Lean times at Pasadena City College

I teach a journalism class over at PCC. Here is a note I found in my classroom today, on the opening day of class:

"Here are your whiteboard markers for the fall semester. You get three colors. When these dry up (or are misplaced) you will need to purchase your own. The days of unlimited supplies are in the past and possibly in the future, but they are not in the present. Blame your state legislators; blame Arnold; blame Bernie Madoff, but please understand that for now, we do not have an unlimited budget for makers (which cost about $1.20 each) for 100 faculty members. Use them wisely!"

What was absent from the note: whiteboard markers. Apparently a teacher who had already used the classroom had taken them. In the past, my experience has been the whiteboard markers stay in the classroom, not go with the teacher. Those days appear to be gone. Anyone got a spare marker?