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Volume 104, Number 23
Friday, April 17, 2020
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Budget shortfall Provost says enrollment could decrease 7.5-25%
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Marquette is experiencing a $15 million budget deficit from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, top university officials announced in a faculty meeting Tuesday. The lost revenue is from lack of student housing, meal plan and parking payments, chief operating officer Joel Pogodzinski said. The university announced March 23 that it would provide students with 50% refunds for residence hall costs, meal plans and parking permits. Marquette did not collect parking fees from faculty and staff members who parked in campus structures or lots in April. University President
By Nick Magrone
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Graphic by Chelsea Johanning chelsea.johanning@marquette.edu
MUPD takes precautions kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu
Although campus is largely empty following the suspension of in-person classes for the remainder of the semester, the Marquette University Police Department is continuing its
Marquette University Student Government officially postponed its spring 2020 elections to the fall semester, according to a Facebook post shared Tuesday. The new election date for the president, executive vice president and academic senator positions is now slated to occur Sept. 17, with the newly elected representatives to take office Sept. 21. “It came to our attention that not only was a virtual election logistically challenging, potentially minimizing the interaction between candidates and the undergraduate voting committee, but some candidates would have been at a disadvantage due to COVID-19’s personal impact on themselves and their families,” MUSG said in the Facebook post. The decision was made by the elections coordinator, who consulted the executive board, according to a university news release. The current elections coordinator is Jimmy Carlton, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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By Kelli Arseneau
MUSG postpones elections to fall Sara Manjee to remain president until September
By JK Rees
Department adjusts operations due to pandemic
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MUSG President Sara Manjee will remain in her position until the election, while MUSG Executive Vice President Dan Brophy will remain in his position until he graduates this May, “at which point President Manjee will determine whether to appoint an acting EVP until the fall election,” according to the Facebook post. Manjee and Brophy’s term was originally set to expire April 1 of this year. This is the second time MUSG has postponed the elections. When the university made its initial decision to suspend inperson classes until April 10, the elections were postponed to April 23. After Marquette’s decision to suspend classes for the rest of the semester March 24, Carlton told the Marquette Wire that MUSG was MUSG d e l i b e r a t i n g April 14 statement between keeping the April 23 election date in place — which would make the campaign process entirely virtual — and postponing the election entirely until the 2020 fall semester. Manjee and Brophy both referred to MUSG’s statement in response to the Wire’s request for interviews.
... some candidates would have been at a disadvantage due to COVID19’s personal impact”
work around campus and its surrounding neighborhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic. The department is taking a variety of precautionary measures during this time, MUPD assistant chief Jeff Kranz said. He said one of the biggest differences is that the department is no longer sending officers to locations for calls to the station regarding incidents that are not in-progress and have very limited ability for officers to
investigate. Kranz said examples of these instances would be retail theft for an item of small value when no one saw the suspect, or a broken car window, where the victim just needs a police report for insurance purposes. Before the pandemic, MUPD would send a squad to the location for every call, Kranz said. Instead, in those situations police reports are filed over the phone rather
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