Richard Lindzen

It mainly was for supportive students.

And so – but then 50 percent of it went to the administration.

Oh, yeah.

And the attraction – I mean if you're an administrator, if you're a president of a university –

That often overrides everything else, you know, that you're raising money.

I remember years ago, I started college at Rensselaer, and I made the mistake of mentioning to someone that I appreciated the fact they never bothered me.

I transferred out after my sophomore year.

So it began bothering me.

And I realized the president...

Rensselaer was making over a million and a half dollars.

This was years ago, probably making much more now.

And the fundraiser came back to me and said, do you know how much money she raises?

And I said, oh, so she's on commission.

But there's also the alumni.

I find this with Harvard especially interesting.

A lot of the people who graduate from Harvard really love the place.

For better or for worse,

And they will do anything to protect it.

A lot of people did at first in half.

A lot of politicians wrote books saying this is a hoax.