Some Pennsylvania universities should consider drilling for natural gas below campus to help solve their financial problems, Gov. Tom Corbett said Thursday.
The Republican governor's proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in July would cut $2 billion from education and reduce aid to colleges and universities by 50 percent.
Following the governor's statement, Slippery Rock University announced plans to spend this summer waiting on tables and mowing neighbors' lawns.
You just can't make this stuff up. Well, I suppose there's an exception for the part I just did. But still, the part about the Governor of Pennsylvania? That's totally for real.
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