Volume 120 Issue 13 Friday, December 11, 2015
News
The John & Annie Glenn Historic Site and The Natioal Road-Zane Grey Museum are holiday ready.
Arts & Entertainment
Student Senate, Board of Trustees turn page on yearbook Lindsey Kreamer Arts & Entertainment Editor Muskingum University will no longer publish a yearbook after Student Senate and The Board of Trustees voted to eliminate funding for The Muscoljuan. At the beginning of the Fall 2015 semester, organizations on campus that receive their funding through the student activity fee, money students pay toward activities on campus, were subject to budget reviews through Student Senate. The proposal was next passed by The Board of Trustees. The reviews resulted in the funding of the Muskingum University yearbook, The Muscoljuan, being eliminated, along with
several other organizations seeing decreases or increases to their semesterly budgets. There was also a proposed increase in the student activity fee from $118 to $130 per semester that was voted on by Student Senate and passed along with the other proposed changes to these organizations’ budgets, but The Board of Trustees has not voted on the activity fee increase yet, according to Executive Board Secretary of Student Senate, Claire Ardrey. The yearbook was started by a group of Muskingum juniors in the early 20th Century. The Muscoljuan Faculty Advisor, Meghan Wynne, said that the yearbook has been continously published since 1907.
The conversation about the funding and defunding of this organization started a couple years ago when students in Student Senate expressed a desire to see funding go to organizations and events that they believed would get more students involved on campus. At the beginning of this year The Muscoljuan, The Black & Magenta, Brewed Awakenings, and Student Senate, in particular, were brought up at a Student Senate meeting on Sept. 29 by Vice President for Student Affairs, Janet Heeter-Bass, because of the nature of how they receive funding. “The yearbook was costing a lot of money,” said Taylor Little, Executive Board President of Student Senate. “Things are changing
and from what we heard students would like to see their money spent in different ways that are maybe more responsible and could be shifted to programming and other activities that have a little bit more of a demand [from students] on our campus.” Little said that a lot of factors went into the decision to eliminate the funding of the yearbook. “Our goal was not to kill the yearbook but it was a large expenditure,” said Little. “$40,000 [per year], and that was in the hands of five students, and there were a lot of complaints about the quality of the yearbook. It was a big job to do for a small group.” See YEARBOOK, On Page 3
Muskingum students make Christmas possible for families in need
Martin Kurtz Orbit Media Reporter Muskingum Univeristy students, faculty, staff, and organizations gave to families and children The Muscoljuan, Muskingum in the area that are in need of extra University’s yearbook, will no longer help this season. Muskingum finished their 26th year of hosting be published after this spring. Christmas on Campus earlier this week on Dec. 7. Christmas on Campus stemmed from a previous Student Life Office gift exchange. Penny Selock, Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Organizer of Christmas on Campus, thought it would be a good idea to combine the spreading of holiday cheer along with helping out the community. “The dean at the time said ‘You know what? Let’s buy something for area people,’” said Selock, Muskie Mens Basketball “‘How can we help out in the continues to improve with a 3-5 community?’” Selock organizes and coordistart to the 2015 season.
SPORTS
Chelsea McCrae/ Black & Magenta Organizations participating in the Christmas on Campus progam deliver gifts to the Top of the Center in time for the holidays. nates the event as a whole. Once she recieves the number of families and children in need, she then divides them between the “Santas” on campus. A “Santa” could be a whole organization, a pair of roommates, or even one person. She deter-
mines which organization gets assigned to each family depending on the number of people in each organzation or group. Each “Santa” received an anonymous list that included the age and gender of the child they recieved in November.
“Santas” can give toys, money, blankets, and coats to help the families during the holiday season. “Toys are the fun thing, but if they don’t have socks and shoes, some of the conditions they live in are deplorable,” said Selock. In the last 26 years, Christmas on Campus has helped over 1,200 children. In total this year, there were 36 children from 18 families that were helped by the 28 different “Santas” on campus. Selock said that the Muskingum community, in events like this, doesn’t give itself enough credit. “We are so generous,” said Selock. “We are such a loving family, and when we all come together to do projects like this, it just warms your heart. It makes you feel good about what you’re doing going into the season.” The presents were collected Nov. 30 through Dec. 4 by the “Santas.” They were delivered to the agencies on Tuesday, Dec. 8.