Well — it looks as though we’re finally getting our comeuppance. The details of Reimagining Cornell, the administration’s new plan for dealing with the budget crisis, are finally coming to light, and they’re not pretty: Promised changes include slashed budgets, smaller departments, fewer instructors and poorer facilities. But while we may pound the ground in fury and tear our clothes in angst, we must remember one thing: such is the price of gambling on an ever-more-profitable future.