1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:07,766 THE BRINK OF CLOSING. 2 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,133 >> PHIL, NONE OF THE STATE'S 3 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,166 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES HAS RECEIVED 4 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,933 ANY APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE 5 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,433 STATE SINCE THE BUDGET STANDOFF 6 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,166 BEGAN LAST JULY. 7 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,366 THAT MEANS EACH OF ILLINOIS' 12 8 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,666 STATE UNIVERSITIES HAS GONE 9 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:20,800 WITHOUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF 10 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:23,133 DOLLARS IN FUNDING. 11 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,466 AND WHILE ALL OF THEM HAVE MADE 12 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:26,066 CUTS, TAPPING INTO RESERVES, 13 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:27,800 MOSTLY, CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY 14 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:31,566 ON THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE HAS 15 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:33,533 BEEN HIT THE HARDEST. 16 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:35,466 EARLIER THIS MONTH, CSU SAID IT 17 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:37,300 WAS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS WITH 18 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:40,866 WORD IT COULD BE FORCED TO CLOSE 19 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:41,666 ITS DOORS IN THE COMING MONTHS. 20 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:42,100 JOINING US TONIGHT IS PRESIDENT 21 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:43,166 THOMAS CALHOUN THANK YOU FOR 22 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:44,933 BEING HERE. 23 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:46,233 >> THANK YOU. 24 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:47,766 >> WE SHOULD NOTE AT THE TOP 25 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:48,700 THAT YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN IN YOUR 26 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:50,666 POST FOR A MONTH-AND-A-HALF? 27 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:50,933 >> THAT IS CORRECT. 28 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:55,433 >> WHAT A WAY TO BEGIN YOUR 10 29 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:55,766 USE. 30 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:57,100 >> A WONDERFUL WAY TO BEGIN A 31 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:58,633 TENURE. 32 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:00,400 >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. 33 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:03,200 >> WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT TIME 34 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:04,833 LIKE YOU MENTIONED WE AS PART OF 35 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:08,900 THE UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION 36 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:11,066 COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF 37 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:14,766 ILLINOIS, HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN 38 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:17,000 APPROPRIATION AND OUR COFFERS 39 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:18,233 ARE BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN. 40 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:19,900 AND WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT 41 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:22,166 FINANCIAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW. 42 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:22,733 >> HOW MUCH WOULD YOU HAVE 43 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:24,266 EXPECTED TO RECEIVE FROM THE 44 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:25,666 STATE? 45 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:27,866 >> WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IN THE 46 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:31,333 NEIGHBORHOOD OF $38 MILLION AND 47 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:33,700 THAT IS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE PUT 48 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:34,933 FORWARD TO THE GOVERNOR IN MAY. 49 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:36,733 AND WE CERTAINLY WERE 50 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:37,033 ANTICIPATING THAT AT SOME POINT 51 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:38,166 OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL 52 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:38,866 YEAR. 53 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:40,633 WE ARE EIGHT MONTHS INTO THE 54 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:45,900 FISCAL YEAR. 55 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:48,300 WE HAVE OPERATED IN A WAY THAT 56 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:48,600 HAS ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE AT 57 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:50,266 FULL SPEED IN THE ABSENCE OF 58 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:53,233 THAT. 59 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:55,833 BUT WE ARE NOW TWO-THIRDS INTO A 60 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:56,166 FISCAL YEAR AND WE ARE ABSENT 61 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:57,466 ONE-THIRD OF OUR OPERATING 62 00:00:00,000 --> 00:01:59,833 BUDGET. 63 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:01,400 >> UNLIKE THE OTHER PUBLIC 64 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:02,966 UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE, THAT 65 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:03,400 APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE 66 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:04,866 FORMS A HUGE PART OF YOUR 67 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:06,266 BUDGET? 68 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:06,666 >> A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET, 69 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:07,066 YES. 70 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:08,466 >> 30%? 71 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:10,600 >> YES. 72 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:12,266 >> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING TALK 73 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:14,433 THAT THE SCHOOL IS READY TO 74 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:14,766 CLOSE, PERHAPS AS EARLY AS MARCH 75 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:16,100 FIRST WHICH IS TWO WEEKS FROM 76 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:17,833 TODAY. 77 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:20,766 IS THAT POSSIBLE? 78 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:22,000 >> THAT IS NOT TRUE. 79 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:24,500 THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT PLANNING 80 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:26,600 TO CLOSE. 81 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:28,100 WE HAVE A 150-YEAR HISTORY AND 82 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:30,800 WE ARE PLANNING FOR OUR 83 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:31,100 CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS. 84 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:34,133 WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 150 85 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:37,700 YEARS. 86 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:42,266 HAVING SAID THAT, WE OBVIOUSLY 87 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:43,866 NEED TO TAKE MEASURES AND THUS 88 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:45,433 THE BOARD'S ACTION TO DECLARE 89 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:48,100 FISCAL BUT WE NEED TO TAKE 90 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:49,666 MEASURES TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE. 91 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:53,100 BUT WE DO NOT PLAN TO CLOSE. 92 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:54,800 MARCH FIRST DATE WAS SOMETHING 93 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:56,600 THAT WE HAD TO COMMUNICATE BACK 94 00:00:00,000 --> 00:02:58,566 PRIOR TO MY TENURE BUT WE DID 95 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:00,100 HAVE TO SERVE NOTICE THAT WE AT 96 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:05,300 THAT TIME OUR FINANCIAL 97 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:07,033 PROJECTIONS WERE SUCH THAT WE 98 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:07,333 WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSE TO NO 99 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:08,266 OPERATING FUNDS AS OF MARCH 100 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:11,866 FIRST. 101 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:14,800 THAT HAS CHANGED. 102 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:15,600 WE DID TAKE MEASURES TO STRETCH 103 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:17,566 DOLLARS AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE 104 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:20,100 CLOSING AT ALL. 105 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:24,366 BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING IS GOING 106 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:25,900 TO HAPPEN ON MARCH FIRST. 107 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:27,933 >> WHAT MEASURES HAVE YOU TAKEN? 108 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:29,233 >> OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 109 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:31,666 YEAR, THERE WERE REDUCTIONS IN 110 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:35,300 PERSONNEL, REDUCTIONS IN 111 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:36,933 SPENDING FOR THINGS SUCH AS 112 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:38,500 TRAVEL, NONESSENTIAL SPENDING. 113 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:42,166 SOME DEFERRED SPENDING THAT WE 114 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:45,033 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORKOUT IN 115 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:50,000 SOME CASES. 116 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:50,333 WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEFER 117 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:50,800 PAYMENTS IN ORDER TO MAIN TAN 118 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:53,100 SOME -- 119 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:54,366 MAINTAIN CASH. 120 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:56,066 >> WITHOUT A THIRD OF YOUR 121 00:00:00,000 --> 00:03:58,233 MESSAGE HOW MANY LAYOFFS? 122 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:00,066 WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE YOU CUT? 123 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:02,100 >> WE HAVE NOT CUT ANY PROGRAMS. 124 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:04,266 EVERYTHING I MUST SAY IS IN 125 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:06,500 REVIEW NOW. 126 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:06,833 I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER 127 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:10,466 OF LAYOFFS BUT IT WAS IN THE 128 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:13,700 DOZENS. 129 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:16,466 AND I WOULD SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY 130 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:18,100 WHEN WE ARE AT A POINT OF 131 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:19,233 EXGENNESEE WE HAVE TO CONSIDER 132 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:21,300 ALL THINGS AS A MATTER OF 133 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:24,433 CUTTING FOR COST SAVINGS. 134 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:27,800 AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT YOU 135 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:32,733 KNOW, WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK 136 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:34,866 ALONG THE LINES OF MORE 137 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:36,500 EFFICIENT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES 138 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:39,266 AND PROCESSES. 139 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:41,866 WE AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR THAT 140 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:43,700 WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT. 141 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:47,000 WE LIKE THE OTHER PUBLIC 142 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:49,533 UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE, 143 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:50,800 HOWEVER, CANNOT BECOME WE CANNOT 144 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:53,100 IMPROVE WHEN WE CANNOT OPERATE. 145 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:55,466 THE CRITICAL THING RIGHT NOW IS 146 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:57,633 FOR US TO GET AN ALLOCATION FROM 147 00:00:00,000 --> 00:04:59,300 THE STATE SO WE ARE ABLE TO 148 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 CONTINUE OPERATION AND CONTINUE 149 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:02,633 SERVING THE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS 150 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:04,033 THAT WE SERVE. 151 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:05,600 >> YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC IS DIFFERENT 152 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:07,566 THAN MOST OTHER PUBLIC 153 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:11,400 UNIVERSITIES IN THIS STATE. 154 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:12,266 BECAUSE IT IS A MOSTLY MINORITY 155 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:14,833 AND MOSTLY POOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN 156 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:16,600 LARGELY COMMUNITY. 157 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:17,033 MANY OF THEM RELY ALSO ON MAP 158 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:18,466 GRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN 159 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:20,266 FORTHCOMING. 160 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:21,533 THERE IS A BILL ON THE 161 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:22,366 GOVERNOR'S DESK WHICH THERE IS 162 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:24,633 LITTLE INDICATION THAT HE IS 163 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:25,233 GOING TO SIGN. 164 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:26,566 HOW IS THAT IMPACTING YOUR 165 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:32,833 STUDENTS? 166 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:33,133 >> WELL, LET ME SAY FIRST THAT 167 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:34,366 OUR UNIVERSITY DID COVER MAP 168 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:36,600 COSTS. 169 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:38,033 IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE A NUMBER 170 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:39,333 OF STUDENTS THAT WERE IT NOT FOR 171 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:41,200 THE MAP GRANT THEY WOULD NOT BE 172 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:41,500 ABLE TO ATTEND. 173 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:43,266 OUR UNIVERSITY COVERED THOSE 174 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:45,166 COSTS. 175 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:48,200 THAT IS AN EXAMPLE HOW THE 176 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:49,933 ABSENCE OF STATE FUNDS CUT 177 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:50,333 DEEPLY INTO OUR OTHER -- 178 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:53,166 >> HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO AFFORD 179 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:56,033 THAT? 180 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:57,400 >> THE MONEY CAME FROM OUR OTHER 181 00:00:00,000 --> 00:05:59,166 REVENUES, TUITION, WE HAVE OTHER 182 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:01,666 AUXILIARY RESOURCES THAT WE CAN 183 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:05,433 DRAW ON AND THE UNIVERSITY HAD 184 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:08,533 BEGUN TO PUT SOME MONEY AWAY AS 185 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:09,300 WE ANTICIPATED A MORE PROTRACTED 186 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:10,500 STALEMATE IN THE STATE 187 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:12,933 LEGISLATURE BETWEEN THE 188 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:15,233 LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR. 189 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:15,600 SO THE COMBINATION OF THOSE 190 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:16,866 RESOURCES ALLOWED US TO STRETCH 191 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:19,333 FORWARD. 192 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:21,500 BUT MY POINT IS THAT WE WOULD 193 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:23,500 NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENROLL A 194 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:24,333 LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAD WE 195 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:26,366 NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE MAP 196 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:29,166 GRANT FOR THEM. 197 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:33,066 AND SO, YES, WE HAVE STUDENTS 198 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:34,866 THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR STATE 199 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:36,533 TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AS THE 200 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:36,900 STATE IS EXPECTED TO DO. 201 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:37,433 >> HAVE YOU BEEN LOSING ANY 202 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:39,433 STUDENTS? 203 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:41,066 >> SURE. 204 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:42,966 >> THE UNIVERSITY HAS HAD A 205 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:43,300 DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 206 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:45,700 HAS THIS EXACERBATED THE 207 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:47,300 PROBLEM? 208 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:49,533 >> WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE THAT 209 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:52,466 IT'S EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM. 210 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:53,533 WE HAD A PROJECTION MOVING INTO 211 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:57,233 THE SECOND SEMESTER AND WE 212 00:00:00,000 --> 00:06:58,300 EXCEEDED THAT ENROLL MANY. 213 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:00,566 WHICH IS A STATEMENT NOT ONLY TO 214 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:01,900 THE QUALITY OF THE UNIVERSITY 215 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:04,866 BUT TO THE BELIEF BY OUR 216 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:08,300 STUDENTS THAT WHAT THEY ARE 217 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:08,633 GETTING IS WORTH THEIR EFFORT TO 218 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:11,233 BE THERE INSPITE OF FINANCIAL 219 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:12,333 DURESS. 220 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:14,066 SO THAT IS A TREMENDOUS, A 221 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:17,600 TREMENDOUS STATISTIC THAT WE 222 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:20,233 HANG OUR HATS ON. 223 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:25,133 WHILE WE ARE AT RISK WE STILL 224 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:29,066 HAVE STRONG CONFIDENCE AMONG THE 225 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:31,033 COMMUNITY, OUR STUDENTS, OUR 226 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:33,400 ALUMNI AND FACULTY AND STAFF. 227 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:37,266 >> YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 228 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:37,700 SEVEN WEEKS, AND YOUR TWO 229 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:40,133 PRESENTEDDERS ISERS HAD ROCKY 230 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:41,833 TENURES. 231 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:42,866 YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD ETHICAL 232 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:45,633 ISSUES AN I LAWSUIT FILED 233 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:47,266 AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY WHICH 234 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:51,033 COST THE UNIVERSITY $3 MILLION. 235 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:53,033 I'M NOT SURE THAT'S BEEN PAID 236 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:54,300 OUT YET. 237 00:00:00,000 --> 00:07:56,833 HIS PREDECESSOR WAS ACCUSED OF 238 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:00,166 UNJUSTIFIED SPENDING AND THAT 239 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:01,700 LED TO HER RESIGNATION. 240 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:04,633 HAVE THE FISCAL WOES IMPACTED 241 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:08,666 THE SCHOOL? 242 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:10,200 >> WELL, OF COURSE ANYTIME YOU 243 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:11,900 HAVE NEGATIVE ACTION OR NEGATIVE 244 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:14,833 PUBLICITY OR ANY SUCH THINGS 245 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:18,133 THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED OF COURSE 246 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:18,533 THEY HAVE IMPACTED THE SCHOOL. 247 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:20,133 BUT WE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON THE 248 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:21,666 PAST -- 249 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:23,300 >> BUT THE FISCAL SITUATION NOT 250 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:25,266 SO MUCH THE REPUTATION? 251 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:28,666 >> I WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO 252 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:29,933 SAY OUR FISCAL SITUATION TODAY 253 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:31,066 IS A DIRECT RESULT OF ANY PAST 254 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:32,466 IMPROPRIETY OR ALLEGED 255 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:34,933 IMPROPRIETY THAT IS CERTAINLY 256 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:35,366 NOT ANYTHING THAT WE ADDRESS IN 257 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:38,166 OUR LEADERSHIP. 258 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:39,866 WHATSOEVER. 259 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:42,800 THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, OF 260 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:44,400 COURSE, WE WANT TO MOVE THE 261 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:47,266 SCHOOL IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. 262 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:50,500 WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE 263 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:52,933 HAVE A CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS 264 00:00:00,000 --> 00:08:55,700 AND PREPARE OURSELVES INSPITE OF 265 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:02,266 THIS VERY DIFFICULTIES CAL 266 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:03,733 SITUATION AND INSPITE OF WHAT 267 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:04,566 MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUBLIC 268 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:08,666 PERCEPTION OF IRRESPONSIBLE 269 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:11,600 ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE INSPITE 270 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:13,233 OF THAT, WE ARE PREPARING TO 271 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:15,333 MOVE INTO A BRIGHT FUTURE. 272 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:16,133 >> HOW LONG CAN THE UNIVERSITY 273 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:18,866 STAY OPEN IF THERE IS NOT ANY 274 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:20,966 APPROPRIATIONS COMING FROM THE 275 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:21,533 STATE ANYTIME SOON AND WHATEVER 276 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:23,033 RESERVES YOU HAVE ARE TAPPED 277 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:25,566 OUT? 278 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:25,933 >> OUR UNIVERSITY IS PREPARED TO 279 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:26,933 BE OPEN FOR THE REST OF THIS 280 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:29,733 SEMESTER. 281 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:32,133 WE HAVE COMMITTED TO BE OPEN FOR 282 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:33,766 THE REMAINDER OF THIS SEMESTER 283 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:34,100 AND IT WILL END IN THE FIRST OF 284 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:36,400 RIGHT AROUND THE FIRST WEEK OF 285 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:39,666 MAY. 286 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:39,966 NOW, LET IN ME SAY THAT WE ARE 287 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:42,266 NOT PINPOINTING ANY DOOMSDAY. 288 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:44,033 WE -- 289 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:46,666 IT IS A DYNAMIC SITUATION AND WE 290 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:49,433 CONTINUE TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE 291 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:49,733 WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SAVE FUNDS. 292 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:52,933 AND WE DO PROJECTIONS ON A DAILY 293 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:54,966 BASIS. 294 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:57,200 AND SO WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO 295 00:00:00,000 --> 00:09:59,166 SAY THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE AXE 296 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:00,000 IS GOING TO FALL. 297 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:01,200 >> A COUPLE MORE MONTHS? 298 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:03,500 >> WE BELIEVE THAT. 299 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:04,200 >> YOU ARE GOING TO SPRINGFIELD 300 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:04,733 TO HEAR THE GOVERNOR'S STATE 301 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:06,933 BUDGET ADDRESS. 302 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:08,233 >> YES. 303 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:09,466 >> DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO SAY 304 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:11,466 ANYTHING ABOUT THE FUNDING? 305 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:12,666 >> I WOULD HOPE THAT HE WOULD. 306 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:16,400 HE IS MAKING A BUDGET ADDRESS SO 307 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:18,533 FAR AS I CAN UNDERSTAND AND 308 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:20,000 THERE IS A LARGE BUDGETARY ISSUE 309 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:23,133 IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND I CANNOT 310 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:26,133 IMAGINE THAT AS A RESPONSIBLE 311 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:27,333 LEADER IN OUR STATE THAT HE 312 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:29,800 WOULD OMIT SOME STATEMENT ABOUT 313 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:31,200 HIGHER EDUCATION WHEN EVERYONE 314 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:33,733 WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION AT ALL, 315 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:35,133 TO HIGHER EDUCATION PUBLIC 316 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:37,066 HIGHER EDUCATION AND FOR THAT 317 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:37,733 MATTER PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION. 318 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:40,433 THE MAP GRANT IMPACTS STUDENTS 319 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:41,200 ACROSS THE STATE. 320 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:43,000 SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PUBLIC 321 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:43,300 UNIVERSITIES. 322 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:45,133 IT'S ALL HIGHER EDUCATION IN OUR 323 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:47,900 STATE. 324 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:48,766 >> IF YOU ARE FORCED TO CLOSE, 325 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:50,366 WILL YOU BE ABLE TO REBOUND? 326 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:51,400 >> OF COURSE. 327 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:52,966 >> CAN YOU REOPEN YOUR DOORS? 328 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:55,800 >> OF COURSE. 329 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:57,666 FIRST WE WON'T CLOSE. 330 00:00:00,000 --> 00:10:59,300 WE MIGHT BE FORCED TO REINVENT 331 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:01,566 THE WAY WE LOOK. 332 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:04,100 THAT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE. 333 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:06,500 BUT THERE IS A SILVER LINING AND 334 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:09,000 THAT IS THAT WE COULD EMERGE 335 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:09,366 FROM THIS A STRONGER UNIVERSITY 336 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:12,100 BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH QUALITY 337 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:13,466 FACULTY. 338 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:15,733 WE HAVE A VERY HIGH QUALITY 339 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:18,400 LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. 340 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:21,300 AND WE HAVE A DEDICATED CORE OF 341 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:22,166 ALUMNI WHO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE 342 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:24,666 TO SUPPORT THIS UNIVERSITY. 343 00:00:00,000 --> 00:11:27,300 >> PRESIDENT THOMAS CALHOUN WE 344 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE BUT I'M