[sgeorge96]

It was partly covered by insurance.

[lotsofpulp]

Which came from insurance premiums paid by the university.

[abluecloud]

which was paid for with tuition, grant, donation, state or taxpayer funds

[mywittyname]

Which will continue to pay for the now-increased ongoing premiums.

[edoceo]

Turtles

[pc86]

We're talking about the part that wasn't.

[scarmig]

Even the insurance policy that distributed the payout was ultimately paid for with those funds.

[colinmhayes]

Sunk cost

[candiodari]

Plus obviously insurance simply means they're using tuition money to pay for ransoms, but all the time, not just when they're threatened.

[jessaustin]

If they're spending it all the time anyway, why shouldn't the payment have been made?