Professional Development Trip to Paris for your chef: $3,500
Luncheon for the wife and garden club: $5,000
Trip to Nigeria: $22,345
Drivers’ Costs: $54,000
Bar Bill: $100,000
Spending over half a million of the university’s money on yourself? Priceless.
Yup, the President of American University is currently in some awfully hot water over his spending habits, which include pan-seared foie gras, and some nice cashmere and some antiques. Yeah, if I was an alumni of American, I’d be pretty steamed right about now…
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