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Thanks to a provision slipped into legislation without public discussion, Indiana public universities are required to ax any programs that don't have a minimum enrollment of degree seekers. IU alone has to kill *249* programs. ipm.org/news-section/2… 2/ The list of programs on the immediate chopping block includes pretty much all modern languages, math, geology, environmental sciences, history, geography, earth and atmospheric sciences, religious studies, cognitive sciences, journalism, physics, education, statistics,

"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No