University president mary cullinan confirmed the gap in the budget -in an email sent to eastern employees yesterday.

It was a story we dot com... And tonight -- our taylor graham is live on campus --to get reaction from students.

Taylor?

Each student we talked to today said --this was all news to them --that we were actually the first people to tell them about this deficit... And how it could affect their school going forward it was a dreary day on campus at eastern today --and it kind of reflected what the university is going through right now with its budget.the school is facing a 3 point 6 million dollar shortfall.

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