Inflation at Siena

Time to start a price index for Siena faculty and staff.

Last year:
dining hall meals -- $4
basketball season tix -- $114

This year:
dining hall meals -- $5
basketball season tix -- $148

Let's do 20 meals and 1 ticket, giving the price of the market basket

Last year: $194
This year: $248

Normalizing last year to a price level of 100, this year's level is 128.

Ouch.

NY Times Toxic water discharge violoations

I'll be interested to learn more about the database put together by the NY Times on violations of wastewater discharge permits.