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For more information, please contact [email protected]. university chronicle NATIONAL GUARD SOLIDER Information wants to be free REMEMBERED page 5 January 2020 Edition Publication 95 Vol. 4 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN www.universitychron.com universitychron @UniversityChron Axe falls on Husky football and golf St. Cloud State University announced that they will be cutting multiple athletic programs in early December. Photo credit: Markus Linz years. how to balance this and make sure honored for the remainder of their to try and do.” By Sam Goetzinger The changes directly impact over we can go forward and meet the Title academic career at SCSU. An emotional Head Coach Scott 115 student athletes along with nine IX requirements and not sink.” In addition, Hammer said the students Underwood spoke about what he St. Cloud State University coaches, two of them being graduate Emotions were heavy when the can transfer to another school and continue feels is the toughest of the situation. officially announced it will be assistant coaches. This will cut the official announcement was made in their collegiate playing careers. The “[For] a portion of our kids... that eliminating three athletic programs athletic program numbers down a meeting conducted in Halenbeck coaching staffs and athletic department was their last practice. They didn’t including football, along with men’s to 17 with 11 female sports and six Hall with all of the players and are helping the athletes with the transfer know it, but it was,” Underwood said. and women’s golf but adding men’s male programs. coaches impacted by the cuts. process in every way they can. “They are not going to play college soccer in a statement made in early “We looked at a lot of options. “It’s a sad moment. These are Many athletes are left in tough situations football whether they are an upper- December 2019. We looked at options of adding guy’s lives getting changed and it is when it comes to what they will do in classman or it just won’t work out Faculty and staff of the athletic women’s sports to maintain that just one of those things where it’s just their next step and junior quarterback for them in the transfer process… so and administration departments at equity and access across the boards, life and there is nothing you can do Justin Czech is one of those athletes. yeah, that’s hard.” St. Cloud State said they came to but when we don’t have enough it about it, and you have to live with “I’ve put my heart and soul into this The football program just finished the decision to drop the men’s and money to sustain the programs we it and move on,” sophomore football program for the past four seasons and I its 101st season and it also survived women’s golf teams along with the already have, it’s hard to add more offensive lineman Dylan Lauer said. have bided my time and a lot of guys in discussions of elimination in 2010 football program to comply with programs,” Executive Director of All student athletes impacted this situation would have transferred but I because of the old NSIC rules that federal Title IX regulations that have Marketing and Communications have two avenues to take from this didn’t, and I stuck it out,” he said. “I am at said all conference teams must have lost the SCSU athletic department Adam Hammer said. “We had a lot situation. They can stay at St. Cloud a point now where I feel like I can start at over $1.5 million in the last four of time spent to try and figure out State and still have their scholarships a lot of places and that is what I am going See more on AXE FALLS on page 2 Protest held outside of President’s office; students and professors demand answers practices that they say have yet to be department. designer said when asked what brought Mark Wasson on the 2021 budget By Tim Speier properly addressed. St. Cloud State catalog librarian, her to the protest. shortfall. “It’s time to share your information, Tina Gross works in the library and This concern is well warranted with The protesters decided after about 20 “Retrenchment, shove it,” was we deserve an explanation,” the is one of the faculty members that admission into the Theater Department minutes that they had accomplished shouted in unison by about two protestors shouted at the closed door received notice that she will lose her being closed by the administration. what they had set out to do. dozen students, professors and of the President’s office. job on May 13, 2020. “If you suspend the major, they [students] She [President Wacker] heard us, faculty as they gathered in early The faculty and professors have “To be a healthy university, you can’t register. Well then, how do you now I think we should head out under December outside the President’s yet to receive an explanation as to can’t have a place where all faculty bring in more students?” Cooley said. our own terms, before we are forced office at St. Cloud State University why and how they were chosen to be doubt whether their jobs are secure,” “We’re looking at [a] Fiscal 2021 budget to,” Gross said to the protesters. to protest the retrenchment of eight retrenched. said Gross. [with] anywhere from a $5.9 million to As the protest was leaving the SCSU faculty members. There have been eight faculty The retrenchment comes as $11 million gap, so we take any situation building, two Public Safety officers The protestors carried signs and and professors that have officially St. Cloud State faces declining of faculty eliminations very seriously,” St. had arrived. There was no interaction banged on a trash can being used as received notification of their enrollment and a budget deficit that Cloud State University Vice President of between Public Safety and the a makeshift drum, as they showed retrenchment, four from the is not getting smaller. Strategic Enrollment Management Jason protesters at that time. up to voice their concern over unfair library, three from the philosophy “I’m concerned about my job,” Carol Woods said in an interview with former department and one from the theater Cooley, theater department costume University Chronicle Lead Reporter VARIETY: a look back ATHLETES FIGHT BACK GAME CONTEST! also AGAINST ADMINISTRATION see page 13 inside: on 2010s pages 10-13 page 15 Designed by Caitlyn Jordan university chronicle Page 2, NEWS January 2020 Edition www.universitychron.com Retrenched SCSU librarian featured in documentary; no administration response on retrenchment St. Cloud State University President, Robbyn Wacker, discuses the recent cuts to the athletic pro- gram. Photo credit: UTVS Television President Robbyn Wacker speaks on athletic cuts said. “We have alumni that feel very team will be like. By Sam Goetzinger disappointed about that decision…I “When we looked at the portfolio have received comments from from the courts to meet their A difficult decision was made alumni and other donors that expectations, soccer adds men to eliminate the St. Cloud State understand the decision we had to into that portfolio,” she said. “It is University football team along make, and are supportive of that one of the fastest growing sports with the men’s and women’s golf difficult decision and understand the in the country, not only the world. programs Dec. 10, 2019, a date that hand you are dealt requires you to We anticipate a lot of opportunity will be forever marked as a historic make tough decisions.” for growth in that area as well as day at SCSU. Over 115 students and When asked about repercussions partnering with our United Soccer nine coaches were directly affected, they may face, Wacker said she Club in the Twin Cities… a search and recently President Robbyn does not anticipate any, but the for a coach will begin and we will Wacker spoke about what went into school must work through the start rolling that out.” that decision. disappointment felt by many. As for the future of the Athletic “We received a ruling from the With the elimination of football to Department and the eliminated federal court that told us we had to the University Athletic Program list, programs, Wacker does not anticipate achieve proportionality,” she said. Homecoming raises a big question a comeback. “That was our charge, we had to since it has just returned to campus. “Higher education has changed, Retrenched librarian, Tina Gross is featured in the the documen- do that, the task in front of us was President Wacker reassures the event and the funding has been reduced tary Change the Subject. Photo courtesy of Tina Gross. to figure out what combination of will be alive and well for years to from the state, so we have a lot of programs would allow us to meet the come. pressure and a lot of changes we Fight against the Library of court’s ruling.” “Homecoming is here to stay.