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2 Thursday, April 8, aoio | The Red a Black Class registration starts despite cuts By ADINA SOLOMON The Red & Black With looming budget reductions, some may won der how professor layoffs and diminishing courses may affect registration for foil semester classes. Tom Jackson, the University’s vice president of public affairs, said he can’t predict what will hap pen with registration, which began last week, since no cuts have been approved. “We don’t believe all the cuts will go through,” he said. “There are still a lot of unknowns.” Cuts may include eliminating part-time and temporary faculty and various academic programs, which could influence course sign-ups for fall semes ter. The University Admissions Office was given approval to make admission decisions on summer transfer applicants Tuesday, and Jackson said class registration will go as planned until further notice. “So far, we’ve been able to protect the number of courses,” he said. Jere Morehead, the senior vice president for aca demic affairs and provost, had a similar opinion concerning the budget cuts. “I don’t think it’ll have any impact on registra tion,” he said. Morehead said the University’s highest priority is to ensure all students, even ones entering nejjt year, can take all the classes necessary to gradu ate. Morehead said registration is not yet a problem. “The budget challenges will make it more diffi cult,” he said. He said after the budget cuts are approved, the University will respond and make certain that stu dents can take all the classes they need in order to graduate. Garnett Stokes, the dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences the University’s largest col lege said she doesn't expect to have problems during registration, and the number of classes available will remain the same. “At this point, we’re not anticipating any diffi culty,” she said. “We’re providing classes at the same level as the current fiscal year.” Stokes said Franklin College is working with both the provost and the office of the vice presi dent for instruction to ensure students including next year’s freshmen can take all the courses they need. Stokes also said the University continuously monitors enrollment to ensure they’re “meeting demands" for class sign-up. Hillary Murphy, a freshman from Suwanee, said she is not concerned about class registration. “I’m more worried about programs I want to enter in the future,” she said. “My classes are still more general.” Murphy said although she doesn't foresee any major problems because she has not yet started specialized courses, “it will definitely make things difficult.” For now, Jackson said the University is paying close attention to the meetings on the budget reductions to see what cuts will and won’t pass and which areas of the University will have their funds lowered. “We’re waiting to see where it all came out,” he said. “We’re watching the General Assembly intently.” W*AT HAPWM6D TO MS ATTCMPT , ft PUT MtK SoTCZ AFTER T . TO hCK UP WOMEN WITH HIS ‘ NOWMIiOOWE 1 AW THAT. 'BRIWO' PAP WIO ? { SACK TO HIS OCP / WHAT'P SHE { ' v- "f CIRkFRtWP. / UAWT HIM j mm \ ' JACK FOR?, S all GOOD Work...enough. 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Staff Council president Stuart Ivy discussed the creation of a Work-Life Office within the Department of Human Resources. “We talked about issues that were thought of as women’s issues in the past, but they are actually people issues,” Ivy said. “Both men and women are running into issues like child care and maternity leave.” This discussion comes soon after the University unveiled plans to create a child care facility for faculty and staff at the Navy Supply Corps School on Prince Avenue. Ivy said he had heard some complaints about the facility being too far away from main campus, CRIME NOTEBOOK I just wanted to make it snow... As visions of sugar-plums danced in the heads of nearly 1,000 Creswell residents early Wednesday morning, their sweet dreams were interrupted as one student decided to test out the building's fire extinguishers. According to the University Police report, around 3 a.m. an unknown individual discharged a fire extin guisher on the fourth floor’s B wing. This discharge caused the fire alarms to active, forcing the students to evacuate the building. When police arrived, they observed a heavy cloud of white powder and a fire extinguisher left on the ground The scene was processed for latent prints, and students were then 29 Near at hand 30 Slangy ’okay’ 31 Magazine edi tion 32 Utter 33 Repasts 35 Prison knife 38 Rods holding bobbins 39 Weapon store house 41 One time: consecutively 42 Soft drink 44 Sweet liqueurs 45 Fireman's need 47 Elevate 48 Clothing 49 “Buckeye State" 50 Ruby & maroon 52 Foreign dollar 53 Grouch 54 Baby's bed 55 Alleviate 59 Baseball stick NEWS —l ' m . ni ‘lßi t'i‘\ ••• ■ * ' rfttii *®§H a '•' , 4 - ipßwk| 4 I VHflHMUttjf, • YSraERfFr jSn ' “** rffifeiuM POLINA MARI NOVA | Tr. Rj,„ But A Matthew Winston addresses the University's Staff Council Wednesday. Winston said more budget information would come early in the next week. but the council thinks it’s a step in the right direction. “There are no specifics on coverage, costs or hours yet, but it’s definitely coming finally,” Ivy said. “We’re very, very appreciative.” He also mentioned a “secret listserv” already in place, which faculty and staff can subscribe to when they become pregnant in order to gain information about the maternity leave policies In various departments. “It's full of misinforma tion. and it’s not any type of centralized policy or proce- allowed back into the building. Police find pot in University dorm room University student Jonathon Robert Eck, 19, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana at 12:22 a.m. on April 7. According to the University Police report, officers responded to a report of an odor of marijuana coming from Eck's ninth Door Russell dorm room. Eck gave police permission to search the belongings in the room. 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Ivy also brought up was the traffic around College Station Road and River Road, which he said needs to be resolved soon. “There are issues with traffic and with people crossing in that area,” Ivy said. “I just want a solution for this because it really is a nightmare.” and police found a small bag of mari juana in a drawer belonging to Eck. Eck told police the marijuana belonged to him and he had forgotten he left it there. Accidents galore University Police were kept busy yesterday as a total of nine car acci dents were reported on campus. In all occurrences, no one was severely injured. Police don’t believe there is any connection between the accidents, and Lt. Eric Dellinger even went as far as to call this elevated number a “freak of nature.” Compiled by Jacob Demmitt