Renovation to Oregon State Even in Times of Recession

This article was found in the education section of the Oregonian, with Ed Ray, the president at Oregon State being the main source of information throughout the article. Although the college has needed to make cuts to certain courses and faculty, it has been able to afford certain renovations throughout the campus due to private sources and research grants. 

With these special sources and research grants the school is building a $63 million dollar Linus Pauling Science Center along with adding 28 faculty positions and for low-income housing students, were able to waive their tuition and fees. 

It might be questioned why the school is raising tuition and lowering staff pays if they are able to hire on 28 new faculty members. This is a question that may never be answered and even though the president did an excellent job of describing the success that the school is progressing towards, there are still many questions that are not being answered. It is understandable that the money is coming from other sources but instead of building new buildings and hiring on new people, why don't some of the private sources help with student tuitions or faculty pay?