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“A Ghost Town With a Quad” was written by Rebecca Schuman, an education columnist, and published by Slate.com on November 26th, 2013. In this article, the author argues that it was wrong of two schools’ administration: Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM), and the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) to cut from their schools what were considered vital academic departments when other things could have been cut instead. Also, by cutting the academics, they have made their universities into wastelands which will have a negative influence on other universities facing a similar situation. The author opens by listing some of the departments that had been cut, and goes on to explain why she thinks the universities administration

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