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Morale is low and stu- ABOVE: Associate professor Bruce Brown at Cal Poly Pomona, whose economics class has 76 students. RIGHT: Professor Debbora Whitson teaches international business and marketing at Cal Poly Pomona. dents are more irritable, observes Whitson. “You can see it reflected in their e-mail. Students want to vent. Some of the students are very angry.” Shelley Bruce, 21, is more sad than angry. The fourth-year honors student is a double major in fine arts and gender ethnic multicultural studies. Both programs may be eliminated. “I love my university and I love these programs,” says Bruce. “Students here are really united because they are pas- sionate about education. They really care about what’s happening here. And what is happening here is absolutely devastating.” MARCH 2010 | www.cta.org 21