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The University of Florida is spending $300,000 to build a swimming pool behind the mansion where the incoming president, former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, will live with his family.
The University of Florida is spending $300,000 to build a new swimming pool behind the stately mansion where incoming university president Ben Sasse will live.
The university says Sasse — who had no pool at his family’s home in Fremont, Nebraska — did not ask for the pool to be built and provided no input over its design. The money is coming from private donors.
Construction on the addition to incoming UF president's Gainesville mansion is nearly complete ahead of former senator Ben Sasse's first day.
The University of Florida is making sure its newly hired president can dive into the job. The school in Gainesville confirms it is building a new $300,000 swimming pool behind the stately mansion on campus where former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska will live with his family. Construction on the expensive addition to the 7,400-square-foot, four-bedroom mansion started in November and is nearly complete. The university says Sasse – who had no pool at his family’s home in Fremont, Nebraska – did not ask for the pool to be built and provided no input over its design. The money is coming...