elijah slater had to override that veto or the university was going to have to start cutting removing senior professors , close campuses. they had about two weeks to do this. yesterday was the deadline for them to override the veto. they failed to override the veto. the university of alaska system lost more than $130 million of its budget. that's going to be disastrous for the state and the system. they may have to start cutting programs and faculty and campuses. host: if you want to join this conversation about education deserts, we want to open up the regional phone lines for you. if you are in the eastern or central time zone, your phone number is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zone, your phone number is (202) 784-8001. keep in mind, we are always on twitter. this is a question we are always asking, why does this matter? why does it matter that there aregaps between people who getting degrees in rural areas versus urban areas. thinking you are wrongly about what education was be, the founders estimations of what education could be, you had people like ge