closings academic depts layoffs san diego state may 13 san diego state university facing probable 8 5 budget cut state funding amounting 11 million shortfall announced major eliminations cuts academic programs cuts entail layoffs tenured faculty due shut layoff faculty departments anthropology germanrussian religious studies natural sciences trains high school science teachers family studies consumer sciences aerospace engineering health sciences industrial studies scheduled cuts faculty varying scale withindept reverse order seniority departments frenchitalian 3 11 sociology 8 27 math 8 60 chemistry 14 23 policy cut narrowly deeply although discussion going year senate potential serious funding cuts ways university might respond including program cuts cuts announced suddenly prior consultation affected departments official notice individual faculty members layoff scheduled mid june time laidoff faculty 120 days remaining payroll athletic department eliminating golf track field one two minor sports cut 200 250k football basketball programs untouched baseball program lost number scholarships according morning sports section san diego union tribune point word cuts administration cuts school business apparently trivial comparison suffered college arts letters college sciences colleges affected faculty contemplating legal action remedies discussed three administrative moves may potential reversing layoffs cutting eliminating intercollegiate athletics instituting golden handshake program instituting universitywide salary reduction 10 although union currently negotiating golden handshake program nt know far along negotiations whether possible put place quickly enough effect current crisis legal adminstrative problems salary cut nt know whether surmountable whole california state university system 20 campuses including new one san marcos northern san diego county face funding shortfall apparently point hardly information campus responses vary good deal ask consider writing pres thomas b day san diego state university san diego ca 92182 expressing outrage unprecedented frontal assault tenure centrality academics university attack allowed stand consequences higher education within california everywhere incalculable importantly ask write california state legislators state senators provide names addresses contact us would grateful copies correspondence sent connection crisis sending information incomplete though order linguists may informed early possible developing crisis jeff kaplan charlotte webb chair linguistics oriental languages dept