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No summer reruns Inside this edition: Keep kids learning with Dr. Glenn heads home to Alabama, page 2 forensics, sports camps National title spurs equestrians, page 6 see page 3 Aerospace workshop marks 50 years, page 7 Makiing a diifffference,, page 8 a publication for the Middle Tennessee State University community June 2, 2008 • Vol. 16/No. 23 Budget creates challenges, opportunities Please don’t $400 bonus still planned for October felt that a 5 percent review would be sufficient as a start. I am especially pleased that each department and division head has grasped our serious fiscal situation and from Dr. Sidney A. McPhee understood and responded to this enormous challenge. Each has proposed meaningful cuts and reductions, many his communication is to update you on our pro- of which will have a significant impact on university pro- posed budget reduction plans to address the man- grams and activities. I want to assure you that our com- T dated cuts in university appropriations for the 2008- mitment is to protect, as much as possible under these cir- to see prof’s 09 fiscal year. cumstances, our core mission, which is academics and As you may have read, our state appropriation base instructional activities. funding is being cut by $6.156 million, As we review proposed budget reductions, we will which is 6.1 percent of our 2007-08 state first identify cuts in central campus administration budg- newest film appropriation. While we already had ets and pool accounts. This strategy will help us lessen the some concerns since little or no new state reductions in the academic areas of the university. As the by Gina K. Logue funds had been included in the state’s academic budget represents more than 76 percent of our original proposed budget, this reduction base education and general budget, reductions in this area will create even greater challenges for us unfortunately will be necessary in order for us to accom- or the second consecutive in the upcoming fiscal year. plish the mandated 6.1 percent cuts. Every effort will be year, the Cannes Film To meet this budget reduction, each made to hold the academic-area cuts to a minimum. F Festival, one of the most department, college and division has In addition, we will begin to consider other possible prestigious events of its kind in the world, has accepted an inde- been asked to offer recommendations on McPhee courses of action, including outsourcing of some opera- ways they could cut 5 percent from their tions and services, to reduce costs or increase revenues to pendent film produced by MTSU current base budget. You may ask why only 5 percent, help with our budget needs. As this budget situation may students and faculty. when our state appropriation is being reduced by 6.1 per- very well be a problem again next fiscal year, we will need The movie, “Wait…,” an emo- cent? The reason is that base-operating budgets also to adopt new business practices and evaluate the level of tionally powerful examination of include other funds, i.e., tuition, fees and other revenues, an American’s reaction to the that provide funding above the state appropriation. We See ‘Budget’ page 5 news that his son has died in Iraq, also has been accepted by Digifest in Florence, Italy, and is under consideration by nearly 40 other Moonbuggy teams take national honors festivals around the globe. Ironically, Dr. Bob Pondillo, professor of electronic media com- NASA commends munication and the screenwriter and director of “Wait …,” says he design as only one suspects the anti-war sentiment expressed in the film might have had a role in its rejection by at fit to take to moon least one film festival. The Cinema Society of San Diego, a city with from Staff Reports an economy heavily dependent upon seven military bases in the he MTSU Moonbuggy Teams area, turned down “Wait …” with- won four prestigious awards out giving Pondillo a reason. and were finalists for a fifth at “I would be saddened if our T movie was banned for some overt the 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race at the U.S. Space & Rocket political reason,” Pondillo says. Center in Huntsville, Ala., sponsored “San Diegans should have the by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight right to see the film and make up Center. their own minds.” The Great Moonbuggy Race is HIGH ROLLERS—The MTSU Moonbuggy Teams celebrate their recent success. From The short film was shot in one inspired by the original lunar rover left are Patricia Jones, Scarlett Lanning, Greg Russell, team leaders Johnny Guidry and dreary, rainy day in November engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Jennifer Russell, Juan Gomez, Michael Paris, Michael McGoldrick, alumnus Souriya 2007 at a student’s rented Sinpraseuth, adviser Dr. Saeed Foroudastan and Katie Sampuda. Center, whose creation journeyed Murfreesboro house, which had been revamped to look like a across the moon during the last three photo submitted Apollo missions in the early 1970s. disheveled Chicagoan’s lower- The vehicles that enter this race are middle-class home. Pondillo human-powered and based on the could be transported to the moon and Moonbuggy project face challenges tapped his friend David Lawrence original Lunar Roving Vehicle design: also carry astronauts on the lunar sur- similar to those experienced by the to play the lone role in the film. a compact, lightweight, flexible and face. durable “all-terrain vehicle” that Students participating in the See ‘Teams’ page 5 See ‘Wait’ page 5 IN BRIEF sions—June 2-July 3 and July 7- food, booking hotel rooms, August 8. Students will learn the describing their daily lives, Arabic script/alphabet, common understanding and giving direc- NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION UP TO MODERN STANDARDS useful vocabulary and basic tions, etc. For more information, U.S. POSTAGE PAID This summer, MTSU will grammatical structures. At the contact Kari Sue Neely, assistant MURFREESBORO TN offer courses in Modern end of the sequence, students professor of foreign languages, at PERMIT NO. 169 Standard Arabic from 10:10 a.m. will be equipped with basic sur- [email protected]. www.mtsunews.com to 12:30 p.m. Monday through vival skills such as ordering Thursday in two separate ses- MTSU’s Glenn to take reins of Athens State Aug. 1 be able to assume this opportunity for service if it ment of that growth, the needs of the students from Staff Reports had not been for the influence and help of Dr. remained priority No. 1, and the quality of our pro- McPhee, my fellow vice presidents, the great deans grams and integrity of the university’s mission TSU’s Dr. Robert “Bob” Glenn will of the colleges and all of the other exceptional peo- were never compromised. Dr. Glenn helped devel- become the next president of Athens State ple who serve the students here. It has been an op a culture of involvement at MTSU that has M University after the chancellor of honor to work with these great professionals, and I enabled students to excel in the classroom and Alabama’s two-year college system recommended can only hope that I can pay forward all they have become engaged in the community, resulting in a his appointment to the Alabama State Board of done for me.” well-rounded educational experience. Many fine Education at its May 22 board meeting. achievements lie ahead for Dr. Glenn, and on Glenn has served MTSU for eight years, ‘I can only hope that I can behalf of the university community, I wish initially as vice president for student affairs. him even greater success.” Two year later, he assumed the additional role pay forward all they have “When enrollment services became a of vice provost for enrollment management. part of student affairs, Dr. Glenn provided “On behalf of the MTSU community, I done for me.’ exemplary leadership in the transition,” would like to congratulate Bob Glenn on his added colleague Sherian Huddleston, associ- new position as president of Athens State Dr. Robert ‘Bob’ Glenn, ate vice president for enrollment services. University,” MTSU President Sidney A. outgoing vice president for student affairs “His experience in student development, his McPhee said. “Dr. Glenn is returning to a state careful thought in decision-making and his that is close to his heart and to a school that dedication to serving all students character- has great historical significance for his family. His Glenn explained that his great-grandfather, ize Dr. Glenn.” contributions to MTSU run long and deep. He not Edgar Massilon Glenn, served two years (1902– Glenn received his doctorate, with an emphasis only talked about being involved in student life— 1904) as Athens’ president when the institution was in counselor education, and his Master of Science, he was and is an avid supporter and participant in known as Athens Female College. The elder Glenn with an emphasis in student personnel work, from those activities.” later served on the board of trustees at Athens The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He Glenn’s new role as president of Athens State, State, as well as the boards of trustees for earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from which begins Aug. 1, will see him leading an insti- Birmingham-Southern and Huntingdon colleges. Birmingham-Southern College. tution with an enrollment of about 3,000. “As an administrator, Dr. Glenn led MTSU Athens State University is located in Athens “I have been very fortunate to have the oppor- through a period of tremendous growth,” McPhee and is part of the Alabama Community College tunity to work at MTSU,” Glenn said.