Recently, College of DuPage (COD) President, Robert Breuder, has allegedly taken taxpayers’ dollars to fund his own personal needs. The money that should have been used to help fund various other opportunities, was allegedly being used for Breuder’s lavish expenses: hunt clubs, expensive liquor, and more.

According to Lianne Musser, College and Career Center coordinator, 25 percent of students from LT go to COD for reasons such as the upgraded program, opportunities honor programs, and appeal to the job market.

COD students have also felt the effects of the underfunding in previous years.

“Each semester the tuition went up and there were less and less supplies,” cosmetologist Julie Evans ‘10 said. “I felt that Breuder didn’t appreciate the program and pushed us to a campus that no one knew of.”

The board has decided to fire Breuder, but nothing has happened since Aug 18, the Chicago Tribune reported. Students and faculty mostly agree that he is a fraud and unwanted at the college.

“I believe that Breuder is not truly invested in the value of our education, nor does he understand the meaning of a community,” Evans said. “If he does not have charges placed against him or serve prison time, then there is no justice system.”

Adam Espinosa ‘15 has expressed his concern to his teachers, only to be directed to a faculty member who was higher up to explain the situation on campus.

“It was a little weird to be sent to a high-level faculty member,” Espinosa said. “They told me that it won’t be affecting the credibility of my classes or give me a hard time transferring to a four year institution.”

With the topic of a new president in mind, ideas have been stirring with students, staff, and the public.

“The president [of a college] shouldn’t have the job unless he has integrity,” Musser said. “Breuder stole from the students and he should not be rewarded with a high paying pension.”