by Hannah Q. Scott Freelance Writer While many universities struggle with budget limitations brought on by dramatic cuts in federal and state support, Heartland College (now known as Pfizer-Heartland College) has found a new way to make ends meet: increased corporate sponsorship. Director of College Relations Peter Hamlisch says, “We were hurting financially. Instead of [...]

by I.M. Knott-Tawkin Freelance Writer In a continuing effort to balance the state budget, incoming Governor Jane Kossack has announced a new cost-cutting benefit available to the state’s higher education institutions. The “adjunctivan” will circle the state, bringing qualified faculty members to remote locations, much as the bookmobile used to bring books to rural areas. [...]

by David Anthony Freelance Writer In this struggling economy, fraught with tenuous financial and budgetary situations, multiple institutions of higher education face critical cuts to student services such as student extracurricular activities and more specifically to holiday related spending. However, after a tour of some of the most prosperous colleges and universities nationwide, this reporter [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Responding to criticism that there have been too many candle light vigils on campus this quarter, Martens University has scheduled what staff are calling the university’s last. “We were really burning resources by having a vigil every time there was a new issue or supposed crisis,” said Fiona Jarvey, [...]

by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer “We were receiving a lot of complaints from faculty about students using too many exclamation points and question marks,” said David Herrera, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs. The complaints led to a joint investigation launched by Academic Affairs and the college’s IT department. The findings were astounding. “During [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Tubinder University’s purchasing department announced last week that it would be enforcing stricter acquisition policies and procedures in the upcoming fiscal year. The new purchasing handbook, which is more than 400 pages, outlines the steps any university employee must follow to make a purchase on behalf of a department. [...]

By Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer This year, Cancun’s Playa Platino resort was the destination of choice for many students at Chestnut View College, an elite liberal arts college in New Hampshire. “We are having a totally awesome time,” exclaimed Buffy Billingsley, a first year student at Chestnut View. “All of the girls on my [...]

by Irma Voigt Senior Staff Writer At the close of The Placement Exchange, held in Chicago in early March, an ad hoc committee met to discuss recommended changes for future years. The Placement Exchange is student development’s largest employment fair, representing multiple national student affairs organizations ranging from housing to orientation to Greek life. It [...]

by Irma Voigt Staff Writer After Illinois’s state colleges and universities received word of urgent and immediate budget cuts, campus leadership across the state scrambled to continue daily operations with minimal impact. “It is our hope that students, faculty and staff not directly feel the effects of these cuts,” said Dr. Amy Hale, Chancellor of [...]

As deadlines for 2010-11 departmental budget requests approach, idiot administrators, like Women’s Center director Judy Whacket of St. Bingham College, toil away, believing that if they can just find the right wording on their requests, their departments will receive increases for the first time in over fifteen years. “Oh, give me a break,” said St. [...]