Now, next year, assuming USM has generated enough bad publicity that many prospective students, say 1000 or even more, decide "NO, NOT NOW" to USM, this will add to our budget woes in substantial ways.  You really can't raise tuition that high for USM students, its simple supply and demand.  Oh, let me take classes on-line or in large classes because most of the professors are leaving, we can't recruit, or even afford to replace some of them. This is a brewing perfect storm for more fiscal trouble and the creation of sham econ development initiatives...

And I'm not even a pesimist (sp)...

NO, NOT NOW...NO, NOT ANYMORE, NOT EVER AGAIN!!!!