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Commission to discuss liquor at Arena, stadium The Liquor Control Commission will consider two Class A1 license applications for the SIU Arena and Saluki Stadium today before the City Council meeting. Chartwells, a food and beverage company that outsources workers to SIUC, will ask for the ability to sell
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beer and wine in the SIU Arena Club area, and a small club room and 12 private suites at the football stadium, according to the commission’s agenda. Former chancellor Samuel Goldman wrote a letter stating Southern Illinois University supports Chartwell’s application, according to the agenda.
Athletic Director Mario Moccia had previously said his department was dependent on Chartwells to acquire the alcohol licenses for both venues. Chartwells recently renegotiated contracts with its Student Center employees after the workers protested their wages.
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Quinn tours transportation center site RYAN VOYLES Daily Egyptian Gov. Pat Quinn said the construction of a new Transportation Education Center is not only important to SIUC — but to the Illinois economy. “It’s important to understand how important Southern Illinois University is to our whole state and our economy,� Quinn said. “It is one of our largest employers in the state — especially in this region. We want to make sure we keep investing in education.� Quinn arrived at the Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro Monday to tour what will be the site of the TEC project, which will house three buildings for the automotive technology department and the aviation department. The project, estimated at $43.5 million, broke ground last December, but several factors caused delays in construction, said SIU President Glenn Poshard. He said disagreements between contractors and a new environmental assessment required by the Federal Aviation Administration had to be done before construction could start. “We believed we were on a fasttrack towards this project awhile ago,� Poshard said. “We’ve had a few hangups, but I think we’re past those now.� The project is funded through Illinois Jobs Now!, a $31 billion capital plan that, according to a press release from the governor’s office, will “revive the state’s ailing economy by creating and retaining over 439,000 jobs over the next six years.� The Capital Development Board, who will oversee the project, expects the building to be finished
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Gov. Pat Quinn addresses members of the media about the new Transportation Education Center Monday at the Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro. The TEC will house three buildings for the by July 2012. Terry Owens, interim dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Arts, said the project would be key to the continued partnership between the aviation and automotive technology departments. He said the space be-
tween the programs has prevented the units from reaching “full efficiency.� The automotive technology department has been housed at the barracks in Carterville for decades in facilities administrators have called outdated. Owens said the aviation
automotive technology department and the aviation department. The project, estimated at $43.5 million, could bring hundreds of jobs to the region, Quinn said. technologies and flight programs have outgrown their facilities. The university will have little input in construction because the CDB — which oversees all state-funded construction projects — will handle the project.
Poshard said this project would not only be beneficial for the university, but for the southern Illinois region as well when it comes to jobs. Please see QUINN | 3
Interims hope ‘interim’ stays provisional at SIUC RYAN VOYLES Daily Egyptian While past amendments state interim positions on campus should never last more than a year, Don Rice said that is not always the case. Rice, interim provost of SIUC, said although the university strives for permanency in its positions, different factors make it difficult to fill some important positions. “We have a hiring freeze; we’re very cognitive that it is affecting our academic units with not being able to fill the positions,� he said. “You’re always concerned when you make the decision to fill an interim and you are not allowed that opportunity.� The interim label is given to faculty if the original occupant of that
position will not return to that position and the position has been filled without a search —either internal or national — according to the faculty senate definition. Rice, who has served as interim provost since December 2006, said while interim positions at lower levels are usually filled within several months, administrative positions could last longer than anticipated. Besides Rice, other noticeable interim positions on campus include Interim Dean of the College of Engineering Ramanarayanan Viswanathan, who has held the title since January 2008; Interim Dean of Applied Sciences and Art Terry Owens, who has held the title since April 2009; and Interim Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences Todd Winters, who
has held the title since March 2010. Owens, who serves on a yearlong term contract, said he was not aware of any search going on right now to fill the position. He said the logical plan would be for the higher positions, like provost, to be filled before they focus on dean positions. “You would want to get a provost in place, and then it would be a domino affect,� Owens said. “Once you get the provost in place, you can start working your way down into the dean positions.� Rice said SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng has already started a search for a new provost — a search Rice said he has yet to decide to enter. Although he is still labeled as interim provost, Rice said he understands why the university has kept
him around for so long. “There have been several occasions where higher-ups have told me that they really want to make me permanent,� Rice said. “But for various reasons — which I hope had little to do with me — a search just never got run. I think with all of our changes in the chancellor position, it made sense to have someone who has a bit of history.� Although the senate has amendments set in place to define the role of interim, Rice said different variants make it difficult to predict what will happen in regard to hiring a permanent replacement. The faculty senate passed an amendment March 17, 2009, that states appointments of interim positions should last no longer than one
year for internal searches and 24 months for any external searches. “During that three month time period (in case there has been no search before the appointment) the university can prepare to have an internal search for the position with an understanding that appointments after the internal search will be for a maximum period of approximately 12 months and a good faith national search will be conducted within this period,� the amendment states. The person in the interim position is allowed to apply for the permanent role, the amendment states. However, the amendment allows for certain exceptions. Please see INTERIM | 2