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UNO students defeat fee hike for athletics (from NOLA.com)

Some excerpts from a long, but good article:

The loss could mean an end to Privateers athletics, unless the Legislature reduces proposed budget cuts to the university, UNO Chancellor Tim Ryan said.

Facing a $1.4 million shortfall for next year, UNO athletics will depend on pending cuts by the university for the 2009-2010 fiscal year in order to survive. Under a proposal by Gov. Bobby Jindal, Ryan said, the university has to cut $15.3 million, including $1.4 million that the university gave the athletic department last year from its general fund.

"Unless we figure out some (way), in which we will work very hard on, the prospects aren't great, " Ryan said of the future of UNO athletics.

If UNO is forced to drop athletics as a cost-cutting measure, it would be the first NCAA Division I school to do so since Northeastern Illinois in 1998.

I'm so glad we had enough students vote to approve our athletic fee, even though it appears the original intent of that fee will be changed by our state legislature.

Edited by gangrene

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