We feel it's making a difference.

The issue has been considered at the trustee level at least a couple of times. We think that the decision the board of trustees made was the only logical one that could be made.

If this group has a proposal, we would like to hear what it is and give it serious consideration.

The larger research programs that the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health are sponsoring require a machine like this to manage such large amounts of data.

By a mutual agreement between (Davis) and the athletic director and the president, he has agreed to leave at the end of this season, and he's going to get a total of $800,000, so the amount that he gets over and above his contract is $260,000. In round numbers, it's one more year of salary. He's walking away with three years' salary instead of two.

I felt great. I knew I was leaving and I wanted to leave on a good note. Hopefully I'll be back to finish this.