MEET THE GREEKS The annual “Meet the Greeks” step show will be on Friday in front of the Doudna steps.
CROSS COUNTRY DOMINATES The Eastern men’s and women’s cross country teams took home team titles last weekend.
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Puppy power Faculty Senate talks profit-loss, reserves By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News The Faculty Senate discussed concerns with how Eastern is approaching some trouble areas, such as the profit-loss sheets and it assigned members to committees. Blair Lord, Eastern’s provost and the vice president for academic affairs, said there are essentially no reserves left. “I have used the description that we are sort of like a big building with pillars holding up the roof and we spent all of this summer and much of last year knocking one pillar out at a time,” Lord said. “The roof is being held up with the volume of the air inside.” Profit-loss sheets look at the cost efficiency of different programs on campus. Senate chair Jemmie Robertson told faculty senate members that he met with Eastern President David Glassman last Friday. In their meeting, he told Glassman he wanted more transparency involving the profit-loss documents. Robertson said Glassman is aware of the concerns and plans to be transparent with the profit-loss documents, and the departments themselves will be able to review the information once the sheets are released. Robertson said he sees the profit-loss sheets as a conflict between Eastern’s mission, the goals of the university and what the profit-loss sheets could say about the department it discusses. “Our core mission is not to generate profit,” Robertson said. Robertson said some departments are inherently more expensive than others. He used his own department, music, as an example. He said the music department hires professors who are knowledgeable in certain sections, and some hold one-on-one teaching sessions with students to track progress. Glassman also said he plans on instituting working groups that will be made up of faculty, staff and students to get Eastern growing again. Robertson then moved on to talk about the athletic budget. Glassman said the athletic department was close to, if not on, budget this year. Robertson said it will be difficult for athletics to stay on budget this year when keeping to their schedule because of the drop in enrollment. Amy Rosenstein, a senator, brought up a point about trust and said back when former Eastern President Bill Perry was in office he asked the Council on University Planning and Budgeting to look into possible budget changes. Rosenstein said it was stressful work,
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(Top) Lauren Adams, a senior elementary education major, holds her peer’s, Sam Orr’s, puppy named Maggie in the Library Quad Tuesday. Orr just adopted this 7-week-old Yorkshire terrier shih tzu mix Monday.
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(Left) Paige Roberts, campus minister for the Wesley Foundation, commands her dog Finn to sit in Andrews Hall lobby Tuesday. Finn comes to Andrews on Tuesdays. Roberts said she has been told seeing Finn is “the best part of the day” for some residents.
President to address university goals Staff Report | @DEN_News Eastern President David Glassman will give his State of the University Address, where he will outline his plans for the university’s future and recovery. This speech is set for 2:20 p.m. Wednesday in the Dvorak Concert Hall. In a media advisory, it was written that the president has indicated that he will not address questions following his talk. Glassman will detail steps the administration plans to take for the next four years, strategies to enhance Eastern’s brand, and his focus on getting a full budget from Springfield. This includes continuing to visit the state
capitol, meeting with lawmakers and investing in marketing the university through social media, billboards, radio and other forms of media. Glassman said he wants to recognize the many strengths and weaknesses of the university. All those who are interested are invited to attend, and according to a post on the university newsletter, Glassman encourages supervisors to let staff members leave their offices to watch the address. The staff of The Daily Eastern News can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com.
State of the University Address: what you need to know • When: 2:20 p.m. Wednesday • Where: Dvorak Concert Hall • Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend • President Glassman will not address questions following the speech