August 10, 2008
UF President Bernie Machen announced recently that Florida should invade its "rainy day" fund of more than $3 billion to relieve the institution's financial crisis.
Readers and members of the university community will recall that last spring the state legislature cut UF's budget by some $47 million, allegedly eliminating about 430 faculty and staff positions (some vacant), necessitating personnel layoffs, and curtailing or modifying a number of academic programs, especially in languages but including biological and social sciences.
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