#shorts Senator Kennedy asked, “Okay. Well, recently, Tulane finished the Commons, it was 77,000 square feet, $55 million. Recently, Tulane finished the Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex, $35 million to complete, 92,000 square feet. Well, that’s a McMansion. Turchin Stadium, 23,000 square feet. Paul Hall, 36,000 square feet. Richardson Hall, 50,000 square feet. Housing Redevelopment Phase One, 230,000 square feet. At Tulane, have you called upon Tulane to stop these buildings, sir?

Witness: The habitable space within those units is roughly the size of the conference room back there, and, indeed, quite…

Kennedy: But they contribute to CO2 emissions.
Witness: Everything that we do, the Commons contribute more to climate change than a mansion in Houston.
Kennedy: You were pretty quick to criticize the people of Houston for wanting to build, uh, you thought McMansions, but you don’t criticize your own university.

Witness: I don’t find that to be an equivocal comparison between space meant for students who must reside at a university.

Kennedy: You don’t see the hypocrisy in that?

Witness: It is your finding and interpretation, Senator,
Kennedy: but you don’t see the irony of the hypocrisy.
Witness: I’m gonna go ahead and say no.
Kennedy: Okay. I kind of gathered that would be your answer.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/heeZPcCfJtw
Q: to stop these buildings? you don’t criticize your own university
A: not equivocal comparison