LJS photographer Ken Ferriera with a hell of a shot from this morning's meeting. The caskets of the programs on the chopping block line the steps to Varner Hall, where regents will vote on the proposals later this afternoon.

We have heard opposition testimony from Huskers past, present, and future.

Kaden Moody, a senior at Palmyra HS, said he hopes to become a meteorologist but will have to go out of state if regents cut the program.

"A 17yo shouldn't have to tell you to have some guts and vote no."

Clay Farris Naff, a science writer and former executive director of Lincoln Literacy, proposes furloughing NU administrators for several months a year to close the budget gap.

You could reduce Fred Hoiberg's and Matt Rhule's salaries by an equal amount and save these academic programs entirely, and they'd each be making $880K and $5.9M, respectively—still more than the #UNL head women's volleyball coach of the best team in the NCAA having the best season ever.

Coach Kelly makes a $700K salary, which is obviously A LOT of money. Compare that to the head men's basketball coach ($4.25M) and the head football coach ($9.25M) and it seems suddenly underwhelming. But let's put something else in perspective: #UNL is eliminating four academic programs for $6.7M.

College athletics does not exist independent of college academics. There is a critical "student" component of "student athlete." Pouring this amount of funds into college athletics while firing tenured faculty, cutting programs, and charging students more for less is farcical absurdity.

They say the athletic department is financially independent from UNL and self-sustaining, yada yada yada. Fact of the matter is that the football team would not exist without the university. The scam of student athletics cannot function without a university.

Regarding the first suspect.