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More university programs at risk as stopgap ends MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo
Unless the state budget impasse ends and significant funding begins to flow to the university by the end of the fiscal year in June, some university programs may see dramatic funding cuts. The university broadcasting service, counseling and psychological services, the University Museum and university farms are among the groups at risk. “If we just start doing away with those things I’m afraid we’ll never get them back," SIU President Randy Dunn said Friday. "They’re a part of our history and what makes SIU Carbondale a special campus." Stopgap funding ended Jan. 1, and with a new session of the Illinois General Assembly in its second week and no end to the ongoing budget impasse in sight, SIU officials are singing a familiar tune. “We’re right back in the same boat we were in this time last year when this budget situation started,” Dunn said. In 2016, two stopgap measures passed through the state Legislature that totaled $83 million in support for the university.
For the most part, the stopgap funding was used to pay the bills from the 2016 fiscal year. The university started the 2017 fiscal year “basically back at zero” and is dipping into the reserves once again, Dunn said. Though the university is not in a position where closure is being considered, Dunn said it would be difficult for SIU to continue functioning for another 18 months without having to “dismantle big parts of the university operation.” Should no appropriations be made by the end of the fiscal year on June 30, he said SIU would be “running on fumes.” Dunn said initial cuts would come from the findings of the non-academic prioritization committee appointed by interim Chancellor Brad Colwell. The report, released Thursday, focused on long term cash saving measures. Though long term efficiencies were the top priority, immediate savings were also part of the findings, SIU spokesperson and committee cochairwoman Rae Goldsmith said. Please see STOPGAP | 2
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Morgan Timms | @morgan_timms Counterclockwise from left: Good Samaritan Ministries Executive Director Mike Heath supervises Aniyah Miller, 10; Carissa Bennett, 10; Jaden Garnette-Love, 10; Darren Johnson, 10, all of Carbondale; and Zachary Myers, of Memphis, Tenn., as they fill Heath's trunk with blankets, hats and gloves donated by the public Monday during the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale's Lend a Hand donation drive. The children held the drive for their annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project. The Carbondale community was invited to drop off fresh fruits and vegetables, spare change, warm blankets, hats and gloves at the Boys and Girls Club, where they were later presented to Heath and Good Samaritan vice president Maurine Pyle. "We have tremendously generous donors here in town," Pyle said. "All of these local donors and fundraisers keep us going. It's a community of philanthropy."
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Judy Marshall, executive director for finance and the committee’s other co-chair, said implementation of some of the report recommendations are already underway. One example is an automated employee hiring service called HireTouch and switching to direct deposit to pay vendors. Though these may not seem like a major cost saving areas, “time is money” and streamlining some procedures would allow staff to focus on other things, Goldsmith said. By eliminating costs associated with checks to vendors getting lost in the mail and having to be reissued, electronic payments would save the university more than $50,000 after full implementation, according to the report. But Marshall said she was unable to estimate how long it would take to switch from paper to electronic checks because the process would require cooperation from vendors and participation would be voluntary. More areas expected to receive cuts in the near future are centers or initiatives “that should be selfsupporting,” the report says. The report recommends completely eliminating state funding from the university broadcasting service, counseling and psychological services, the University Museum and university farms by 2022. This
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could save SIU $5.5 million over the course of five years, according to the report. This initiative is still under consideration, Marshall said. The Chancellor’s Planning and Budget
Advisory Council will review and prioritize the recommendations and deliver a report to Colwell by Feb. 1, Goldsmith said. Continued on next page
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Southern Illinoisans prepare to march for equality, social justice MARNIE LEONARD | @marsuzleo
For Carbondale resident Rose Weisburd, peacefully protesting the incoming presidential administration is not only a right but a responsibility. Weisburd was born in Germany. She was brought to the United States as a child and adopted. When she became a naturalized American citizen at 18 years old, Weisburd said she swore an oath to protect the country from “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” “We’re heading somewhere dark,” Weisburd said. “I have to do what I can to resist that and live up to my oath.” This is what motivated Weisburd to get involved with the Southern Illinois Women’s March, which will take place from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 at the Carbondale Civic Center. Participants will leave the Civic Center for the mile-long march at 1 p.m., but the hours leading up to it will be filled with sign-making and community building exercises, march organizer Kathryn Neely said. Though Weisburd was spurred into action by the election of Donald Trump, Neely said the event is “specifically not about protesting the president-elect” and that there will be no anti-Trump signs. The march is affiliated with the Women’s March on Washington, which will take place the same day at the country's capital. It shares the principles of the Washington march, which include “accountability and justice for police brutality,” reproductive rights and protecting the LGBTQIA community, according to the Women’s March on Washington website. Neely said she describes the event as “apartisan” because she wants to encourage people with different viewpoints to participate. “We have room in our community for all opinions and those people who think differently can still walk down the street next to each other,” Neely said.
Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill Jan Eisenhard, of Carbondale, works on a sign during a gathering of demonstrators Saturday at one | o | one yoga in Carbondale. The signs are meant to be used in a march for women's rights on Jan. 21.
“Maybe they’ll have a conversation and learn something.” More than 350 people have committed to attending the march on the event’s Facebook page, and Neely said she anticipates more than 400 people will show up. After the march, there will be a short wrap-up celebration at the Civic Center featuring local bands Teen Angst, Loose Gravel and Kindred Moon. At a sign-making gathering Saturday afternoon in Carbondale, Murphysboro native Marion Adams-Sai said she felt an obligation to “stand up for the equality of women." “I don’t think it’s a partisan issue,” Adams-Sai said. “Every American citizen, regardless of political affiliation, has a duty to have conversations like this with our government.” As Adams-Sai worked on the sign she
will hold during the march, which read “The rise of the woman equals the rise of the nation,” her infant son Matine played with toys on a blanket next to her. “Practically my whole family is marching, including my baby,” AdamsSai said. “We’re all concerned with what the new normal is becoming.” She cited her primary fear being the loss of the Affordable Care Act, which Trump and Republican lawmakers have vowed to repeal and replace. Helen Nall, a retired American history professor and Carbondale resident, agreed, adding that she thinks southern Illinoisans would be particularly hurt by any cuts to Medicaid, which insures lowincome individuals. Nall, whose sign read “Health care for all,” is participating in the march because she worries about the direction in which the country is heading.
“I lived through the 50s,” Nall said. “I’m afraid that we’re going back on a lot of improvements we’ve made since then, especially for women.” Also at issue for Nall is the antiimmigration rhetoric that surrounded Trump’s campaign and the policies he has promised to enact, such as building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. “There’s just too much hate,” Nall said. “Too much intolerance.” Another sign-making event is planned from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Unitarian Fellowship in Carbondale. Weisburd said even people not politically active should get involved. "[Trump and Republicans] are not for poor people, they’re not for disadvantaged people, they’re not for disenfranchised people.” Weisburd said. “But they don’t have power unless we let them have it.”
Page 3 Continued from previous page The first council meeting was Tuesday and a second will follow on Friday. Other recommendations from the report are not yet underway, but would be “fairly easily implemented,” Goldsmith said. These strategies include paying state rates for hotels used by traveling university employees and making travel arrangements far in advance because last-minute rates tend to be higher. A “print analysis and optimization initiative” outlined in the report could potentially save the university $250,000 a year by switching to a cheaper toner, cutting down on printer models and reducing wasteful printing habits. This is another recommendation that could be put into use easily, Marshall said. Even with these cuts and reductions, the university is “relying on lawmakers to come together and provide a budget for the university,” said John Charles, SIU's executive director for governmental and public affairs. Charles said the university system has the means to make it through the spring 2017 semester until the end of the fiscal year on June 30. After that point, he said, evaluations are needed to determine what additional cuts, if any, would be necessary to move forward. Illinois public universities are asking the state Legislature to be funded at the same level as fiscal year 2015. For SIU, that was $199.5 million. The university system has received $106 million this fiscal year, which brings the request to an additional $93 million. Charles said he is not entirely confident SIU will receive that amount. But there is a “renewed sense of cooperation” in the General Assembly, he said, and budget talks have placed higher education on the forefront. Even if the full appropriation is given to the university, Charles said it will take longer than just one year before SIU is back on its feet. “It’s going to require a long term commitment on behalf of our lawmakers,” Charles said. “That’s a partnership that we would need to work together on.”
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School of Art and Design requests $50,000 from city for downtown art installations OLIVIA SPIRES | @_ospierso
SIU's School of Art and Design is attempting to team up with Carbondale Community Arts and the city in an effort to beautify the Strip with new art installations. The approximated $50,000 naturethemed project consists of six to eight functional sculptures such as bike racks and benches to accommodate the new bike paths and walk ways, said Marie Bukowski, Director of the School of Art and Design and a volunteer at Carbondale Community Arts. The project was introduced at the first meeting of the Carbondale City Council in 2017 and is scheduled to be discussed at its meeting Tuesday.
Bukowski said she mirrored artistic movements in cities like St. Louis, Memphis, Tenn., and Pittsburgh in this initiative. “We really want to see the entire downtown area covered in art sometime in the future,” Bukowski said. Carbondale’s project is set to be finished Aug. 4, just before the solar eclipse that city officials expect will bring 50,000 tourists from around the world. “We are hoping that residents and tourists alike will enjoy the art enough so we can keep the movement going,” Bukowski said. Leaders in the community center as well as the School of Art and Design are putting together a committee of five people that will be in charge of picking
the artists who will be commissioned, said Lisa Janssen, artistic director of the art organization. Janssen said the committee will be open to local artists, professors, city staff and members of the general public. No one has been chosen at this time. City Manager Gary Williams said another goal of the project is to “highlight the relationship between SIU and the community.” The overall cost of the project won’t be “set in stone” until the artists are chosen, Wiliams said. When the proposals are approved, the city’s street budget, which usually covers services like sidewalk repairs, will pay for the new sculptures, he said. “We see this part as just phase
one,” Williams said. Artists who apply will be given the opportunity to place bids for the job on Feb. 1. Williams said the city hopes to utilize local talent and see applicants from the School of Art and Design. The deadline for proposals is Feb. 28.
areas of the city. Sarah Heyer, executive director of the local group Keep Carbondale Beautiful, said initiatives like this “keep the city growing.” “Anything that adds to the beauty of Carbondale is a much needed thing,” she said.
“We really want to see the entire downtown area covered in art sometime in the future.” - Marie Bukowski Director of the Schol of Art and Design
Depending on the public’s response and the success of the project, Williams said more art could be installed in other
Staff writer Olivia Spiers can be reached at ospiers@dailyegyptian.com or at 618-536-3325.
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Today's Birthday (01/18/17). Opportunities flourish for career growth this year. Discipline with planning lets you soar to new heights. Change financial strategies with a partner this February, before thriving creativity and communications spark. A different income direction next September leads to shared profits. Collaboration wins. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is an 8 -Work together to manage a new assignment (on top of everything else). Suppress the desire to argue or procrastinate. Transform obstacles into opportunities. Partnership
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Keeping up with Saluki Sports: Here's what you may have missed SEAN CARLEY | @SeanMCarley and Jonathan Thompson | @TheReal_Jt3
While students were away on holiday, Saluki sports didn't slow down. Here's what you may have missed during winter break. Men's basketball has hot start to conference The men's basketball team found a stride during winter break, going 5-3 in the last month. The beginning of the Missouri Valley Conference season did not start with a bright outlook following a road loss to Bradley in Peoria, while also losing the team's leading scorer, sophomore guard Armon Fletcher, because of a foot sprain. But the team rallied in his absence, winning all three games he missed, including a road win at Missouri State when SIU was nearly double-digit underdogs. Senior forward Sean O'Brien and senior guard Mike Rodriguez lead the team with 13.7 and 12.2 points per game in MVC contests. O'Brien is also nearly averaging a double-double with 9.2 rebounds. SIU men's basketball will travel to Drake on Wednesday and host Northern Iowa at 7 p.m. Saturday during the first week back in class. Women's basketball has rollercoaster break SIU women's basketball couldn't find the same consistency as their male counterparts, going 3-5 in the same time period. After splitting a pair of games at the UMKC Tournament in Kansas
Jacob Wiegand | @jawiegandphoto Senior forward Kim Nebo looks to put up a shot while being guarded by Missouri State freshman forward Shameka Ealy during SIU’s 78-60 loss to the Bears on Sunday at SIU Arena. Nebo scored four points in the game.
City, Mo., the Salukis hit a wall in Missouri Valley play. SIU won the conference opener against a shorthanded Loyola team, but lost its next three games by at least 15 points each. The Salukis were able to get back on track with a 23-point victory against Wichita State, but couldn't keep up the momentum Sunday against Missouri State. Southern improved its shooting in conference play, but struggled with turnovers, committing 30 more than opposing teams.
SIU's women have just one contest this week, a 1 p.m. road game Sunday at Evansville. SIU football picks up Gatorade Player of the Year Brandon George, the Oklahoma football Gatorade Player of the Year, announced his commitment to SIU on Jan. 08 over Twitter. George earned the Gatorade Player of the Year award after throwing for 4,035 yards and 44 touchdowns, according to
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 MaxPreps, leading the Jones High School Longhorns to the 3A state championship. He also rushed for 1,305 yards and 21 touchdowns. The dual-threat quarterback committed after taking an official visit of the campus. He is rated as a three-star recruit on both 247sports.com and rivals.com. “I noticed over the [visit] that something very important to them wasn’t how good I was on the field but what kind of person I was off of the football field,” he said in an interview on Jan. 9. “They recruit character, and that meant a lot to me because it showed me that they wanted more than just to win football games but to also see me succeed as a person later on in life.” SIU returns four quarterbacks from last season, including rising junior Sam Straub, who threw for 1,175 yards and seven touchdowns, starting the final three games of the season.
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Two of the winners also posted top-five NCAA results. Sophomore Warren Hazel ran the fouth-fastest 400-meter time this year at 47.24 seconds and junior Jared Kern recorded a 60-foot, 10.5-inch toss in shot put, which moved him into fifth in the NCAA ranks. Senior Freya Block (weight throw), junior Kezia Martin (triple jump), and senior Franklin Adams (long jump) also won their respective events. SIU will compete next on Friday and Saturday in the Vandy Invite in Nashville, Tenn. SIU women’s swim and dive returned to action in commanding fashion in win over Arkansas-Little Rock After one month with no scheduled meets, the SIU women’s swimming and diving team competed against Arkansas Little Rock on Jan. 14.
“They recruit character, and that meant a lot to me because it showed me that they wanted more than just to win football games but to also see me succeed as a person later on in life.” - Brandon George SIU football recruit on Saluki football coaching staff
Track and Field begins indoor The Salukis were strong from season with strong performance the start as they won the 400-yard at Illini Classic medley relay by a margin of seven seconds. Even though they were facing One of the swimmers from that Power-5 conference opponents, event, Junior Bryn Handley, used SIU took home two team top-two this momentum and came in 1st in performances Saturday at the Illini the 1000-yard freestyle. Classic in Champaign. Handley finished with a time of The women's team won the 10:02.25, her best time in the event event while the men's team this season. finished second. Five Salukis The Salukis came in first and registered individual wins second spots in the next two events throughout the event, the first of — Lauren Stockton and Jordan the spring season. Ries in the 200-yard freestyle, and
Ryan Michalesko | @photosbylesko Head coach Barry Hinson attempts to excite the fans during the Salukis' 83-69 win against the Drake Bulldogs on Jan. 1 at SIU Arena.
Samantha Parsons and Jessica Peck in the 100-yard breaststroke. The Dawgs took the top three spots in both the 50-yard freestyle and one-meter diving, adding an
extra 32 points to the team. SIU this success on Jan. 22 at the Butler went on to win the rest of the invite in Indianapolis. events bring their lead to 224-74 by the end of the meet. The Daily Egyptian's sports desk The Salukis look to follow up can be reached at (618) 536-3333.
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