In a competition to woo students, public universities are increasingly offering lavish amenities that have nothing to do with education.
The latest trend is lazy rivers, which have been installed at several big institutions, including the Universities of Alabama, Iowa and Missouri. Last year, Louisiana State University topped them all with a 536-foot-long ?leisure? river in the shape of the letters ?LSU,? part of an $85 million renovation and expansion of its gym. It was L.S.U. students who footed the bill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/opinion/trustees-tuition-lazy-rivers.html
The latest trend is lazy rivers, which have been installed at several big institutions, including the Universities of Alabama, Iowa and Missouri. Last year, Louisiana State University topped them all with a 536-foot-long ?leisure? river in the shape of the letters ?LSU,? part of an $85 million renovation and expansion of its gym. It was L.S.U. students who footed the bill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/opinion/trustees-tuition-lazy-rivers.html