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John Carroll University Carroll Collected The aC rroll News Student 2-26-2009 The aC rroll News- Vol. 85, No. 16 John Carroll University Follow this and additional works at: http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews Recommended Citation John Carroll University, "The aC rroll News- Vol. 85, No. 16" (2009). The Carroll News. 792. http://collected.jcu.edu/carrollnews/792 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student at Carroll Collected. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aC rroll News by an authorized administrator of Carroll Collected. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Looking for a place to go? Five short, fun and inexpensive trip ideas for the five days of Spring Break, p. 12 THE ARROLL EWS Thursday,C February 26, 2009 Serving John Carroll University SinceN 1925 Vol. 85, No. 16 The economy and JCU Fiscal year 2009-2010 Proposed changes for increased revenues and reduced costs 29What this could mean for you if you’re: Changes could save the school Student Faculty and Administration around $2.9 million; proposals to Reduction of Reduced compensation for Two-week furloughs; required credit hours to medical plans mandatory unpaid time off affect budget long term 120 Increase in average class University VPs take five A “graduation guaran- size percent salary reduction tee” that helps ensure Katie Sheridan 5 percent salary reduction Addition of parking fees of students earn a degree for faculty paid more than $250 per year Andrew Rafferty within four years $100,000 per year The Carroll News four-year “graduation guarantee,” A wage cuts and increased class sizes are among 29 proposals that Uni- versity officials presented to faculty and administrators this week to help John “ What to Carroll University combat the economic recession. On Tuesday, CFO and Vice President These are do with for Finance Richard Mausser delivered necessary a PowerPoint presentation that detailed the University’s plan to adjust to finan- steps; they cial troubles. Some measures, such as a are painful the reduction in cleaning staff, have already taken place. Other proposals will not be and they hurt, approved until after meetings between but we can’t administrators and faculty members this week. allow this to trash Mausser said, “There are people out diminish what ? there who might use this to say John Car- roll is in a crisis. We are not in a crisis. We we do as an Caitlin Huey-Burns are acting prudently.” institution.” Katie Sheridan If all 29 suggestions are put into ac- Campus Editors tion, the estimated amount saved will be $2.9 million. Due to recent staff cuts to the “In some ways we are in a good place, Richard Mausser custodial staff at John Carroll Uni- but we arrived there with difficult deci- CFO and VP for versity, trash located in individual sions,” said Jonathan Smith, vice presi- Finance offices in the academic buildings and dent and assistant to the president. the Student Center will be collected once Some cost saving techniques involve a week rather than daily. limiting services like cutting down The custodial staff is outsourced to SSC on travel expenses, limiting business Service Solutions, who recently let go of ten meals and department catering, requiring employees. The change in trash collecting is a direct result of cost savings initiated by these Please see FINANCES, p. 3 staff cuts, said Carol Dietz, associate vice president of facilities. Faculty have the option, however, to bring trash List of the 29 from their offices to the larger trash receptacles in their department meeting rooms, which will be removed daily. proposed changes, Faculty members were given trash bags by the facilities Please see TRASH, p. 4 p. 3 Features 12 Inside this issue Index World News 15 Should have put a ring on it Clinton tours Campus 2 Editorial 21 National campaign promotes Asia, p. 15 Arts & Life 5 Op/Ed 22 marriage, p. 5 Sports 9 Classifieds 24 2 Campus February 26, 2009 The Carroll News Campus Get to Know: Sally Rummel Briefs Sally Rummel is the Registration Services Specialist and has worked for JCU for 18 years. She hails from Manresa Retreat Lyndhurst, Ohio. Registration Registration forms for the Man- What do you want the John What is the craziest re- resa 15 Retreat are now available. Carroll campus to know quest a student has asked Registration for the retreat will be about the registrar’s office? for? held in the Campus Ministry hall- One time a pregnant lady came way on March 11 at 2 p.m. In or- We are a friendly place here to to the office looking for her husband der to register, students must have help everyone. We can help with in a panic because she thought she a completed registration form and mostly any issue on places to go, was going to deliver her baby. I a non-refundable deposit of at least Banner or registration problems. looked up the husband’s location, $40 in either cash or check made then I had the woman sit down in a Photo by Courtney Maistros payable to JCU. Registration forms chair while I went looking for him. Rummel’s husband also works as a University van driver at JCU. can be found in Campus Ministry How do you describe your He was not in his original room Room 31 or online through the job in one word? that night, which made it harder to Campus Ministry Web site. What is something that What type of bagel would “Blessing” because it feels like find him. I found out he was in an The Manresa Retreat will take family. It’s also because my family auditorium watching a movie and you have always wanted you be at Einstein’s? place April 17 to April 19 at the she had to look around a dark room and friends are here. It’s a blessing to do? Cinnamon Raisin bagel. Villa Maria Retreat Center. The for her husband. She eventually for the students for our office to I have wanted to parasail, and total cost of the retreat will be be here. found him. for our 40th anniversary, my hus- If you were locked in the $70. For more information contact band and I want to drive to the Paula Fitzgerald at (216) 397-4709 Florida Keys on our motorcycle. Administration building for a or [email protected]. How would you describe Where in Ohio is your fa- night what would you do? John Carroll students? vorite place to travel? I would go and talk to Ida, the “Cream of the crop.” I can only Eldon Russell Park off of the Do you have any special talents/hobbies? cleaning lady or CSS because they Millor Orator count on one hand the number of Cuyahoga River. It is a good clean have to lock up the building. rude comments students have made place for family fun. It is free to I would find someone to talk Deadline to me. drop boats off as well and there are I like to garden, go camping, to because I wouldn’t want to be Some of them were simply frus- playgrounds for the children. My kayaking, canoeing and ride mo- alone. All graduating seniors are eli- trated at the time and came back grandchildren love to play in the torcycles as well as playing with gible to apply to be the 2009 Millor later saying they were sorry. water catching various animals. my grandchildren. -Compiled by Courtney Maistros Orator. The Millor Orator is the only speaker at Commencement. All applications and accompany- ing material is due to the Office of Student Activities, in Suite 201 of Students partake in regional business competition the Lombardo Student Center by categories: market economics, won for this year for all the hard tional and world competitions. 5 p.m. on Friday, March 13. Joe Bircher The Carroll News business ethics, financial literacy, work and dedication.” JCU SIFE has done well in the The application can be found entrepreneurship, environmental Currie said, “We’ll see how past few years, winning regionals in at www.jcu.edu/osa/millor_orator. sustainability, success skills and March 17 goes, it all depends on 2007 and advancing to nationals. htm. For more information contact John Carroll University’s Stu- team sustainability. the judges, and other teams, but The team was matched with a Joel Mullner at jmullner07@jcu. dents in Free Enterprise will enter Senior Erin Currie, president of either way everyone deserves a pat new adviser, Scott Allen, professor edu. about 20 projects to compete with SIFE, is optimistic about this year’s on the back.” of management, last year and had to more than 400 SIFE teams at one competition after rebuilding the Projects will be judged on how spend time getting adjusted under a of the 16 U.S. regional competitions new administration and refocusing South Africa Study being held across the country. their efforts. Abroad Opportunity This is double the amount of They also established a business projects submitted in last year’s “We have a lot of new members advisory board made up of local There will be an opportunity regional competition by JCU. business people and paired up with for students to study abroad in SIFE is a nonprofit organization whose energy has helped to keep Greek Life to generate membership South Africa. The trip will allow that allows students to learn about the club running and has increased by attending recruiting events. students to earn six credit hours. the free enterprise system and chal- One of the projects by JCU Students will explore the peace- lenges them to take their knowledge our results.” students that will be featured at the ful transition from apartheid to from the classroom and apply it to regional competition is the Africa real-life situations.