Private Money Influencing Universities

I just read a blog that links (with a bit of comment prior to the link) to a NY Times article on Private Funding at Public Universities. It makes a good read on its own but especially in light of the debate about Coke that is occuring on the campus of McMaster University.
http://politiblogs.blogspot.com/2005/10/nytimes-public-funds-for-universities.html