Univ. of Florida Eliminates Computer Science Department, Increases Athletic Budgets.

Forbes.com: The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department, which will allow it to save about $1.7 million.  The school is eliminating all funding for teaching assistants in computer science, cutting the graduate and research programs entirely, and moving the tattered remnants into other departments.

Students at UF have already organized protests, and have created a website dedicated to saving the CS department.  Several distinguished computer scientists have written to the president of UF to express their concerns, in very blunt terms.

Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $99 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year.  The increase alone would more than offset the savings supposedly gained by cutting computer science.

Jesus, guys! You know, Computer Science wasn’t on the list of shitty majors. Not that I think they’re actually shitty majors, but really? Computer Science?

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  1. helenluvsboo reblogged this from sassyeverlarking and added:
    #Absolute bullshit #I’m a drama student #My sort-of-queeze is in computer science #And his compsci friends enjoy...
  2. how-woozy-my-heart reblogged this from an-old-memoria
  3. jar0fstars reblogged this from drakonlily and added:
    99 million dollars. What the everloving hell.
  4. theoreticalconstruct reblogged this from drakonlily and added:
    The sad part is that this is probably based on returns in investment. This blogpost describes the revenues that were...
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  6. aerodaltonimperial reblogged this from drakonlily and added:
    reblogging because wtf
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  13. gamingtimeladyfromgallifrey reblogged this from wilwheaton and added:
    Way to go Florida…….-_-
  14. ifansmarchog reblogged this from wilwheaton and added:
    SCIENCE BAD! SPORTSBALL GOOD! WAY TO GO AMERICA!
  15. nomagneticmonopoles reblogged this from wilwheaton and added:
    WAY TO GO UF….
  16. emmalee93 reblogged this from wilwheaton and added:
    WOW Wil Wheaton rebloged this! So cool but however his comment once again reminds me why I don’t belong here....
  17. retrogradewaters reblogged this from fyrdrakken and added:
    I’ll be over here, smashing my head against a brick wall.
  18. jorowlingisagoddess reblogged this from wilwheaton
  19. dodgy-mermaid reblogged this from amarobotic and added:
    WHAT. I— WHAT? I may cry. Really. :\
  20. toseefeelingly reblogged this from phiremangston and added:
    YEEEEAH, my university. ಠ_ಠ There have been protests ever since, calling for use of reserve money to save CISE. But the...
  21. theboyfallsfromthesky reblogged this from phiremangston and added:
    I’m shocked. Mystified. Appalled. Oh wait, no I’m not.
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  24. maestro-derpicus reblogged this from hyperionwitch and added:
    Funny thing actually, since I am on three sports teams during a school year *Technically four this year, I was on two...
  25. hyperionwitch reblogged this from maestro-derpicus and added:
    They had the same problem at my friend’s high school. The art departments were really hurting for money and, meanwhile,...
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  36. particularlyuselessprince reblogged this from queenbeereginageorge and added:
    SERIOUSLY? Holy shit, what?
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  38. thepeopleseason reblogged this from wilwheaton and added:
    Unfortunately, the Forbes writer isn’t entirely accurate: The University Athletic Association is its own entity (one...