UAlbany's red flags

Big article on the Times Union's front page today: Cuomo throwing more good money after bad at UAlbany:

Waldman, Scott. "UAlbany grant plans gets OK; Governor's approval, after earlier objections, frees $35 million that will help start large-scale projects." Albany Times Union. December 14, 2012. http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/UAlbany-grant-plan-gets-OK-4117333.php

UAlbany really should be required to make better use of the money they have than be given more to waste, particularly when the state is so in the red these days. It would be marginally more understandable to throw money away if the economy were doing better (albeit still inexcusable). There's a lot that's good there, but huge amounts of money are wasted by all that's not good there - and there's a lot that not.

Buried inside the paper, a tiny article about potentially still more firearms violations on campus:

"A University at Albany student was assaulted on campus by two men, one of whom appeared to have a handgun. [...] The victim knew the assailants, who are not UAlbany students. Police said no shots were fired and that the assailants fled in a red Honda Civic. [...] University police said there was no danger to UAlbany community and that police agencies have been notified to look out for the Honda."

Waldman, Scott. "UAlbany student assaulted on campus." Albany Times Union. December 13, 2012. http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/UAlbany-student-assaulted-on-campus-4116702.php

If the identity of the men is known, why not identify them; if the red Honda Civic is not a stolen one, why not list the year and license plate number; if they're presumed armed, why are they not considered a danger to the community? If it's that the men are presumed innocent until proven guilty, then why run the article at all; why note that the red Honda Civic is something people are trying to locate?

Neither article mentions that TU George Randolph Hearst III is President of the Board of Directors of the University at Albany Foundation, of course. That the Times Union itself used to pay UAlbany's less-than-exemplary police department for doing security at the N.Y. Giants summer training camp that the Times Union helped lure to UAlbany - that tends not to be mentioned whenever they cover UAlbany's PD. Seems like the sort of potential conflicts of interests that responsible journalists would want to mention all the time to stay on the safe side. Heck, why doesn't Hearst just donate the $35M himself from his pocket money and save taxpayers all that money?