This one doesn’t appear to have been widely bruited about yet, but an item in the Baton Rouge Advocate shows that Latin (among other majors) is on the chopping block for that always-questionable ‘budgetary reason’ (with the usual platitudes about having to make ‘tough decisions’ yadda yadda yadda). As expected, the Louisiana Classicist blog is on the case:

• Latin and other languages in danger of being cut at LSU (includes suggestions on who to write, etc., along with links to a Facebook page)
• rallying support for LSU’s Latin (a letter from a former graduate)

We await the petition …