<p>Thanks to all for such a spirited discussion. In my letter to the Board of Trustees I suggested that brainstorming and sharing creative thinking as well as looking to what fellow universities are doing to alleviate their own financial shortfalls might be the way to go. There have been several creative solutions proposed by petition signers and in the space of a few days, close to $10,000 has been raised by pledges from those very “poobahs”. Additionally the Rose saw great attendance and foot traffic this past weekend. As someone involved in Brandeis for many years, there is not a time when I visited campus that I did not visit the Rose. It was an integral part of my daughters academic experience and at the same time one of few campus institutions in which every diverse campus group participates as well as the community, prospective students and families and the greater Boston and MA arts communities.</p>