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Three Haitian students safe after quake DEREK ROBBINS Daily Egyptian The earthquake in Haiti happened in the backyard of three SIU students. On Jan. 12, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti and had government officials fearing the casualty numbers may reach 100,000. The actual death toll has yet to be determined.
Three SIU students from Haiti were unaccounted for following the earthquake. Graduate students in civil engineering Ricot Saint Aime and Jean Rene Thelusmond, both of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital and the epicenter of the earthquake, were visiting their homes over winter break and were unaccounted for immediately after the disaster. Chancellor Sam Goldman said Monday at the 28th Annual MLK
Commemorative Breakfast both students were safe. The other Haitian student, Isaac Marcelin, a doctoral student in business, stayed in the United States over winter break. “He was unable to be reached because he was in Miami trying to get to Haiti to make sure his family is OK,� university spokesman Rod Sievers said. “We can confirm he is safe.�
None of the students could be reached for comment as of press time. The earthquake was so strong that SIU’s seismograph, a machine that reads seismic activity commonly attributed to earthquakes, recorded it. The seismograph is located in the Parkinson laboratory, more than 1600 miles away from Port-au-Prince. “It had tremendous impact,� Harvey Henson, assistant dean
at the College of Science said. “It serves as some sort of reminder. We have had large earthquakes historically in southern Illinois and we could have them again.� Henson said that geological studies have shown that in the winter of 1812, three 7.5 magnitude earthquakes occurred in southern Illinois. Please see HAITI | 7
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Sonya D. Willis, a sophomore from Chicago studying psychology, left, and Keiona Robinson, a sophomore from East St. Louis studying communication disorders, participate in a Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative march around Carbondale Monday. Willis said she came out to experience a march. Bryant Payne, graduate assistant for the multicultural programs and services committee, which helped plan the event, said the march was symbolic of the marches for civil rights in the Rev. King’s time. “It is important to come together publicly and show that we are not for racism. We are for a more unified world. This is about brotherhood,� Payne said.
Payroll secure until March, tuition to cover costs JEFF ENGELHARDT Daily Egyptian With at least one Illinios university beginning to implement furloughs, SIU President Glenn Poshard said the university is safe from drastic financial cuts — at
least until March. In an e-mail sent to all SIU employees Jan. 5, Poshard responded to University of Illinois’ decision to cut $82 million from its operating budget and said SIUC would not implement similar cuts and furloughs. A furlough is temporary, forced,
non-paid leave of absence. “We have thoroughly examined the use of furloughs and layoffs for the cash flow situation that we currently find ourselves in and we have determined that involuntary separation is not the answer,� Poshard said in the letter. “The savings
yielded from any furlough or layoff plan simply cannot make up for the $100 million owed the university by the state.� Because the university is operating on a balanced budget this fiscal year, Poshard said SIU is not facing a budget crisis but a cash-
flow problem. While the lack of state payments has handcuffed the university’s spending, Poshard said tuition payments for the spring semester will secure January and February payroll. Please see PAYROLL | 7