Background: The North Carolina state legislature gave a 0% raise to state employees for the nth straight year (we did get a one-time $750 bonus). Appstate raised tuition and much of it is going to raises, about 2% this year. Here is a conversation from the locker room today (I swam 30 laps in 50 minutes!):
Colleague: Did everyone in the business school get 7% raises?
Me: More like 9.9, we're not allowed to give 10%.
Colleague: Oh, right.
Me: The money is nice and all, but the gold plated urinals are really what makes it worthwhile. Nothing is better than tinkling in the B school.
