  I may or may not be able to attend urlLink the meeting on July 7th with Dr. Steinberg and Dr. Rodas, but I have thought of some questions to ask: What will happen to the faculty at Southampton who will not be able to commute to C. W. Post on a daily basis to teach classes? Will there be jobs at C. W. Post or other campuses for the staff? (administrative professionals, food service, public safety officers, physical plant, etc. ) What will happen to the staff at Southampton who are close to retirement? Will the University honor pensions and/or retirement plans?
Or will the staff be forced to commute? Or will there not be any work for them at the other campuses? What will be done with all the money raised at this year's urlLink All For The Sea concert ? What happened to the donation I sent to the college earlier this year? How can you justify closing a school whose marine and environmental sciences programs have produced 34 Fulbright Scholars in the past 28 years ? If the school is closing for financial reasons that have been lingering for years, what was done to try and stop it? What failed? What was not tried? Whose fault is it that the college was so poorly managed at the financial level for so many years? How long will the college stay open with only graduate courses available on campus? urlLink To quote , "The University has determined that the expenses of rebuilding Southampton College are cost-prohibitive and not financially sustainable. " If you can't keep the college open and making ends meet with undergraduate tuition, how do you plan on staying open with limited monies from a small number of graduate students' tuitions?
What will happen to the campus? Will it be sold to the highest bidder? Will it be donated to some East End charity so the University gets a big tax break? Will it be turned into a hotel/resort for events like the U.S. Open and Parish Art Museum gatherings? (sorry - my cynicism and knowledge of East End motivations got the best of me on this one) What questions would you like to ask President Steinberg and Provost Rodas? If you cannot attend the meeting, please email your questions and comments to Carol.gilbert@liu.edu or call the Alumni Office at 632-287-8348. Send a copy to me, too, and I'll post them here. 
