Star Ledger: Rutgers University students protest higher education cuts from Gov. Chris Christie's budget

NEW BRUNSWICK -- There’s little left to cut from Rutgers University’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, school officials say.

Two faculty members have been let go, leaving eight professors to teach 50 classes. The garbage in the department’s office is cleaned only once a week. And last year, they said, the telephones began disappearing.

"The faculty members don’t have their own phones," said Kathleen Licinski, the department’s administrative assistant. "It’s just a minuscule budget."

This year, it may get even smaller.

Licinski spoke at a press conference at Rutgers’s main campus in New Brunswick today, alongside students and university union officials protesting proposed cuts in state aid to higher education.

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By Rohan Mascarenhas/The Star-Ledger
April 13, 2010, 7:30PM