This is a big blow to the campus communities in Wisconsin, and it will have a dire, long-term effect for the faculty, staff, and especially the students.
a transition from asserting that the cuts are disastrous to describing what those disastrous consequences are.
Scylla and Charybdis.
Sums up the paragraph above.
I was informed last week
This paragraph brings the negative consequences to the personal level--the effects on the author, a student.
On another note, I am wondering how these budget issues will affect the future of academic research libraries,
paragraph explores the future effects on author's discipline, academic research libraries.