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Judge this elevator speech

April 1, 2008
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Results are in for Purdue Universityâ??s second annual Elevator Pitch Competition, and a transcript of the winning pitch for the graduate-level division is below. Bob Caswell spit this out in less than two minutes, less time than the ride to the...
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Ticket to the middle class

March 17, 2008
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Forget outsourcing. A Michigan research group says the larger problem for manufacturing will be finding enough domestic workers to navigate the complexities of modern factory floors. The Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor contends in a recent report that while...
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University foundations and tuition

March 3, 2008
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College and university foundations have been raking in the dollars in the past few years due to big investment returns. Millions of dollars have flowed in. As IBJ reporter Tracy Donhardt wrote in this weekendâ??s paper, critics say more of...
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IUPUI and IU business degrees

February 14, 2008
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The undergraduate business program at IUPUI used to let in just about anyone. At one point, only the bottom 10 percent of a high school graduating class was steered to Ivy Tech or elsewhere. Got a business degree from IUPUI? It...
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  1. First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.

  2. I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.

  3. Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??

  4. On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.

  5. It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.

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