President Hart's video address airs on philly.com, CBS3, KYW News Radio

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's budget proposal for 2011-12 cuts the Commonwealth appropriation to state-related institutions in half. Kenneth Lawrence Jr., senior vice president for government, community and public affairs, says the school was expecting the governor's budget to reduce the Commonwealth appropriation, but he says the school wasn't prepared for a "profound" reduction of 50 percent to state-related universities — including Penn State, Pitt, Lincoln and Temple. University President Ann Weaver Hart, in a video on Temple's website, is calling on students, staff and alumni to contact their state legislators. "I am asking each and every one of you to take action," she says.
March 8, 2011 | Philly.com, CBS3, KYW News Radio