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Apparently that meeting went really well, but the President is the driving force behind these cuts.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hooper added that the team did not expect Tripathi to come out and meet with them, but Tripathi did indeed come out and meet with Hooper and fellow senior\u00a0<strong>Reid Zyniecki<\/strong>. Another tweet from\u00a0<em>The Spectrum<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>indicated that the team seemed &#8220;optimistic&#8221; after that meeting and were told to expect a meeting between Tripathi and alumni\/donors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubspectrum.com\/article\/2017\/05\/ub-swimmers-meet-with-president-satish-tripathi-following-sit-in\">news story from\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubspectrum.com\/article\/2017\/05\/ub-swimmers-meet-with-president-satish-tripathi-following-sit-in\">The Spectrum<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>notes that Tripathi agreed to meet with donors, although he reportedly did not seem remorseful about his decision to cut the team in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>That meeting came just hours after\u00a0<em>The Spectrum\u00a0<\/em>reported than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubspectrum.com\/article\/2017\/05\/donors-demand-answers\" target=\"_blank\">an alumnus named\u00a0<\/a><a 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