AFAB, PAGE 2 ELWOOD, PAGE 7 HOCKEY, PAGE 6 Committee discusses Columnist connects Twitter Womenʼs hockey possible budget to business world posied for NCAA run changes TUDENT OICE MarchS 11, 2011 www.uwrfvoice.com V Volume 97, Issue 18 Biennial budget puts University in bind Tennae Maki received a sum closer to $35 million. Instead, it received a people,” said Teacher Education Chair Teri Crotty, “this cur- [email protected] number closer to $28 million, said Delgado. rent crisis has really brought that to the forefront.” Harbouk said when the state gives money to the UW- Sys- In light of the budget cuts, some programs will be changed Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011-2013 UW- System biennial bud- tem schools, restrictions, or allocations are set in place as to and others will be eliminated, said Psychology Chair Cynthia get proposal has left UW-River Falls administration, faculty, where and how the money is spent. Kernahan. and students concerned about the future of some academic UW-Madison has been granted “fl exibilities,” which is Sociology major Janae Baggott said the programs with the programs. something atypical. The rest of the UW- System schools, in- least amount of students enrolled should be the fi rst removed. Previously, the university had been planning for a 10 per- cluding UWRF, are now also requesting fl exibilities, said Har- The top 20 percent of the academic programs on the Priori- cent cut. This percentage has now been risen to an estimated bouk. tization Program list, created in the 2009-2010 academic year, 11 percent, said Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance With this request, the Universities are hoping to have more will receive priority and, in some cases, enhancement by the Joseph Harbouk. control over how money is spent in areas such as purchasing University, said Van Galen. Provost Fernando Delgado said he was disappointed to hear costs, Harbouk added. According to the Prioritization list, these programs could Walker’s proposed budget. Regardless of how the funds are allocated, Van Galen said, include psychology, biology and dairy science. “It is a diffi cult time right now,” said Chancellor Dean Van there will be signifi cant cuts to some of the university’s depart- In preparation for the proposed budget cut, department Galen. mental programs.” chairs have been asked to consider a plan for a fi ve to 10 per- Besides the biennial budget, the UW System s also dealing “It would be easier to take away an equal amount from ev- cent reduction in their program’s structure. with Walker’s budget repari bill. erything, but that would not put the university in a good stra- This request has caused some department chairs to consider “State funding has been going on a downward spiral,” said tegic position,” said Van Galen. radical changes, said Faculty Senate President and Physics Delgado. Van Galen said effi cient classroom instruction and mentor- Chair Jim Madsen. When UWRF was supporting 1000 less students than it is ing is his highest priority. “It would mean that we would have to serve the same num- currently, the state allocated $21.6 million dollars. By these “We have reached the point were we can’t be all things to all See Budget page 3 standards and when calculating infl ation, UWRF should have Womenʼs history month brings events to campus Sally King many possible readings, of the Quran. So it [email protected] was a really interesting talk,” Parkinson said. In honor of Women’s History Month, the This year, Nikki Shonoiki has been work- Womens and Gender Committee at UW- ing from her role as the one of the Co-Di- River Falls will be hosting events this month versity Programmers on Falcon Programs to around the theme. work with multiple groups and coordinate “The reason why we do women’s history publicity for Women’s History Month. month is because we have a sense that ba- “The events so far have been wonderful, sically, if you open up a history book, what although, because we had so many events you’re going to see is that most of it is go- during the fi rst week of March, right be- ing to be about prominent men. So women’s fore Spring Break I think attendance began history month is kind of an effort to take to dwindle due to participant fatigue,” said back history and to notice that there are a lot Shonoki. of women who contribute to big historical Among the events planned for Women’s events,”said Women’s and Gender Studies History month was a trivia game show that professor Michelle Parkinson.” contained music videos, multiple choice triv- “That those things are not often talked ia and survey questions. about in course work, they are not often talk- “I helped manage the event ThinkFast - ed about in history books,” said Parkinson. Trivia Game Show and although there were “I hope that people will participate and re- less than 40 people in attendance the event alize that there is a lot of stuff that women was amazing and so much fun,” said Shonoi- have done and contributed enormously to ki. our successes as a nation, to families and to The Sociocultural Coordinator Ashley all of these levels that are not even acknowl- Olson advises programming that occurs via edged, added Parkinson. Falcon Programs from her position in the Of- The fi rst event that was held Thursday, fi ce of Student Life. February 24, was “De-veiling the Hijabs “As I arrived to campus last year, I met and Arab-Muslim Feminisms,” presented by Michelle Parkinson and we decided that speaker Manal Hamzeh, Ph.D. it would be benefi cial for our offi ces to “The events so far have gone great, when work together collectively publicize our ef- Dr. Hamzeh came we had an almost full au- forts collectively around Women’s History ditorium and the talk went really well and the Month,” said Olson. discussion was really fun and it was poten- “All of the events have been wonderful tially controversial,” said Parkinson. and addressed so many different issues. I am “But the way she handled it, it was really excited for the upcoming events, and looking smart, because she was talking about the forward to planning events and activities for veils in Muslim culture and religion,” said next year,” added Olson. Parkinson. Sally King/Student Voice “And she was basically saying that there Students and faculty present information at the social justice series about womenʼs are different ways to read the Quran and that history. The event took place at the University Center on Wednesday. The series was the forcing of making women to wear the just one of the many events planned to promote womenʼs history month. veils is essentially a misreading, or one of Fate of UWRF power plant left to repair bill Jordan Langer Wisconsin. In 2005, a bill spearheaded by Sally King/Student Voice [email protected] then-State Rep. Scott Jenson that sought to If Gov. Walker’s budget repair bill passes, sell state power plants, was vetoed by then The UWRF power plant is the UW-River Falls central heating plant Gov. Jim Doyle. under discussion in Gov. may be sold to a private company creating The net profi t that the state acquires Walkerʼs budget repair additional costs for the university and state, through the sale will go towards the budget bill. The state owned plant said Heating Plant Operator Bill Girnau. stabilization fund. The state currently faces can be sold if the budget The bill gives the Department of Admin- a $136.7 million budget defi cit for the cur- repair bill passes. Heating istration authority to sell or contract out rent fi scal year. Wisconsin’s biennial budget Plant operator Bill Girnau any state-owned heating, cooling, or power defi cit will infl ate over the next two years to is worried that this may plants to a private company. $3.6 billion, according to the bill. create additional costs for According to the bill, the sale can occur Although Gov. Walker has implied that the university and state. without a biding process and without the ap- selling the states 32 heating and cooling proval or certifi cation of the public service plants will improve the fi nancial situation for commission. the state, Stifter said he thinks it is because Director of Facilities Management Mike of political reasons. Stifter said it is atypical that a state resource “No one from the UW System, the DOA or as large and infl uential as heating plants from UWRF campus would agree that this is would be sold without a bidding process. done for fi nancial reasons,” Stifter said. This is not the fi rst time that an attempt to See Plant page 3 privatize state heating plants has occurred in S tudent Voice 2 NEWS March 11, 2011 AFAB set to review funding policies Ashley Julka have their own means of funding,” [email protected] Evans said. He also said that he The Allocable Fee and Appro- hopes the changes would allow stu- priations Board, or AFAB, will be- dents to participate with or without gin to review their policies for the paying dues. coming school year, which could Although AFAB does not neces- give organizations that charge dues, sarily need to change their policy, it such as sororities and fraternities, could eventually allow dues-charg- the chance to receive AFAB fund- ing organizations to participate, ing for the first time. Halverson said. At the Feb.