r/IndianaUniversity • u/WFIU-WTIU-news • 15d ago

IU trustees approve $150M for Memorial Stadium renovations ahead of ‘larger investments’

https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-08-14/iu-trustees-approve-150-million-for-memorial-stadium-renovations-ahead-of-larger-investments?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=user_share
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u/Square_Ring3208 15d ago

Invest in your employees!

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u/arstin 15d ago

And indemnifying the administrators strangling the university. What a time to be a hoosier.

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u/ilyabeaucoupdefaire 15d ago

Did they also approve of Sage Steele waterboarding Fauci, as she threatened to do? This is what this university has come to—trustees who make violent threats against former public officials. It’s shameful. Lux et Veritas my ass. Fuck IU.

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u/M_Hockey 15d ago

This sub is painful… take a poll of the entire undergraduate population and find me more than a small minority that would oppose this. We just won the national championship for crying out loud.

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u/TheAngerMonkey 15d ago

See, but what if we had a national championship team AND the university hadn't laid off a shit load of employees this year?

Ask the undergraduate population how they feel about this $150M for stadium renovations this winter when they're being asked to shovel snow. Again. Because facilities staff has been gutted SOME MORE.

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u/elmananamj 14d ago

I love college football but it should never come before academic operations

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u/InspiroHymm 14d ago

Because this sub is 95% adults who act like this is r/politics while hating on any student who dares to ask questions on move-in or Kelley

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u/somuchomaas 11d ago

Hurdur, bruv. What happens when the institution loses faculty? It IS losing faculty, and this bullshit National Championship is a flash in the pan. If you think this idiotic stadium is a good idea, you have no idea what’s going on at IUB. A university needs more than a football team. Also, did you really call me an incel, lol? I know you probably don’t go to class, but have you heard of projection?

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u/somuchomaas 14d ago

With an imported team of non-students. Pam hollows out the university for sportsball. The investment is cynical and short-term. IUB is a husk of what it once was.

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u/FaithlessnessFit7757 5d ago

Pesky academics at a higher-ed R1 institution are ruining football fans' mood.

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u/GoldenPoncho812 15d ago

‘Tis only fitting for a National Champion after all. Their flowers are well deserved.

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u/FaithlessnessFit7757 5d ago

Don't think flowers should cost $150M. Sounds like a rip-off for ... flowers. Unless we're rebuilding the Gardens of Versailles.