And another one bites the dust....
"MACOMB, Illinois, June 5. WESTERN Illinois University Vice President for Student Services Dr. Garry Johnson and Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine announced at the Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning that the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will eliminate its men's and women's swimming and diving programs in an effort to reduce annual operating expenses.
"This was a difficult decision made after much analysis and evaluation across campus," said Van Alstine. "We are committed to maintaining a successful broad-based, gender-neutral athletics program, and this move will economically allow us to continue that commitment. As a department we have been working through a very difficult budget situation for some time now, and unfortunately we have been forced to make some hard sacrifices."
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