We have a safe over here. It's bolted to the floor. There's 14 inches of concrete on the top and in here. Cinder block, steel walls over here. There's nothing on the walls.
Nobody works in here.
There's no chairs. All this research is closely tied to the North Texas economy, an economy that generates 30 percent of state revenues, but gets back only 15 percent. That's where the legislature comes in. The University of Houston just happens to be in the hometown of Rodney Ellis, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which helps write the state budget. Written OUT of the bill are UNT, UTA, UT-Southwestern Medical School, and UTD despite cutting edge research.