Comments on: Columbia Lynching West Harlem? http://www.bloggernews.net/111758 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:52:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ungvar http://www.bloggernews.net/111758#comment-130561 Ungvar Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:59:36 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/111758#comment-130561 Ed, it's just burning you up that Columbia's expansion is going to happen, isn't it? Regarding your worries about Columbia's finances, rest assured that all is well. The current Columbia Campaign has already raised 2.7 billion of its 4 billion target and that figure, 67.5% of the total, was collected in just 43% of the time (after just 3 of 7 years). $400 million of that figure is slated to get Manhattanville started. Given that the new campus will emerge over 30 years, there should be at least another one or two large campaigns that will undoubtedly pay for the rest. Ed, it’s just burning you up that Columbia’s expansion is going to happen, isn’t it?

Regarding your worries about Columbia’s finances, rest assured that all is well. The current Columbia Campaign has already raised 2.7 billion of its 4 billion target and that figure, 67.5% of the total, was collected in just 43% of the time (after just 3 of 7 years). $400 million of that figure is slated to get Manhattanville started. Given that the new campus will emerge over 30 years, there should be at least another one or two large campaigns that will undoubtedly pay for the rest.

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