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Actress, author and singer Molly Ringwald will be performing in the Doudna Fine Arts Center with her personal jazz band and with the EIU Jazz Lab Band. Page 2
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New strategies to aggressively ensure Eastern’s financial future By Seth Schroeder Editor-in-chief |@DEN_News
Strategies such as reducing costs, reallocating funds and investing in academic programs will be employed more aggressively to ensure Eastern’s financial sustainability in the coming years, President Bill Perry said. In an email sent to faculty members Monday, Perry mentioned sev-
eral of these strategies. “As we plan for the coming fiscal years, we will in the context of Program Analysis and Strategic Enrollment Planning collaborate with the Council on University Planning and Budget (CUPB) to develop budget reductions and reallocations that will enhance our financial sustainability,” Perry said in the email. He said many of the strategies to be employed in the following years
are continuations of plans that have already started, but they will be implemented more intensely. “We’re going to continue to move in this direction,” Perry said. “This is not a big shift; this is a continuation in more emphasis. That’s why I used the word aggressive.” In the email, Perry said most of the recent staff reductions that have resulted from cost-saving measures have primarily come from attrition.
He said there is a normal attrition every year at universities with faculty and staff retiring or relocating for other jobs. Perry said it is difficult to tell if attrition will be sufficient for future staff reductions, though it depends on the future financial picture and the data gathered from Program Analysis results on Eastern’s Strategic Enrollment Planning. STRATEGIES, page 5
“Remember, remember the 5th of November…”
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Guy Fawkes Day, which is also called Bonfire Night, began on November 5, 1605, when a mercenary named Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellar of the parliament in England with 36 barrels of gunpowder and was tortured and executed. Scott Sheahan, a junior psychology major with teacher certification, walks across campus with a Guy Fawkes mask on as a part of the government movement against the government controlling people.
Gay marriage bill passes Illinois General Assembly Staff Report Lawmakers in Springfield narrowly approved a bill legalizing gay marriage in the state late Tuesday afternoon. The bill, which passed 61-54 in the Illinois General Assembly, positions Illinois to be the 15th state to
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legalize same-sex marriage. The 61 votes, one more than the minimum needed to send the bill for approval to the Illinois Senate, came after more than two-and-ahalf hours of debate in the House and will send the legislation back to the desk of Gov. Pat Quinn, who has repeatedly stated his intention
to sign the bill into law. In a statement from the White House, President Barack Obama praised the General Assembly for their passing of the bill. “Tonight, Michelle and I are overjoyed for all the committed couples in Illinois whose love will now be as legal as ours,” the Pres-
ident said. “And for their friends and family who have long wanted nothing more than to see their loved ones treated fairly and equally under the law.” The bill would redefine the Illinois definition of marriage as between a man and a woman to one between two people.
City approves ‘Barn Party’ settlement By Michael Spencer City Editor| @tmskeeper The Charleston City Council approved a $3,000 settlement between the city and L.D. & B. Investments, Inc., the company that rented a warehouse to Phi Beta Alpha for the “Barn Party” in September. A violent altercation involving firearms occurred at the event forcing Charleston emergency resources to be expended while responding to the incident. Charleston Mayor Larry Rennels said the settlement sets a standard for businesses in Charleston when renting property. “These two actions have sent a very strong message: that anyone who owns property, that they should be aware of the activities that potential renters might be planning, to ensure that the property has adequate facilities to accommodate the activity,” Rennels said. The resolution, which was unanimously passed by the council, states that L.D. & B. will pay a $2,000 penalty for the resources the city used in responding to the events of September 14 and 15 and an additional $1,000 to cover legal fees accrued by the city. L.D. & B. has also been placed on probation for one year, during which the business will be forced to pay another penalty of the same amount if another ordinance violation were to take place at the property in question. Rennels also said that organizations seeking to rent property should be aware of potential ordinance violations that could occur. “Organizations need to ensure that promoters are reputable and responsible,” Rennels said. The city also approved the placement of a stop sign on Lovers Lane. However, Rennels confirmed that the sign was placed by the Public Works Department in advance of the passing of the resolution by the council. “This was one of those situations that I felt that (the placement of the stop sign) was not a major problem,” Rennels said. “Obviously, they could not have enforced it, so if somebody had run the stop sign during that period of time, they couldn’t have cited them. I felt that since it was not in a high traffic or highly visible area, it wasn’t worth requiring them to go take it down and then put it back up again.” The resolution in question was unanimously approved. Among other pieces of business that were also approved by the council was a mutual aid agreement between the city and three private ambulance companies that guarantees aid in the event that all of Charleston’s emergency vehicles are unavailable. The city also approved road closures for Eastern’s Nearly Naked Mile, a charity event that collects winter-coats for the impoverished. The next City Council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at City Hall. Michael Spencer can be reached at 581-2812 or tmspencer2@eiu.edu.