The Sicatoka

"The flood" was the first given rationale for the NDSU cost overruns. What's happened to that? Can't find it anywhere anymore ...

"They gave me a credit card and unfettered access to alumni cash. Lots of cash, for my wife too! What's a guy to do?" <The preceding caption is fictional, but more than believeable.>

That's the only logical reason I can see behind the NDSU Foundation putting all of this on display. They have turned over all the documents that show the actions that triggered willful and knowing violations of state law. Effectively, they've turned "state's evidence"

C'mon, this is so easy that it hurts. Someone has to have figured it out.

CMU only has to gain approval of 1 (geographically nearest) of the 5 Chippewa/Ojibwa/Anishinabe tribes in Michigan per the NCAA.

You don't. I do. From p 47 of 75, indexed as "February 2008" (Note: At this point the Chapmans are living in a temporary residence in Fargo's Osgood subdivision during construction.)

redwing: I'm suspicious that Whistler is pretty close with this query. I say that because: It'd be interesting to see if that catering for seder shows up on any of those credit card histories.

Since no one has answered the question so far, I will. Yes. He did. Knowingly and willfully violating a legislated spending appropriation is a violation of the North Dakota Century Code (that's state law for those of you unfamiliar with ND law). That is why budget committee legislators have used the phrase "criminal investigation". Oh, if your number is off, there is a process to "fix" it and it's pretty simple. However, that process does not involve ignoring the appropriated limit and doing whatever you want. This is an email from State Sen. John Andrist posted at Bisonville. Here are his concerns:

Don't tell us. Tell the NDSU Foundation board. Tell Barry Batchellor, the chair of that board. They're the ones who cut off Joe's mad-money slush fund, not us, not UND. Allow me to ask again: Why did the NDSU Foundation willingly put out all of the details of elaborate spending when they as a private organization are not required to?

Scott, Scott, Scott, ... that's the $50,000 restroom to go with the $400,000 in landscaping at the new NDSU president's residence.

No, more importantly, will Vern allow unfettered access to cash and provide a salary for the missus?

Who started this? A group of NDSU alumni, namely, the NDSU Foundation. How? They closed the open spigot of money during a meeting during NDSU's homecoming week. Why? Money is tight and they probably started to question where some of it was going. Like what? Say ... - $1,000,000.00 cost overrun on a new president's house - $50,000.00 per year (no-show) job for president's wife - $83,000.00 average annual expenses by the president paid from open NDSU Development Foundation account, and the clincher, - $22,000.00 (boondoggle?) trip to Washington, DC, taking the whole family on private charter. But isn't all that NDSU Foundation money private money? Yes, it is. But they rely on private donors who expect accountability from the Foundation. Lose the accountability, lose the donors. So why'd they release all of this information to the press? Isn't the NDSU Foundation private? They don't have to do open records. Ah, there's the key question: Why *did* the NDSU Foundation willingly put all of this dirty laundry out to the media.

Who started this? A group of NDSU alumni, namely, the NDSU Foundation. How? They closed the open spigot of money during a meeting during NDSU's homecoming week. Why? Money is tight and they probably started to question where some of it was going. Like what? Say ... - $1,000,000.00 cost overrun on a new president's house - $50,000.00 per year (no-show) job for president's wife - $83,000.00 average annual expenses by the president paid from open NDSU Development Foundation account, and the clincher, - $22,000.00 (boondoggle?) trip to Washington, DC, taking the whole family on private charter. But isn't all that NDSU Foundation money private money? Yes, it is. But they rely on private donors who expect accountability from the Foundation. Lose the accountability, lose the donors. So why'd they release all of this information to the press? Isn't the NDSU Foundation private? They don't have to do open records. Ah, there's the key question: Why *did* the NDSU Foundation willingly put all of this dirty laundry out to the media.

I'd rather be an affiliate member of a Big Ten Hockey Conference (even if it cost the moniker, and they probably won't play us non-conference with it) than left behind with Bemidji State and the rest. In closing, what "mksioux" said:

Heck, it's never fun when they take your play-money away. http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/137168/

All of this termoil, ... and a lame-duck president too. Brilliant!

I'd go with Shawn-O and guess "Alumni Development & Ops". (It is the biggest chunk. ) Does anyone know what kind of plane NDSU owns? Does anyone know what kind of plane Chapman chartered instead? Here's the Fargo Jet Center stable: http://www.fargojet.com/flight_operations/the_fleet.php (I'm willing to bet Chapman upgraded from what NDSU owns and took the Citation SII to DC to make a splash. Any takers?)

Why'd the theme music to the old TV show "Dragnet" just run in my head? ... bah, ba-dump-bump, ... bah, ba-dump-bump-baaaaaaaaaah ... "The story you're about to hear is true, ... " ... we'd have changed the names to protect the innocent, but there aren't any.

Didn't happen, so we'll never know.

Chapman's discretionary fund (and remember, this is what he's spending beyond his $300+k salary plus the $75k from NDSU Foundation, and the $50k "no show" job the NDSU Foundation has for Mrs. Chapman) ...

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/137045/

One president charters; the other flies commerical. Now, which one is the president of the absolute best collegiate flight program on earth, with the largest private aircraft fleet, and which runs an ag school. Isn't that just mind-boggling. One's being a steward of the public trust, the other, not so much.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/137078/

How many understand the "Susan Powter" comment/reference. That's pretty good. But, yes "landscaping in the memo" was instant classic.