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Input at forum spawns further debate Student Body President’s question to administration incites further review of cuts Ty Johnson
ignite a brainstorming session about other ways to cut services while protecting student support programs. Jim Ceresnak’s question to the administration “I think their questions about DUAP are very at the open budget forum July 9th bordered on valid and very real,” Arden said following the forhetorical as he noted that the Department of rum. Undergraduate Academic Programs was slated “Are we going to accommodate those [services] to receive a 26-percent cut while the vice chancel- in other ways? Are we going to shift some resourclor and provost units will be cut by 22.64 percent. es around? Perhaps we need to think a little more “Does this University value administrative sup- creatively.” port over academic support?” Ceresnak asked, And while the administration’s budget-creatadding how anxious it made him to ask such a ing body has largely focused on avoiding cutting question before the administration. colleges, Ceresnak said it was just as important But Ceresnak’s question, to protect programs that the first from the audience aided students. of about 200 — made up “DUAP is a division that of students, faculty and provides vital services to staff — set the tone for students,” Ceresnak said the rest of the forum. Wednesday. Administrators and “No one will ever graduaudience members spoke ate from the Department candidly about the budof Undergraduate Acaget-creating process that demic Programs, but how has the University seeking many students would not ways to save money while have graduated or would Chancellor Jim Woodward protecting its academic have had a tougher time core. graduating without the Chancellor Jim Woodservices [it] offers?” ward said the sentiments Woodward said the adexpressed by the president of the student body ministration and budget-building team heard the did not fall on deaf ears as he vowed that he would concerns expressed about DUAP’s fate. personally revisit the proposed cut of DUAP, a He was also encouraged that the department department largely consisting of academic support heads heard what students had to say. groups that range from tutoring and advising to “I wanted the academic leadership that’s responNew Student Orientation and First Year College. sible for putting the final budget together to hear “I heard loud and clear the concern expressed the concerns expressed by students,” Woodward about cutting too much of the budget of these said. student support units,” Woodward said follow“The impact of the student comments is very ing the forum. real. The people who will make these decisions “We will go back and re-look at that. I will re- about how to allocate these cuts in the department look at that.” heard these concerns as well.” Provost Warwick Arden also said the inquiry Student Senate President Kelli Rogers said cuts about DUAP’s cuts were valid, and said it would of the magnitude the University is dealing with Editor in chief
“I heard loud and clear the concern expressed about cutting too much of the budget of these student support units,”
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Interim Provost Warwick Arden talks to students, faculty, staff, and others at the budget forum held in Stewart Theater Thursday, July 9, 2009. In addition to an initial 5% budget cut, the University must cut an additional 5%. The forum was held to allow students, faculty and staff to voice budgetary concerns.
will pose problems for student services, but said DUAP’s value to the University is somewhat understated. “Academic cuts are always difficult because, no matter what, someone is going to be upset about it and it’s going to hurt some student’s education,” Rogers said. “DUAP does a lot of stuff extra for students that students need.” Rogers said DUAP was “one of the few departments on campus that understands the importance of advising,” and that, while it may lessen the blow colleges must take, it fills a void that
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OIT shuts down services for weekend upgrades Down time will impact MyPack, Wolfwise Chris Frederick Staff Writer
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Viktoria Lukash, a freshman in biology, shoots pool at the Wolves’ Den in Talley Student Center Tuesday night. The Wolves’ Den has pool, table-tennis, and video games available for participants of New Student Orientation to use at night.
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Accessing OIT internet applications may be a little bit tricky this weekend as the Office of Information Technologies takes time to perform a much needed electrical configuration in the Datacenter 2 facility. The problem involves the backup battery system the university uses to run internet servers during power outages. Many important applications are dependant on these servers for power. MyPack portal and Wolfwise are just two of the applications greatly used by NCSU staff and students. “One of the two power conditioners (battery backup and generator transfer units) is not functioning correctly,” said Vice Chancellor of OIT Marc Hoit. Hoit says the company performing the repair has tried to fix the problem without interrupting services but where unsuccessful. “The OIT is working to reduce the impact of the repair…but there will be some inconvenience since the repair cannot be accomplished without shutting down the server.” Last week at an OIT meeting Hoit explained the urgency behind the repair. “This is a critical fix,” Hoit said. “As it is if there was a power failure that lasted lon-
ger than the battery backup, all services would loose power and shutdown.” Hoit explains that the OIT office is trying to determine which services will be impacted the most during maintenance. “The OIT team is trying to move as many services to the other power source- they are working with campus to determine which services are most critical and support other services,” Hoit said. “The shutdown of services will begin as early as Friday, July 17th in preparation for this maintenance,” said Chris King, OIT assistant director of help desk services. “The majority OIT service shut downs are scheduled to begin at approximately 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 18th.” King says OIT will be shutting down applications according to their importance. “While some applications will be unavailable for use the major administrative systems such as MyPack Portal, The Student Information System (SIS), and the Financial and Human resources system will be available until 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 18th ,” said King. Meaning services such as course registration, housing, and payroll will be unavailable to use after 11 p.m. on Saturday. The Wolfwise system will be degraded and will suffer a brief outage during the maintenance work. This repair comes at a critical time as incoming freshmen and existing students alike rely heavily on OIT services. Many OIT continued page 3
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individual colleges often can’t. “I understand that the University needs to make these cuts and cutting DUAP would lessen the affect it would have on classes for students — if they cut DUAP they might be able to save some classes,” Rogers said. “But, right now, DUAP is filling the role that other areas of the University should be filling and are failing to do so, especially with advising.” Ceresnak said while colleges and majors offer ad-