Northwestern University
Pity poor Northwestern University.
No, we’re not talking “poor” in the sense of lacking funds. The place last reported a $14.9 billion endowment. It’s “poor” in the sense of being unlucky, maybe a bit clumsy, and there are no references intended here to the football team and its recently completed 1-11 season. Northwestern is known for making its student-athletes study, so those lads are under pressure that’s worse than a bowl game.
It’s just that Northwestern is doing something distinctly Chicago Bears-like, aside from losing. Without a lot of goodwill at its back, the school has been showing plans for improving Ryan Field, a stadium that, unlike most of those at the collegiate level, sits squarely in an area of large single-family homes.