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DAILY EGYPTIAN FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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Quinn appoints three new university trustees KARSTEN BURGSTAHLER Daily Egyptian
SANDRA COOK
MELVIN TERRELL
LEE MILNER
Gov. Pat Quinn announced three new university Board of Trustees members in a statement Monday. Sandra Cook, of Collinsville; Melvin Terrell, of Chicago; and Lee Milner, of Springfield, will replace the three highest-ranking board members: Chairman John Simmons, Secretary Mark Hinrichs and Vice Chairman Ed Hightower, President Glenn Poshard said, and a new chairman will be elected. According
to WSIL, the former members’ terms ended last month, and the new members will be seated during Thursday’s meeting. “Once the chairman is appointed, then he fills the other positions, he or she, whoever it is,” Poshard said. Poshard said he is unsure why Quinn chose to replace Simmons, Hinrichs and Hightower. “They’ve all been excellent board members,” he said. “They have given so much of their own time and energy to this university.” However, Poshard said the new
members are qualified for the job. “They have extensive backgrounds of service and education,” he said. “I think they are imminently qualified, from what I have seen so far of their resumes.” According to the statement, Cook is a retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant who served from 19792001. She earned her undergraduate degree at SIU, and she is a senior associate at the Brown and James law firm’s Belleville branch. Please see TRUSTEES | 3
Fears loom over Cut from a different cloth sequestration cuts ZACH MARTIN Daily Egyptian Without serious Congress renegotiation, another “fiscal cliff” crisis could disrupt federal education funding. The sequestration policy, a group of automatic across-the-board spending cuts that total $1.2 trillion and are scheduled to last from March 1 to 2021, will shave close to $85 billion from the federal budget, according to the Los Angeles Times. This will cover a 5 percent reduction across the board to both education and defense spending. In response, Chancellor Rita Cheng said the university is requesting a modest tuition increase, which will be proposed during Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting, to offset any funding losses. “We are following the sequestration issue very closely,” she said. “The
combination of possible federal and state cuts to higher education will certainly impact the university.” Along with a tuition increase, Cheng said the university’s hiring freeze, which University Spokesman Rod Sievers said requires the university to approve individual hires, would continue as well. While the sequestration policy will affect what federal aid students receive, it won’t be as simple as a 5 percent reduction of all campusbased aid, Financial Aid Director Terri Harfst said. “I saw a formula that is being proposed for campus-based aid reductions, and SIU would not see as large a reduction as originally forecasted,” she said. “Regardless of the outcome, the Financial Aid Office is always available to assist students in funding their education.” Please see CUTS | 3
Missing Plano man found safe ELIZABETH ZINCHUK Daily Egyptian A missing 21-year-old former university student from Plano with cerebral palsy was found unharmed in Carbondale Sunday. Plano Police Department Chief Steven Eaves said he was called to the Cann residence around 7:45 p.m. Feb. 22, when Corey Cann’s family claimed he was missing. Police are still questioning Cann in Carbondale, he said. “Our primary goal was to make sure that he was safe,” Eaves said. Cann’s family created a Facebook page to relay information Sunday. Eaves said Cann was last seen with his brother until two men picked him up. He said his family became concerned when Cann was not seen or heard from. Police immediately declared Cann a missing person and investigated his disappearance all weekend until he was located,
Eaves said. In a Beacon-News article, Plano Police Department Sgt. Norm Allison said Cann’s disappearance was a miscommunication. “Corey indicated to us he left on his own accord. He is totally fine, happy and healthy,” Allison said. “We are going to facilitate what he is going to do next, whether he wants to come home or stay down (in Carbondale).” Eaves said he was glad Cann was found, especially under the uncertain circumstances. “We thought it was suspicious the way he left, but it was never officially anything more than a missing person report,” he said. A Carbondale Police Department representative was unable to be reached before press time Monday. Elizabeth Zinchuk can be reaching at ezinchuk@dailyegyptian.com or 536-3311 ext. 268.
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Wade Stofko, a freshman from Crest Hill studying fashion design merchandising, uses a sewing machine Monday in Quigley Hall. Stofko said he was inspired to pursue a fashion design degree by a male senior in the program. “It’s a women’s thing,” he said. “We need more men in fashion.”