CAMPUS | PG 3
SPORTS | PG 18, 19
MSA SENATE IMPROVES NEW COACH, RETENTION RATES NEW RECORDS
Despite improved retention rates, the distribution of MSA senators per committee is skewed.
Eighteen games into the Frank Haith tenure, the Missouri Tigers sit as No. 5 in the nation.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012 | VOLUME 78 | ISSUE 29
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BUDGET
Nixon proposes 12.5 percent cut to higher education the budget proposes a reduction of about $55 million total. MU spokesman Christian Basi said right now it is too early to comment on the proposed budget and things could change between now and April, when the budget comes to an official vote. “Our institutions promote access and affordability, but resources can only stretch so far,” Department of Higher Education Commissioner David Russell said in a news release. Like Nixon, Russell said they need to look for more innovative ways to meet the funding needs of higher education. The governor’s proposed budget allocates the same amount of money as it did last year toward scholarship programs. The Access Missouri scholarship program, which was funded from a one-time appropriation of $30 million from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
Higher education is sitting on the chopping block once again in Gov. Jay Nixon’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013. Compared to the 2012 budget, funding could be cut as much as 12.5 percent if the proposed budget is passed in April by the state legislature. The money allocated toward higher education comes from a variety of statewide funds, but the potential decrease in funding for colleges and universities is due to less money being allocated to public universities from the general revenue fund. The budget also proposes that less funding come from areas including federal funding, the Guaranty Agency Operating Fund and the Lewis and Clark Discovery Fund. Additional funding for higher education would come from the Advantage Missouri Trust Fund, the Institution Gift Trust Fund and the AP Incentive Grant Fund. For the UM System specifically,
COMPARING
APPROPRIATIONS
See BUDGET, page 6 The amount requested is from the Department of Higher Education and the amount appropriated is decided by the governor and state legislature.
Requested Recommended FY2011 Department Total $1,265,591,491 $1,252,062,111 $932,016,690 General Revenue $1,025,901,561 FY2012 Department Total $1,178,453,510 $1,112,786,057 $893,209,823 $821,542,370 General Revenue
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Gov. Jay Nixon delivers the State of the State address Tuesday in the Missouri State Capitol. The proposed budget would cut 12.5 percent of funding for higher education compared to the last fiscal year.
FY2013 Department Total $1,139,373,634 $819,083,783 General Revenue
The week of basketball hasn’t been different at all for Kim English. On Thursday, the Missouri men’s basketball team practiced at Mizzou Arena. The senior guard could be seen alone on one half of the court
Baylor (17-1, 4-1) in a top-five collision. Never has such a matchup occurred inside the conference that wasn’t between Kansas and Texas. Missouri is ranked higher than it has ever been this late in January since 1990. It’s the kind of game that could lift the program to a ranking it hasn’t
seen since ’90, when it was once first in the country, the kind English and his four senior teammates haven’t played during their years in Columbia. Yet English, known for his preparation and study habits, said he views
See BAYLOR, page 6
ENROLLMENT
International student population grows JIMMY HIBSCH Senior Staff Writer International students are becoming an increasingly more common facet of MU’s campus, with this semester’s population larger than ever.
International Center Director James Scott said in his six years at the university, he has never seen a greater number of international students studying at MU. So far this semester, 2,016 international students have enrolled at MU, and Scott said this number will likely increase as time
passes. “That number may go up because not everybody has checked in yet,” he said. “It could be air travel or delays, which is typical for the spring semester. I think it will go up.” Of the 2,016 students, about 450 are undergraduate students. Scott
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$1,032,398,908 -$106,974,726 $740,933,358 -$78,150,425 CASEY PURCELLA | GRAPHICS ASSISTANT
Missouri, Baylor to clash in top five battle shooting free throws in his typical, delicate way. He took a breath, bent his knees into the form of ‘Z’s’ and his shooting arm into an ‘L’ before extending, letting the ball up and through the net. Tomorrow, English and the fifthranked Tigers (17-1, 4-1 Big 12 Conference) will tangle with No. 3
-$13,529,380 -$93,884,871
Source: Missouri Office of Administration
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SETH BOSTER Staff Writer
Difference
said the growth in overall international students is at the undergraduate level. The increase is most prevalent in the Chinese student community, Scott said. Since 2006, the international student population from
See GROWTH, page 6
INSIDE THE MELTING POT: SWIMMERS MAKE WAVES Foreign athletes are playing a major role in the success of MU's swimming team. PG. 21, SPORTS
ASB CROSSES BORDERS The group traveled to the Dominican Republic. PG. 5, CAMPUS
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