The most interesting sentence in this gloom and doom comes at the very bottom, with the beginning of suggestions for private funding.

Some regents suggested tapping more into private sources of money, including alumni donations and cutting costs in clerical expenses by putting more services online.

New sources of revenue, and more services online are fun because they're easy for students to come up with.

So here's this week's Calstuff Contest: What's the best new source of revenue/cost-cutting measure you can think of? Two categories: funniest and most effective! Winner gets a Calstuff Favor and the strong possibility of having the idea ripped off by either the Daily Cal or the University.

Speaking of which, it'd be an easy Editorial to discuss the pros and cons of choosing between enrollment cuts and academic quality cuts... Email This Post!