'Us vs. Them' budgeting rears its ugly head in Arizona - Arizona Central

Arizona State University President Michael Crow says that college south of the Gila River, the University of Arizona, is being spared the worst of higher-education budget cuts proposed by Gov. Doug Ducey. University of Arizona President Ann Weaver Hart, meanwhile, believes Ducey's budget shortchanges her university to an extent far worse than what ASU faces. Welcome to the return of "Us vs. Them" budgeting — which is to say, Sun Devil vs. Wildcat, with a slightly smaller measure of financial resentment thrown at the Northern Arizona University Lumberjacks, just for old time's sake. http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2015/03/03/arizona-university-funding/24341493/