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>In article <283BB48D.13A3@tct.com> chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:

>>>But, without the students the school wouldn't be able to get the grants
>>>needed to fund labs like the IPL.

> >  This line of reasoning is specious.  There is a practical infinity of
> >  things without which a university could not function: faculty, staff,
> >  buildings, phones, books, ...

> >  To single out students as essential and therefore give them what
> >  amounts to _carte_blanche_ with university property is unjustified.

Ummm, most universities I know (or a good many in the country) started
out with nothing more than a few students, a teacher or two, and a
hunger for knowledge. The buildings did not matter, there was no
staff, and books were used only when necessary. Without students and
without professors, university is nothing more than another research
center funded by the government. To imply otherwise shows a basic
lack of understanding of why universities exist.

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