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Re: Concerns about Dalhousie-TUNS merger

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From: David Trueman
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 00:00
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David Lewis (lewisda@tuns.ca) wrote:
: If we merge, who takes responsibility for Dalhousie's massive debt.

Although I am certainly no expert on this, my understanding is that the
"Dalhousie Debt" is really a myth.  It is owed to Dalhousie's endowment fund
which itself is rather large in comparison to most Canadian universities.

To paraphrase Brian Mason, Dal's VP Finance: "If Dalhousie were a corporation,
it would be a rather attractive takeover target."

--
  David Trueman,
    Systems Manager, Dalhousie Math, Stats and Computing Science
    Co-Chair, Metro*CAN Society running Chebucto Community Net
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From: david@cs.dal.ca (David Trueman)
Subject: Re: Concerns about Dalhousie-TUNS merger
Date: 1996/03/30
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