put our fiscal house in order, our leaders and administrators will try to foist it off on the voters.

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