Sounds around town S e e A & E Exclusive Online Edition News......................1-5 - Power outage leaves students Opinion......................7 trapped, working in the dark - Cause of power failure still A&E......................8-10 unknown S p o rts...............11-13 -Trash to treasure Puzzles....................15 - Softball loses two in shaky Classifieds...............16 - East St. Louis first weekend Thursday, February 18, 2010 www.alestlelive.com Vol. 62, No. 23 Illinois universities request payment schedule tejf Greg Maddox Alestle Reporter Feb. 10, the presidents of many of the major Illinois universities, including SIUE, composed a letter requesting that the governor and comptroller release a payment schedule for the money that is due to the universities that has not yet been received. So far, one week later, they have n ot received a reply. The letter requested that the state government, particularly the comptroller’s office, issue a timetable for when the schools will receive their due payments from the state of Illinois. It is well documented that SIUE, as well as many other universities throughout Illinois, have not received the payments from the government. According to Dave Gross, executive director for Governmental and Public Affairs, it is obvious how big of an impact the lack of funds is having. “The schools have received about 28 percent of appropriation from the state, but the problem is that they are SCHEDULE/pg.3 University looks to future, SIUE School of olans next Nursing alumna Duilding phase by Rosie Githinji experiences Haiti Alestle Online Editor With the construction for the new quake aftermath science building underway, the university can move on to the next step in its 25-year plan. According to Rich Walker, assistant firsthand as Courtesy of Emily Zimmerman vice chancellor of Administration, the Above: Old sheets and tarps became many Haitians only plan was set in motion in January 2007. shelter following the earthquake, dubbed “tent cities.” “We do have a plan,” Walker said. Bottom: SIUE nursing alumna Emily Zimmerman with the nurse anesthetist “The board of trustees has authorized “miracle baby." Zimmerman helped with this baby's emergency cesarean -section. some preliminary work on three new buildings.” by Kari Williams School of Nursing professor Andy Griffin, one of Work on the Student Success Alestle Reporter Zimmerman’s former professors, said he knew the types of things Center, the Student Fitness Center and she would face and that it would be “quite intense,” partly because the Early Childhood Center is now While a nurse was assisting in an emergency cesarean section she went to Haiti right after graduation. complete. surgery to save an unborn child, an unresponsive baby was “I just think it’s a wonderful thing that she did,” Griffin said. “It puts us well on our way to brought to the hospital. The expressionless baby died—as the “It does not surprise me; if I was to say one of our students would achieving that plan,” Walker said. nurse stood helpless and hopeless—while the other baby lived. do something like that just right off the bat, I would say that Though she knew she should not think about the Svhat ifs,’ would be Emily Zimmerman.” There are three new projects being Emily Zimmerman, a recent SIUE master’s of nursing graduate, Stationed in Port-au-Prince, in the Carrefour region, planned, which include expansion on the had to push those questions out of her mind when she returned Zimmerman said she provided anesthesia during surgeries at a Art and Design Building, the to the C-section and aided in saving that child’s life. local hospital and performed nursing duties at a public health clinic Engineering Building and the “We tried for over 20 minutes to bring the baby back to life, setup across the street from the hospital. According to construction of a new athletic building but unsuccessfully, and I think that was the hardest part, was Zimmerman, there are only three hospitals still standing in the that will be located near Korte Stadium, having a baby die, literally, in my arms,” Zimmerman said. “That Port-au-Prince area. according to Walker. was something that I never wanted to ever have to experience.” ZIMMERMAN/pg.4 NEXT STEP/pg.2 NEXT STEP from p g .l “We have hired an architect to benefitting from them since the help us figure out what everything is chancellor released funds to get these going to cost,” Walker said. “It will be projects going, according to two or three months before we know Emmanuel. the estimated project cost. The Student Body President Brandon chancellor decided he didn’t want the Rahn said SIUE has some of the university to stay stagnant.” newest buildings and now the cheapest According to Vice Chancellor of tuition for universities in the state of Student Affairs Illinois. N a r b e t h “I think it’s Emmanuel, phenomenal that prospective we continue to parents and expand and offer students talk CI think it’s students m ore,” about the new Rahn said. “I do facilities like the phenomenal that think a health SSC, w hich is sciences building attached to the we continue to w ould be a great Morris University addition.” Center. The expand and offer A health expectations for science building is the SSC have students more5 not in the next been exceeded, -Brandon Rahn, phase of the 25- according to year plan being Emmanuel. student body president discussed. “The Morris Junior University Center accounting major has become the ___________________ __________________ Sarah McPike of hub for student Godfrey has and social activities,” Emmanuel said. attended SIUE for one semester. She “Based on what we’ve done, we’ve got said it’s important to have expansion faculty and participating staff members since it increases the academic profile who are delighted with the work of the university, but that student life is done.” important too. He said much of the work that has “The buildings are nice, but I been done, like the infrastructure work think student life is what keeps and improvements on the windows students here,” McPike said. “I would by Sean Roberts/Alestle and roofs of classroom buildings, is rather some of the money was focused Sophomore CMIS major Luke Minted of St. Jacob slips off his sled Monday. Several inches probably not visible to students. on academics.” of snow Sunday night prompted SIUE to close campus, giving students an unexpected day The students do see the work that off to sleep, study and slide. has been done to the new “smart” Rosie G ithinji cm be reached a t classrooms in Peck Hall and are [email protected] or 650-3527. 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Many got billions of dollars in backlogs of bills, by Kari Williams this process, as well as businesses. schools are being forced to make cuts and the revenue is declining, m oney is n ot Alestle Reporter “The university would be able to ... delay due payments to the last possible coming in and is actually decreasing from borrow the funds until the state minute. The letter also states the harm it a year ago,” Gross said. Southern Illinois University President appropriation comes and be able to pay could cause for students. Gross said he is busy working at the Glenn Poshard addressed the university’s payroll that way. That’s called cash flow “Without full funding of our Capitol trying to find answers and that he budget issues at the SIU Board of Trustees borrowing authority” Gross said. appropriations in a timely manner, we will spoke with John Peters, president of meeting on Thursday. According to Gross, the university be forced to take even m ore drastic actions Northern Illinois University, who said that BOT Chair Roger Tedrick said SIU is needs approximately $9 million to meet that will diminish the educational they have yet to hear any response from operating out of “reserves and out of payroll at the end of March, which he said opportunities of our students and our the governor, comptroller or either staff. is due April 1. tuition.” According to Tedrick, Duane service to the people of Illinois.” ‘W e’re up here trying to talk to some “We are expecting about $15 million Stucky, vice president for Financial and The letter does not beg for money, of the comptroller’s staff or the governor’s from the American Recovery Reinvestment Administrative Affairs, addressed the instead the school presidents ask for a staff.