Emotions flared Thursday afternoon as students and faculty gathered outside Sonoma State's student center to watch the town hall meeting set up by administrators to answer questions about the university's recently announced budget cuts.
Emotions flared Thursday afternoon as students and faculty gathered outside Sonoma State's student center to watch the town hall meeting set up by administrators to answer questions about the university's recently announced budget cuts.'You made these decisions, these draconian decisions to cut athletics, to cut entire academic departments, to destroy the mature careers of tenured professors,' said one speaker.
They came to the town hall to voice their displeasure, but said the whole thing seemed like a waste of time.'Honesty it's kind of a joke. So many peoples voices were not heard and so many questions were not answered and so many people were cut off. it's ridiculous, I'm angry,' said Smith.John Sullins is a member of the Philosophy Department. He said he was informed he'd be out of a job after this semester.
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