Throwback Thursday: 1990'ish

I posted the following snarkful on Facebook in 2012:
"Eddie clearly didn't get the memo
that all club officers needed to show up for pictures
wearing horrifying sweaters." 

I don't have my college yearbook, in fact I'd never even seen one. But Lisa brought hers to our 20th reunion in 2012, and this picture was in it -- the drama club officers. It's Edwardyne, me and Amy. Eddie was also my Junior Sister through a buddy program CNR came up with for incoming Freshmen.The photographer had us pose (awkwardly, if memory serves) at the bottom of the steps that, in those days, arc'ed up to the cafeteria and swooped down to the bookstore and club offices. So...food, books and stuff to join. Yeah, I always liked that building. That building is now called the Sweeney Center, and it's mostly administrative. But in the 90s Steve Sweeney was the Dean of Arts & Sciences. One of my work-study jobs was in his office. He was...very businesslike. I couldn't get a read on the guy at all. I wonder if he knew or had any part in what happened when they kicked so many of us out. Why didn't that mass expulsion raise any eyebrows? I still don't get it, looking at these young faces in grainy black & white. There was definitely something fishy going on with the money handling at that school. They failed us and they never even blinked. 🙈🙊🙉

UPDATE: 
Hey, a real shocker hearing through my grapevine that the College of New Rochelle is in big money trouble. Oh, was there something weird going on? You don't say. How weird. Come on, people are pretending to be just finding this out now? Welcome to the party, pal. These journalists are talking about the "timeline" of this money scandal in terms of years. Dear Everyone: try decades. If I were you, I'd seek out the students who did their work study in the Bursar's office in the early 90s. Trust me, I'm a writer. #CNROwesMeADiploma #Thieves

Conflicting timelines
The statements of Roberts, Huntington and the college board of trustees show differing timelines of when senior management first learned of looming financial issues. 

When the board announced in October that it was probing a financial crisis, it said trustees were advised around the beginning of the school year of significant unmet obligations and took immediate action. In an FAQ, they added the obligations emerged after the May retirement of the controller. 

Huntington said she “promptly notified the board” about unmet obligations and unpaid payroll taxes after the controller’s retirement. 

Roberts’ statements said she raised warnings throughout her time at the college, which began August 2014, and well before Borge’s retirement. 

Several messages left for Borge at his home were not returned. Borge has not commented throughout the scandal.

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