SWEPT AWAY
STARTING A RIOT
The Eastern baseball team was swept by Jacksonville State at Coaches Stadium for the first time since the Gamecocks joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 2003.
Charleston residents were able to see the events of the150th anniversary of the Charleston Riot unfold before their eyes Sunday.
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Subcommittees prepare budget cut proposals for CUPB By Stephanie Markham, Jack Cruikshank & Jarad Jarmon Verge Editor, Staff Reporter & Associate News Editor | @DEN_News The Council on University Planning and Budgeting subcommittees reconvened Friday to go over the recommendations for cuts in their specific areas, which would be brought to the other subcommittees. The Academic Affairs subcommittee reviewed various recommendations, a task which had become monotonous and strenuous that some members needed a break whether it chocolate break or an alcoholic break “We need alcohol,” subcommittee member Assege HaileMariam said. The subcommittee reviewed various costs associated with Booth Library, such as an annual $25,000 fund for travel expenses associated with conference travel. Allen Lanham, the dean of Library Services, defended the expense, even though it is considerably higher than most departments. “We do spend more in travel than other departments, and that is by plan,” Lanham said. “I don’t want the library to be behind the eight ball.” Lanham said when he arrived at Eastern, the librarians were paying their own way to conferences, and he said he did not like that. “When I arrived at Booth Library, we had no travel money and no one was going anywhere. You looked around at the library and you thought, ‘This library is going nowhere,’ and that was the case,” Lanham said. Lanham said he has compared travel money to the money various departments get for summer
programs and research projects as well as courses they allow faculty to make extra money. “At the library we don’t have that (additional money), and never will,” Lanham said. “But in terms of national and international associations, I want us to be there.” The subcommittee also reviewed the viability of associate deans to teach courses half of the time they are employed at Eastern. The group decided one of their recommendations to the main council will be to review the workloads of associate deans and review how their time can be utilized best. The academic affairs subcommittee debated ways to reduce spending in the academic departments around campus. Members were at odds over what areas could and could not stand to be assessed for cutting costs, especially on the area of research. However, the subcommittee agreed to bring a number of suggestions back to the council on areas in which spending should be assessed, including university foundation courses, the study abroad office, the minority affairs office, deans and department offices and academic support offices such as the Student Success Center. The subcommittee also agreed the university mission statement should be used as a guide in assessing spending. With the pressure of the university’s limited budget, the subcommittee members were in conflict over the necessities of certain programs and offices when they have been tasked with finding ways to cut costs. Lanham suggested evaluating the amount of funding for research.
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Khadijah Harris, a kiniesiology and sports studies major, hits the runway at GLAM Modeling’s Concrete Jungle fashion Show Saturday in the main gym of McAfee Gymnasium.
Models embrace wild side for fashion show By Kalyn Hayslett Staff Reporter | @DEN_News The crowd’s conversation and the blasting bass created the sound of anticipation, when suddenly the host entered a modeling battle that ended with a death drop to open the GLAM Modeling Concrete Jungle fashion show. McAfee Gym was turned into three catwalks with two intersecting aisles at both ends. Three models posed at the top of the aisle, they strutted along the catwalk together then switched passed each other showing their outfits to all the audiences. Splitting the show into five sections, all inspired by different animals highlighting the animal’s renowned characteristics, carried out the Concrete Jungle theme. A vulture’s ability to find treasure from trash is similar to thrift shopping which was the opening scene “High Fashion Homelessness.” N’tchana Batoma, a senior theatre arts major, said her favorite section was
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Charnice Terry, a family and consumer sciences major, models a flowing white dress in the GLAM Modeling’s Concrete Jungle fashion show Saturday at MCafee Gymnasium in the main gym.
the opening scene. “It allowed the designers to be more creative with their designs,” she said. Models were barefoot, wore scarfs,
layered dull colored clothing and held signs saying, “Will pose for cash” which reinforced the homeless theme. JUNGLE FEVER, page 5
Perry to finish out term with same momentum By Bob Galuski Managing Editor | @BobGaluski Stay the course. That’s how President Bill Perry plans to spend the rest of his tenure as president of Eastern. Perry, who announced via email Thursday his intent to step down as president at the end of his contract in June 2015, said that for the rest of his term, he will be making sure different areas are followed through. One of the bigger areas still in the early stages comes in the form of a $7 million budget cut he ordered earlier this year. Although still in the initial stages, Perry said the recommendations the three subcommittees of the Council on Planning and Budgeting are making
would extend through fiscal year 2015, 2016 and 2017. “Next year, during fiscal ‘15, we’ll have to see how those are starting work, to assess the impact of them, to see what kinds of tweaks we may need to make downstream,” Perry said. “So we will continue working on that.” Although this cut, still starting out, comes toward the end of Perry’s term, Perry said it is something that any presidential candidate would know. “Any person who is interested in serving as a president, they know a few things. They know that 60 percent of the university’s in the country did not reach their enrollment goals last year. State support for higher education is uncertain at best,” he said. “They should expect to be serving at a university with both op-
portunities and challenges.” Perry, 68, said one of the biggest contributing factors to his decision to leave came down to wanting time for other opportunities, such as travel, family time and to continue pursuing mathematics. Perry began his tenure as president in July 2007, after being at Texas A&M University since 1971, where he was in professorial and administrative roles. Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or dennewsdesk@gmail.com Chynna Miller | The Daily Eastern Ne ws
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President Bill Perry talks with students during Pizza With the Prez Nov. 11 in Taylor Dining Hall. President Perry announced Friday his plan to refrain from renewing his contract as president at the contract’s end in June 2015.