In the News

Arizona Spotlight's report on the cuts to universities:
http://radio.azpm.org/kuaz/spotlights/2009/1/22/kuaz-arizona-spotlight/
http://radio.azpm.org/kuaz/

AZ Spotlight says that students are fighting back! They play recordings from the rally on Tuesday and from the ABOR meeting on Thursday.

In the Tucson Citizen:
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/108456.php

"Kavanagh was reacting to reports regarding Thursday's Arizona Board of Regents meeting where more than 900 students, faculty members and state business leaders implored the regents to fight the budget options Kavanagh and Sen. Russell Pearce released last week."

See some more details of the proposals from lawmakers here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11314352/Budget-Cuts-Fahey

"The negative public reaction to the Appropriations Chairmen's options has been of great help in gaining support for theuniversities within the legislature. But it will be a long process, and we need our supporters to stay with us all the way."

The legislature is also trying to eliminate ABOR in order to more easily micro-manage the universities:

"HCR 2002. Regents; Elimination; Replacement. This HouseConcurrent Resolution would, if passed, go to the ballot in 2010 for avoteof the people; would abolish ABOR, and establish separate governingboardsfor each university."

See about the Monday hearing on the budget cuts: http://www.scribd.com/doc/11314413/flyerbudgethearings1
Monday, Jan. 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Casa Grande Middle School District Conference Room, 300 W. McMurray Blvd., Casa Grande, Ariz.

Check out the U of A New's In-Depth coverage of the ABOR meeting:
http://uanews.org/node/23601

In the Arizona Republic (we're trying to cover more Phoenix news):
This article breaks down the cuts and how they are distributed:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/01/22/20090122regentsbox0123.html
http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/01/23/20090123regents0123.html