As Sonoma State makes major cuts, students face difficult choice: transfer, or tough it out

ON THE SOCCER PITCH, in the physics classroom and in the office of a trusted professor, students at Sonoma State University are confronting a demoralizing challenge: What happens if my program gets cut? 

The Rohnert Park campus, 50 miles north of San Francisco, has announced a contentious proposal to close a $24 million budget deficit by nixing six academic departments entirely, eliminating about two dozen major degree programs and cutting all NCAA Division II sports, among other measures.