<p>The opposition is built around the idea that the tower and license were donated to KTRU. While Rice and KTRU are legally the same entity, it’s really, really crappy of the administration to sell an asset that functionally belongs to a student organization without even consulting with them. Most of the KTRU staff, let alone the student body, found out about this not from Rice administration, but from a rumor posted to a Houston Press blog. While you may or may not agree with the decision itself, the way in which it was handled sets an unfortunate precedent for trust between the administration and student organizations. It’s like if an alum had made a significant donation specifically to Wiess College, and Rice decided to spend it on something else entirely without talking to the Wiess leadership.</p>