Strings are often attached to the donations and they sometimes violate freedom of thought. Mr. Wells said that UGA students should take particular interest in corporate funding as UGA is really a research school, but also state funded. It should be the state paying, not partisan factions. Mr. Rivner informed us of Trinity college and their founding on Kodak, also Duke on big tobacco. They are leading research Universities now.
Companies donate to look good.
Mr. Childs asked where all the funds would come from without corporations. All is fair when UGA takes a cut of the pie from the corporations. Mr. Miller wanted the resolution changed from corporation to government , but not likely to happen. He doesn t want to live in a culture of fear from powerful corporations. Students are not interested in research, but students are.