The north Texas campus is a good distance
from Austin, but what is happening there
is having some small effect here.
Those ripples are not evident as one
observes daily campus life.
But behind the scenes, campus officials
admit that contribution to the school
have fallen off in the last several
months since the investigation of
ex-President Nolan began.
I would give the example of
the president's council, which is the
a thousand dollars annually,
uh, level of giving that
we had, uh, approximately
90 members at the beginning of April.
And that
has dropped off sort of sharply
as the time for renewal has come.
The university has lost as much as sixty
thousand dollars because of the publicity
to counter whatever effect the
investigation has had on the school.
The Alumni Association has been stepping
up its positive information to the
school's contributors as far
as the students are concerned.
Attitudes range from mere indifference
to real support.
I really am not up on the politics
of what's going on in the university
here.
So, you know, I feel one way or the
other, right? We're getting a new
president in and hopefully that'll,
you know, like he says, he's going to
start a new air here at school.
There is no way to measure whether what
is happening will have any effect on
student enrollment in the long run.
As for right now, the school is hoping
the contributions will pick up.
So no matter what's happening in Austin,
as far as the students at this school are
concerned, life goes on.
Noah Nelson, Channel 5 Action News. Dan.