State lawmakers and other officials sit around the conference table Kean University purchased for $219,000 during a recent discussion about New Jersey's heroin epidemic.

Kean University President Dawood Farahi, left, answered "why not" when asked why the school spent $219,000 on a conference table, according to a published report.

At the conference table, understanding this concept changes the game. It is not "right" against "wrong," but rather agreeing that we each must move to another view.

You've heard of expensive university department chairs, but tax-payer supported Kean University in New Jersey has critics slamming its recent purchase of a $219,000 conference table made in China.

NJ officials say the school broke the law and its own procurement policy in purchasing the custom-built, multimedia conference table from a Chinese company.

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