Friday, February 9, 2007
That was the cost of bringing Carter to Brandeis: Brandeis head raps Carter costs
...Brandeis officials had said they would figure out how to cover the cost, and some faculty had proposed chipping in $100 donations [BWAHAHAHAHA!]. Nealon said yesterday that the university's position was that it would help pay for the event.
But when Carter accepted the invitation last month, the campus community had less than two weeks to plan and no concrete estimate of the cost. One faculty organizer said an original estimate was $25,000, and a student organizer said the estimate was closer to $60,000 as the event neared...
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And it was Carter who stated, emphasis added:
"My most troubling experience has been the rejection of my offers to speak, for free, about the book on university campuses with high Jewish enrollment and to answer questions from students and professor."
Yea, his "most troubling experience."