During a July 2011 meeting between Alligator representatives and UF administrators, administrators denied the plan would hurt readership or violate rights, but they allowed the Alligator to conduct an impact study.
But in a telephone interview yesterday, Alan J. Steinberg, regional administrator, defended the plan, saying it was based on sound science.
And after a chat with NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, the plan seems to be on a fast track--NASA reportedly has six people working on it already.
Even if corruption weren't a factor, local administrators are the plan's weakest link: most don't have the skills to manage big projects.
College administrators approved the plan and contributed another $15,000, to repair drains under the courtyard and help pay for the garden, as well as to pay Alive Structures to replace the sickly potted yews with natives like dogwood and mountain laurel and to plant dwarf white pines along 120th Street.
John S. Pistole, the agency's administrator, argued that the plan would allow airport security agents to focus on "higher threat" items.
Penn State administrators quietly introduced the plan, called "Take Care of Your Health," this summer in the deadest part of the academic calendar.
Some school administrators object to the plan, saying that starting school later would mean ending it later, affecting bus schedules and the routines of teachers and parents.
A final vote on the proposal by the full N.C.A.A. membership will not take place until April 2001, and the N.C.A.A. staff intends to lobby college presidents and administrators to embrace the plan over the next year.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Wayne County school administrators have halted the plan at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro, which was offering 20 points to students in exchange for a $20 donation.
