Upload
tatiana-leedom
View
215
Download
0
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
MoneyMoney! It’s a must!My lab was collecting data, Now it collects dust.Money! I need it to pay,My postdocs and students, ‘Cause they won’t take a TA!State’s not paying, they’re no longer our
owner,What we need is a really rich donor.
Verse 1
Money
Money! We need a lot.
Without liquid helium our
Superconductors get too hot.
Money! Let’s print some.
I wrote a new proposal
But NSF rated it dumb.
We got into Science, Nature, PRL too,
But if MRL crashes what are we gonna do?
Verse 2
Money
Money! At proposal time?Inflate your ‘broader impacts’ If you want NSF’s dime!Money! To make a ‘hit’Do bio, info, nano, Or you’re in deep -----!Paycheck’s late? Blame UI-Integrate!U of I owns the state, now the globe we’ll
dominate!
Verse 3
Money
Money! Where’d it go?
There aren’t any raises
Just ask the G-E-O.
Money, Where’s it at?
My costs are still inflating
But my budget is flat.
Our Chief-lovin’ first-class-traveling Trustees,
Are bringing us to our knees!
Verse 4
Money
Money! Can’t get enoughFill my head with RG And field theory stuff.Money! What’s the point?Do Fradkin’s course Then work in a burger joint …Nobel Prize? But I’m not wise – my thesis is a
blank sheetThink I’ll get me a job on Wall Street
Verse 5
Money
Money! Can’t do without!Need strategic plans and metrics, It’s what education’s all about!Money! To hire today:Offer million-dollar start-ups,It’s like the NBA!A fancy new stadium is the Chancellor’s
dream,Does Illinois even have a football team?
Verse 6