Always be closing:

The Washington State University Department of Theater and Dance will not survive the budget ax by merging with the University of Idaho program in nearby Moscow.

WSU Provost and Executive Vice President Warwick Bayly said Tuesday the department, which has 105 students and was listed for elimination in a preliminary budget last month, will be cut.

Maybe what the world needs now is a long, detailed essay about the history of the drama department in Pullman—famous rivalries, famous parties, famous love affairs, an investigation into where its graduates ended up. Soap operas? Other drama departments? NASA?