"In the grand scheme of things, it is not a lot of money, but that's not the point. The point is how we make these financial decisions and what we choose to spend money on," said faculty union President Robert Bionaz. "You have to look at the end result, and the end result has been a series of piecemeal (state) appropriations. I just wonder what the outcome would have been without the expenditure of that money. I can't imagine it would have been much different."