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"something that could jeopardize this institution’s long-held mission. To the historic ambitions of educational excellence and research leadership held by this university, a new set of ambitions have been added — objectives that if allowed to grow unchecked could easily compromise Virginia Tech’s excellence and injure its dreams.
“These are ambitions not measured by breakthroughs in research, but by breaking records in gate receipts. These are ambitions not measured by the achievements of scholars, but by glory on the playing field,” Gov. Battles said.
"In a sense, we have glimpsed a future — a future few of us ever thought possible. It is a future of misspent financial resources, of million-dollar coaching contracts and lavish expense accounts. If is a future where rationality and good will have diminished, where every dis
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