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Message: [QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 2294507, member: 622"] You can, but you don't have to, you simply close the door on frivolous spending. Perhaps you don't get as much because they wanted to do something frivolous but isn't a donation to what is needed by a school more valuable than any amount of frivolity spent for a select handful of students? I.e.: Needs of School get s $0.00; Frivolity gets $1MM vs. Needs of School $100K; Frivolity $0.00. The second option is far more beneficial and tangible. Especially in a State school setting wherein the taxpayer is actually subsidizing the cost of attendance to lower the price for the student. If State U can receive money from the State, the State should reduce any contribution to teh full amount for any and all frivolous spending. Locker rooms are a necessity and they can be finished in a good manner, accommodating to personnel and a few amenities, but nap rooms, whiffle ball fields, etc. are simply a waste that taxpayers should not have to subsidize, even if a donor pays the full shot (which usually is NOT the case). Let's be honest, if a big donor really cares about the school or is simply looking for recognition, the donor will accept guidance on what the school needs (funding a chair, new academic building or dorm or sports complex), scholarships, new field of study, new school, funding athletic scholarships (which frees up the money for other school purposes); and make a donation. Does anyone really believe that Big Time Donor actually went to School X and declared, "I have $1MM and it can only be used for a whiffle ball field for the football team!" Generally, donors are solicited for specific gifts or they approach the school with an idea that will benefit the school, even if it just the hoops' team locker room or the Diving facility, etc. The overall mission of any university is educating the student. Any school fails to educate students in life that cannot tell a student, "you cannot have a nap room at the locker room, go to your dorm/apartment and take a nap." What's next, safe spaces on the football field? [/QUOTE]

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