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University feels recession’s pinchAs the economy continues to falter, staff and faculty at MUW are looking for ways to save money.
Nora Miller, vice president for finance and administration and chair of MUW’s Resources Task Force, said the university has had to absorb a reduction of about 5 percent in the original 2009 budget. The budget-trimming, which applied to all state-funded universities in Mississippi, was announced by Gov. Haley Barbour in the wake of falling tax revenues.
“Through March ’09, MUW’s budget has been reduced by $930,959,” said Miller. “These funds may be restored with federal fiscal stabilization funding, but that is pending action by the state and federal government.”
Finding happiness in a vending machine
All good stories, in the end, are about the pursuit of happiness. A character wants or needs something and goes about trying to get it. Sometimes it’s as simple as wanting a White Castle hamburger or a Red Ryder BB gun; sometimes it’s as complex as needing your father to be proud of you or needing to outwit fate. Sometimes it’s as universal as wanting someone to love; sometimes it’s as sad as just wanting someone to notice you. It’s what drives us; it’s what drives the tales we tell.
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An editor’s farewell… kind ofI had no idea what I was getting into.
I thought I knew, having been managing editor for a semester and a reporter for a year before that, but I was so wrong.
I’ve gotta give it to him. Casey Parkman, who was editor-in-chief immediately before me, made it look so easy. He never seemed to get frustrated or stressed out. He told me later that he actually felt like pulling his hair out all the time but didn’t show it. (Thanks for the warning, Big Brother!)
W students test theory of relativity
She cooks, he cleans. They prefer to play Halo together than go out to the movies. W students Michael and Khristina Booth got married last July. They live in a small apartment a few blocks off campus with their two cats, Ziggy and Zephyr, and both take full class loads while also working.
He's a Graphic Design major and works at the Cumulus radio station as a DJ from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. so he can attend classes during the day. She's a Biology/Pre-Med major and works at Columbus High School as a tutor.
The couple says they transferred from Mississippi State University because they preferred the smaller, more congenial atmosphere of the W.
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