The moves mentioned in the article don't even include the insanely large number of people let go from the staff side of Brandeis over the last two weeks, too.

God. I'm sure of it. I received some kind of alumni mailing announcement tonight; I imagine what you describe was tactfully covered by "substantial decreases in administrative budgets." Are you currently at Brandeis? Your information may be better than mine.

(and, at risk of saying the obvious, there's nothing that one patron, or a thousand, could have done in light of the financial hole in which the university finds itself).

Oh, yeah: I know my three dollars wouldn't have made a dent. But I still mind.