I agree with everything you typed, KS.  With the current limits on how many characters can be used in a comment, I've had to narrow my focus a bit when commenting.  I do want to say my actual favorite paragraph in the story is:

"Schulz said some jobs that were intended to be temporary have become permanent as departments used reserve funds to retain them. Some of those temporary jobs were in the Office of Multicultural Student Services to help support an increasingly diverse student body, Schulz said."

In other words, WSU chose to make temporary jobs permanent and to continue to bow at the altar of multi-culturalism at the cost of reserve funds and now they're running around cutting other stuff so they don't go broke.  And this doesn't even account for the money spent on that bright, shiny new WSU Everett campus that recently opened near EVCC to much applause and cheerleading from the Herald Editorial Board.

You're probably right...I was too kind in my original comment.  Heh.