LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Faculty, students and community members rallied against proposed budget cuts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Saturday.

Groups gathered in front of the Nebraska Union as Husker football fans flooded the campus. The rally-goers held signs as they tried to get people to sign petitions.

The proposed $27.5 million in cuts would eliminate 58 faculty positions and six academic programs at the university.

“Let’s support the university because we need to keep these great minds in the state,” said UNL professor Theresa Catalano. “It’s a world-class university, let’s keep it that way. These cuts will not allow us to do our job.”

UNL’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors held the “Stop the Cuts” rally before the Husker football team took on

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