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[email protected]. TUESDAY DAILY EGYPTIAN MARCH 19, 2013 DAILYEGYPTIAN.COM SINCE 1916 VOLUME 98, ISSUE 110 Hillel House Making the cut for pedestrian mall closes after funding cuts TREY BRAUNECKER Daily Egyptian A campus organization has had to shutter its meeting space because of budget issues. !e Hillel organization, also known as !e Foundation for Jewish Life on Campus, has provided Jewish college students a Registered Student Organization to help establish a tight- knit community while emphasizing Judaism for more than 90 years, according to its website. However, Carbondale’s Hillel chapter was denied the funding needed to keep it from operating because of the organization’s budget cuts. Located near campus, the house is a place where Jewish students could meet to connect with other Jewish students on SIU’s campus. Melissa Schwedel, a university Hillel chapter organizer, said funding became an issue because of Hillel’s decreased recession budget, as well as the organization’s size. “I think it is mainly the economy,” said Schwedel, a graduate student in public administration from Bu#alo Grove. “Not many organizations have much money to begin with, so it needs to be rationed out.