Nevada State College braces for budget cuts or worse - JANE ANN MORRISON, Review Journal

Supporters of the fledgling Nevada State College are running scared, trying to deflect rumors the college might be closed to help balance the higher education budget. The state's only four-year college is feeling like an unwanted stepchild hoping for a fairy godmother. Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich mentioned closing it as a possibility in his litany of cuts. Then Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Geoff Schumacher wrote the college's "contribution to the state system is negligible" and snubbed it as the "least vital" institution. Fighting words, my friend. No one knows how severe the cuts in higher education might be until the Legislature's special session ends. But there's a sense of hysteria about what may be required to balance the budget.