ATHENS - University of Georgia police say a van service designed to help students get home safely when they leave work or class alone at night has been discontinued.<br />
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UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson tells the Athens Banner-Herald (http://bit.ly/q8Z3qR ) that the service is ending because of continuing state budget cuts.<br />
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Authorities say the state has reduced funding to UGA and other state colleges and universities by more than 23 percent since 2009 as state revenues declined.<br />
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Williamson said eliminating the van service will save his department about $50,000 a year.
