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On a cold Wednesday afternoon, a group of faculty and students marched throughout the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus in a New Orleans-inspired jazz funeral procession.
It was an effort to bring attention to an upcoming Board of Regents vote to potentially eliminate four departments on campus. Greg Simon, associate professor of composition and jazz studies, led the band. He said they wanted to show up in solidarity for the programs facing elimination or budget cuts, especially since they were almost one of those programs…