WEBVTT 00:02.200 --> 00:07.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THE BRINK OF CLOSING. 00:00.000 --> 00:09.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> PHIL, NONE OF THE STATE'S 00:00.000 --> 00:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES HAS RECEIVED 00:00.000 --> 00:11.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ANY APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE 00:00.000 --> 00:14.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STATE SINCE THE BUDGET STANDOFF 00:00.000 --> 00:16.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% BEGAN LAST JULY. 00:00.000 --> 00:17.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT MEANS EACH OF ILLINOIS' 12 00:00.000 --> 00:18.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STATE UNIVERSITIES HAS GONE 00:00.000 --> 00:20.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WITHOUT TENS OF MILLIONS OF 00:00.000 --> 00:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% DOLLARS IN FUNDING. 00:00.000 --> 00:24.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND WHILE ALL OF THEM HAVE MADE 00:00.000 --> 00:26.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CUTS, TAPPING INTO RESERVES, 00:00.000 --> 00:27.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MOSTLY, CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY 00:00.000 --> 00:31.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ON THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE HAS 00:00.000 --> 00:33.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% BEEN HIT THE HARDEST. 00:00.000 --> 00:35.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% EARLIER THIS MONTH, CSU SAID IT 00:00.000 --> 00:37.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WAS IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS WITH 00:00.000 --> 00:40.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WORD IT COULD BE FORCED TO CLOSE 00:00.000 --> 00:41.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ITS DOORS IN THE COMING MONTHS. 00:00.000 --> 00:42.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% JOINING US TONIGHT IS PRESIDENT 00:00.000 --> 00:43.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THOMAS CALHOUN THANK YOU FOR 00:00.000 --> 00:44.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% BEING HERE. 00:00.000 --> 00:46.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> THANK YOU. 00:00.000 --> 00:47.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WE SHOULD NOTE AT THE TOP 00:00.000 --> 00:48.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT YOU HAVE ONLY BEEN IN YOUR 00:00.000 --> 00:50.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% POST FOR A MONTH-AND-A-HALF? 00:00.000 --> 00:50.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> THAT IS CORRECT. 00:00.000 --> 00:55.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WHAT A WAY TO BEGIN YOUR 10 00:00.000 --> 00:55.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% USE. 00:00.000 --> 00:57.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> A WONDERFUL WAY TO BEGIN A 00:00.000 --> 00:58.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% TENURE. 00:00.000 --> 01:00.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR SITUATION. 00:00.000 --> 01:03.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT TIME 00:00.000 --> 01:04.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% LIKE YOU MENTIONED WE AS PART OF 00:00.000 --> 01:08.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION 00:00.000 --> 01:11.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF 00:00.000 --> 01:14.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ILLINOIS, HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN 00:00.000 --> 01:17.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% APPROPRIATION AND OUR COFFERS 00:00.000 --> 01:18.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ARE BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN. 00:00.000 --> 01:19.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND WE ARE IN A DIFFICULT 00:00.000 --> 01:22.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FINANCIAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW. 00:00.000 --> 01:22.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> HOW MUCH WOULD YOU HAVE 00:00.000 --> 01:24.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% EXPECTED TO RECEIVE FROM THE 00:00.000 --> 01:25.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% STATE? 00:00.000 --> 01:27.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED IN THE 00:00.000 --> 01:31.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NEIGHBORHOOD OF $38 MILLION AND 00:00.000 --> 01:33.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THAT IS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE PUT 00:00.000 --> 01:34.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FORWARD TO THE GOVERNOR IN MAY. 00:00.000 --> 01:36.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% AND WE CERTAINLY WERE 00:00.000 --> 01:37.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ANTICIPATING THAT AT SOME POINT 00:00.000 --> 01:38.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL 00:00.000 --> 01:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% YEAR. 00:00.000 --> 01:40.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE ARE EIGHT MONTHS INTO THE 00:00.000 --> 01:45.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% FISCAL YEAR. 00:00.000 --> 01:48.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE HAVE OPERATED IN A WAY THAT 00:00.000 --> 01:48.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAS ALLOWED US TO CONTINUE AT 00:00.000 --> 01:50.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FULL SPEED IN THE ABSENCE OF 00:00.000 --> 01:53.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% THAT. 00:00.000 --> 01:55.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUT WE ARE NOW TWO-THIRDS INTO A 00:00.000 --> 01:56.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FISCAL YEAR AND WE ARE ABSENT 00:00.000 --> 01:57.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ONE-THIRD OF OUR OPERATING 00:00.000 --> 01:59.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% BUDGET. 00:00.000 --> 02:01.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> UNLIKE THE OTHER PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 02:02.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE, THAT 00:00.000 --> 02:03.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE 00:00.000 --> 02:04.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% FORMS A HUGE PART OF YOUR 00:00.000 --> 02:06.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% BUDGET? 00:00.000 --> 02:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> A HUGE PART OF OUR BUDGET, 00:00.000 --> 02:07.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% YES. 00:00.000 --> 02:08.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> 30%? 00:00.000 --> 02:10.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> YES. 00:00.000 --> 02:12.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING TALK 00:00.000 --> 02:14.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THAT THE SCHOOL IS READY TO 00:00.000 --> 02:14.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CLOSE, PERHAPS AS EARLY AS MARCH 00:00.000 --> 02:16.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FIRST WHICH IS TWO WEEKS FROM 00:00.000 --> 02:17.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% TODAY. 00:00.000 --> 02:20.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IS THAT POSSIBLE? 00:00.000 --> 02:22.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% >> THAT IS NOT TRUE. 00:00.000 --> 02:24.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT PLANNING 00:00.000 --> 02:26.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% TO CLOSE. 00:00.000 --> 02:28.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE HAVE A 150-YEAR HISTORY AND 00:00.000 --> 02:30.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WE ARE PLANNING FOR OUR 00:00.000 --> 02:31.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS. 00:00.000 --> 02:34.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 150 00:00.000 --> 02:37.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% YEARS. 00:00.000 --> 02:42.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HAVING SAID THAT, WE OBVIOUSLY 00:00.000 --> 02:43.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NEED TO TAKE MEASURES AND THUS 00:00.000 --> 02:45.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE BOARD'S ACTION TO DECLARE 00:00.000 --> 02:48.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FISCAL BUT WE NEED TO TAKE 00:00.000 --> 02:49.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MEASURES TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE. 00:00.000 --> 02:53.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT WE DO NOT PLAN TO CLOSE. 00:00.000 --> 02:54.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MARCH FIRST DATE WAS SOMETHING 00:00.000 --> 02:56.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT WE HAD TO COMMUNICATE BACK 00:00.000 --> 02:58.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PRIOR TO MY TENURE BUT WE DID 00:00.000 --> 03:00.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAVE TO SERVE NOTICE THAT WE AT 00:00.000 --> 03:05.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THAT TIME OUR FINANCIAL 00:00.000 --> 03:07.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PROJECTIONS WERE SUCH THAT WE 00:00.000 --> 03:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSE TO NO 00:00.000 --> 03:08.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OPERATING FUNDS AS OF MARCH 00:00.000 --> 03:11.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% FIRST. 00:00.000 --> 03:14.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% THAT HAS CHANGED. 00:00.000 --> 03:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE DID TAKE MEASURES TO STRETCH 00:00.000 --> 03:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% DOLLARS AND WE DON'T ANTICIPATE 00:00.000 --> 03:20.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% CLOSING AT ALL. 00:00.000 --> 03:24.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING IS GOING 00:00.000 --> 03:25.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% TO HAPPEN ON MARCH FIRST. 00:00.000 --> 03:27.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WHAT MEASURES HAVE YOU TAKEN? 00:00.000 --> 03:29.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 00:00.000 --> 03:31.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% YEAR, THERE WERE REDUCTIONS IN 00:00.000 --> 03:35.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% PERSONNEL, REDUCTIONS IN 00:00.000 --> 03:36.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SPENDING FOR THINGS SUCH AS 00:00.000 --> 03:38.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TRAVEL, NONESSENTIAL SPENDING. 00:00.000 --> 03:42.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SOME DEFERRED SPENDING THAT WE 00:00.000 --> 03:45.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORKOUT IN 00:00.000 --> 03:50.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% SOME CASES. 00:00.000 --> 03:50.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHERE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEFER 00:00.000 --> 03:50.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PAYMENTS IN ORDER TO MAIN TAN 00:00.000 --> 03:53.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% SOME -- 00:00.000 --> 03:54.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% MAINTAIN CASH. 00:00.000 --> 03:56.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> WITHOUT A THIRD OF YOUR 00:00.000 --> 03:58.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MESSAGE HOW MANY LAYOFFS? 00:00.000 --> 04:00.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE YOU CUT? 00:00.000 --> 04:02.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WE HAVE NOT CUT ANY PROGRAMS. 00:00.000 --> 04:04.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% EVERYTHING I MUST SAY IS IN 00:00.000 --> 04:06.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% REVIEW NOW. 00:00.000 --> 04:06.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% I DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER 00:00.000 --> 04:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF LAYOFFS BUT IT WAS IN THE 00:00.000 --> 04:13.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% DOZENS. 00:00.000 --> 04:16.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND I WOULD SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY 00:00.000 --> 04:18.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WHEN WE ARE AT A POINT OF 00:00.000 --> 04:19.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EXGENNESEE WE HAVE TO CONSIDER 00:00.000 --> 04:21.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ALL THINGS AS A MATTER OF 00:00.000 --> 04:24.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% CUTTING FOR COST SAVINGS. 00:00.000 --> 04:27.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT YOU 00:00.000 --> 04:32.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% KNOW, WE ARE PREPARED TO WORK 00:00.000 --> 04:34.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ALONG THE LINES OF MORE 00:00.000 --> 04:36.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% EFFICIENT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES 00:00.000 --> 04:39.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% AND PROCESSES. 00:00.000 --> 04:41.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR THAT 00:00.000 --> 04:43.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT. 00:00.000 --> 04:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% WE LIKE THE OTHER PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 04:49.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE, 00:00.000 --> 04:50.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HOWEVER, CANNOT BECOME WE CANNOT 00:00.000 --> 04:53.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IMPROVE WHEN WE CANNOT OPERATE. 00:00.000 --> 04:55.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE CRITICAL THING RIGHT NOW IS 00:00.000 --> 04:57.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FOR US TO GET AN ALLOCATION FROM 00:00.000 --> 04:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE STATE SO WE ARE ABLE TO 00:00.000 --> 05:01.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CONTINUE OPERATION AND CONTINUE 00:00.000 --> 05:02.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SERVING THE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS 00:00.000 --> 05:04.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THAT WE SERVE. 00:00.000 --> 05:05.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC IS DIFFERENT 00:00.000 --> 05:07.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THAN MOST OTHER PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 05:11.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% UNIVERSITIES IN THIS STATE. 00:00.000 --> 05:12.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BECAUSE IT IS A MOSTLY MINORITY 00:00.000 --> 05:14.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND MOSTLY POOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN 00:00.000 --> 05:16.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% LARGELY COMMUNITY. 00:00.000 --> 05:17.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MANY OF THEM RELY ALSO ON MAP 00:00.000 --> 05:18.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% GRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN 00:00.000 --> 05:20.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% FORTHCOMING. 00:00.000 --> 05:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THERE IS A BILL ON THE 00:00.000 --> 05:22.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GOVERNOR'S DESK WHICH THERE IS 00:00.000 --> 05:24.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% LITTLE INDICATION THAT HE IS 00:00.000 --> 05:25.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% GOING TO SIGN. 00:00.000 --> 05:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HOW IS THAT IMPACTING YOUR 00:00.000 --> 05:32.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% STUDENTS? 00:00.000 --> 05:33.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WELL, LET ME SAY FIRST THAT 00:00.000 --> 05:34.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OUR UNIVERSITY DID COVER MAP 00:00.000 --> 05:36.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% COSTS. 00:00.000 --> 05:38.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE A NUMBER 00:00.000 --> 05:39.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF STUDENTS THAT WERE IT NOT FOR 00:00.000 --> 05:41.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE MAP GRANT THEY WOULD NOT BE 00:00.000 --> 05:41.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% ABLE TO ATTEND. 00:00.000 --> 05:43.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OUR UNIVERSITY COVERED THOSE 00:00.000 --> 05:45.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% COSTS. 00:00.000 --> 05:48.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THAT IS AN EXAMPLE HOW THE 00:00.000 --> 05:49.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ABSENCE OF STATE FUNDS CUT 00:00.000 --> 05:50.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DEEPLY INTO OUR OTHER -- 00:00.000 --> 05:53.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO AFFORD 00:00.000 --> 05:56.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% THAT? 00:00.000 --> 05:57.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> THE MONEY CAME FROM OUR OTHER 00:00.000 --> 05:59.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% REVENUES, TUITION, WE HAVE OTHER 00:00.000 --> 06:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AUXILIARY RESOURCES THAT WE CAN 00:00.000 --> 06:05.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% DRAW ON AND THE UNIVERSITY HAD 00:00.000 --> 06:08.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BEGUN TO PUT SOME MONEY AWAY AS 00:00.000 --> 06:09.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE ANTICIPATED A MORE PROTRACTED 00:00.000 --> 06:10.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% STALEMATE IN THE STATE 00:00.000 --> 06:12.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LEGISLATURE BETWEEN THE 00:00.000 --> 06:15.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR. 00:00.000 --> 06:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SO THE COMBINATION OF THOSE 00:00.000 --> 06:16.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RESOURCES ALLOWED US TO STRETCH 00:00.000 --> 06:19.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% FORWARD. 00:00.000 --> 06:21.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUT MY POINT IS THAT WE WOULD 00:00.000 --> 06:23.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENROLL A 00:00.000 --> 06:24.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS HAD WE 00:00.000 --> 06:26.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THE MAP 00:00.000 --> 06:29.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% GRANT FOR THEM. 00:00.000 --> 06:33.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND SO, YES, WE HAVE STUDENTS 00:00.000 --> 06:34.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR STATE 00:00.000 --> 06:36.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AS THE 00:00.000 --> 06:36.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% STATE IS EXPECTED TO DO. 00:00.000 --> 06:37.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> HAVE YOU BEEN LOSING ANY 00:00.000 --> 06:39.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% STUDENTS? 00:00.000 --> 06:41.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% >> SURE. 00:00.000 --> 06:42.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> THE UNIVERSITY HAS HAD A 00:00.000 --> 06:43.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% DECLINING ENROLLMENT. 00:00.000 --> 06:45.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HAS THIS EXACERBATED THE 00:00.000 --> 06:47.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% PROBLEM? 00:00.000 --> 06:49.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WE DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE THAT 00:00.000 --> 06:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT'S EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM. 00:00.000 --> 06:53.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WE HAD A PROJECTION MOVING INTO 00:00.000 --> 06:57.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE SECOND SEMESTER AND WE 00:00.000 --> 06:58.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% EXCEEDED THAT ENROLL MANY. 00:00.000 --> 07:00.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHICH IS A STATEMENT NOT ONLY TO 00:00.000 --> 07:01.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE QUALITY OF THE UNIVERSITY 00:00.000 --> 07:04.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% BUT TO THE BELIEF BY OUR 00:00.000 --> 07:08.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% STUDENTS THAT WHAT THEY ARE 00:00.000 --> 07:08.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GETTING IS WORTH THEIR EFFORT TO 00:00.000 --> 07:11.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BE THERE INSPITE OF FINANCIAL 00:00.000 --> 07:12.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% DURESS. 00:00.000 --> 07:14.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SO THAT IS A TREMENDOUS, A 00:00.000 --> 07:17.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TREMENDOUS STATISTIC THAT WE 00:00.000 --> 07:20.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% HANG OUR HATS ON. 00:00.000 --> 07:25.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHILE WE ARE AT RISK WE STILL 00:00.000 --> 07:29.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HAVE STRONG CONFIDENCE AMONG THE 00:00.000 --> 07:31.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COMMUNITY, OUR STUDENTS, OUR 00:00.000 --> 07:33.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ALUMNI AND FACULTY AND STAFF. 00:00.000 --> 07:37.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 00:00.000 --> 07:37.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% SEVEN WEEKS, AND YOUR TWO 00:00.000 --> 07:40.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% PRESENTEDDERS ISERS HAD ROCKY 00:00.000 --> 07:41.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% TENURES. 00:00.000 --> 07:42.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% YOUR PREDECESSOR HAD ETHICAL 00:00.000 --> 07:45.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ISSUES AN I LAWSUIT FILED 00:00.000 --> 07:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY WHICH 00:00.000 --> 07:51.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COST THE UNIVERSITY $3 MILLION. 00:00.000 --> 07:53.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% I'M NOT SURE THAT'S BEEN PAID 00:00.000 --> 07:54.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% OUT YET. 00:00.000 --> 07:56.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HIS PREDECESSOR WAS ACCUSED OF 00:00.000 --> 08:00.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% UNJUSTIFIED SPENDING AND THAT 00:00.000 --> 08:01.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% LED TO HER RESIGNATION. 00:00.000 --> 08:04.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAVE THE FISCAL WOES IMPACTED 00:00.000 --> 08:08.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% THE SCHOOL? 00:00.000 --> 08:10.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WELL, OF COURSE ANYTIME YOU 00:00.000 --> 08:11.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HAVE NEGATIVE ACTION OR NEGATIVE 00:00.000 --> 08:14.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% PUBLICITY OR ANY SUCH THINGS 00:00.000 --> 08:18.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED OF COURSE 00:00.000 --> 08:18.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEY HAVE IMPACTED THE SCHOOL. 00:00.000 --> 08:20.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BUT WE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON THE 00:00.000 --> 08:21.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% PAST -- 00:00.000 --> 08:23.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> BUT THE FISCAL SITUATION NOT 00:00.000 --> 08:25.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% SO MUCH THE REPUTATION? 00:00.000 --> 08:28.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> I WOULD NOT BE PREPARED TO 00:00.000 --> 08:29.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SAY OUR FISCAL SITUATION TODAY 00:00.000 --> 08:31.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IS A DIRECT RESULT OF ANY PAST 00:00.000 --> 08:32.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IMPROPRIETY OR ALLEGED 00:00.000 --> 08:34.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IMPROPRIETY THAT IS CERTAINLY 00:00.000 --> 08:35.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% NOT ANYTHING THAT WE ADDRESS IN 00:00.000 --> 08:38.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% OUR LEADERSHIP. 00:00.000 --> 08:39.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% WHATSOEVER. 00:00.000 --> 08:42.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, OF 00:00.000 --> 08:44.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% COURSE, WE WANT TO MOVE THE 00:00.000 --> 08:47.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SCHOOL IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. 00:00.000 --> 08:50.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE 00:00.000 --> 08:52.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAVE A CELEBRATION OF 150 YEARS 00:00.000 --> 08:55.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND PREPARE OURSELVES INSPITE OF 00:00.000 --> 09:02.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THIS VERY DIFFICULTIES CAL 00:00.000 --> 09:03.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SITUATION AND INSPITE OF WHAT 00:00.000 --> 09:04.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% MIGHT HAVE BEEN PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 09:08.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% PERCEPTION OF IRRESPONSIBLE 00:00.000 --> 09:11.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE INSPITE 00:00.000 --> 09:13.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF THAT, WE ARE PREPARING TO 00:00.000 --> 09:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MOVE INTO A BRIGHT FUTURE. 00:00.000 --> 09:16.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> HOW LONG CAN THE UNIVERSITY 00:00.000 --> 09:18.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% STAY OPEN IF THERE IS NOT ANY 00:00.000 --> 09:20.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% APPROPRIATIONS COMING FROM THE 00:00.000 --> 09:21.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STATE ANYTIME SOON AND WHATEVER 00:00.000 --> 09:23.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% RESERVES YOU HAVE ARE TAPPED 00:00.000 --> 09:25.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% OUT? 00:00.000 --> 09:25.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> OUR UNIVERSITY IS PREPARED TO 00:00.000 --> 09:26.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BE OPEN FOR THE REST OF THIS 00:00.000 --> 09:29.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% SEMESTER. 00:00.000 --> 09:32.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE HAVE COMMITTED TO BE OPEN FOR 00:00.000 --> 09:33.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE REMAINDER OF THIS SEMESTER 00:00.000 --> 09:34.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND IT WILL END IN THE FIRST OF 00:00.000 --> 09:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RIGHT AROUND THE FIRST WEEK OF 00:00.000 --> 09:39.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% MAY. 00:00.000 --> 09:39.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% NOW, LET IN ME SAY THAT WE ARE 00:00.000 --> 09:42.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% NOT PINPOINTING ANY DOOMSDAY. 00:00.000 --> 09:44.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% WE -- 00:00.000 --> 09:46.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT IS A DYNAMIC SITUATION AND WE 00:00.000 --> 09:49.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CONTINUE TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE 00:00.000 --> 09:49.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SAVE FUNDS. 00:00.000 --> 09:52.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND WE DO PROJECTIONS ON A DAILY 00:00.000 --> 09:54.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% BASIS. 00:00.000 --> 09:57.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND SO WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO 00:00.000 --> 09:59.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SAY THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE AXE 00:00.000 --> 10:00.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IS GOING TO FALL. 00:00.000 --> 10:01.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> A COUPLE MORE MONTHS? 00:00.000 --> 10:03.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% >> WE BELIEVE THAT. 00:00.000 --> 10:04.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> YOU ARE GOING TO SPRINGFIELD 00:00.000 --> 10:04.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% TO HEAR THE GOVERNOR'S STATE 00:00.000 --> 10:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% BUDGET ADDRESS. 00:00.000 --> 10:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> YES. 00:00.000 --> 10:09.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> DO YOU EXPECT HIM TO SAY 00:00.000 --> 10:11.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ANYTHING ABOUT THE FUNDING? 00:00.000 --> 10:12.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> I WOULD HOPE THAT HE WOULD. 00:00.000 --> 10:16.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HE IS MAKING A BUDGET ADDRESS SO 00:00.000 --> 10:18.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% FAR AS I CAN UNDERSTAND AND 00:00.000 --> 10:20.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THERE IS A LARGE BUDGETARY ISSUE 00:00.000 --> 10:23.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND I CANNOT 00:00.000 --> 10:26.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IMAGINE THAT AS A RESPONSIBLE 00:00.000 --> 10:27.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% LEADER IN OUR STATE THAT HE 00:00.000 --> 10:29.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WOULD OMIT SOME STATEMENT ABOUT 00:00.000 --> 10:31.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HIGHER EDUCATION WHEN EVERYONE 00:00.000 --> 10:33.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION AT ALL, 00:00.000 --> 10:35.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% TO HIGHER EDUCATION PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 10:37.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HIGHER EDUCATION AND FOR THAT 00:00.000 --> 10:37.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MATTER PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION. 00:00.000 --> 10:40.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE MAP GRANT IMPACTS STUDENTS 00:00.000 --> 10:41.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% ACROSS THE STATE. 00:00.000 --> 10:43.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PUBLIC 00:00.000 --> 10:43.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% UNIVERSITIES. 00:00.000 --> 10:45.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT'S ALL HIGHER EDUCATION IN OUR 00:00.000 --> 10:47.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% STATE. 00:00.000 --> 10:48.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> IF YOU ARE FORCED TO CLOSE, 00:00.000 --> 10:50.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WILL YOU BE ABLE TO REBOUND? 00:00.000 --> 10:51.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> OF COURSE. 00:00.000 --> 10:52.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> CAN YOU REOPEN YOUR DOORS? 00:00.000 --> 10:55.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% >> OF COURSE. 00:00.000 --> 10:57.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% FIRST WE WON'T CLOSE. 00:00.000 --> 10:59.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE MIGHT BE FORCED TO REINVENT 00:00.000 --> 11:01.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% THE WAY WE LOOK. 00:00.000 --> 11:04.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THAT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE. 00:00.000 --> 11:06.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BUT THERE IS A SILVER LINING AND 00:00.000 --> 11:09.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% THAT IS THAT WE COULD EMERGE 00:00.000 --> 11:09.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FROM THIS A STRONGER UNIVERSITY 00:00.000 --> 11:12.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH QUALITY 00:00.000 --> 11:13.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% FACULTY. 00:00.000 --> 11:15.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WE HAVE A VERY HIGH QUALITY 00:00.000 --> 11:18.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. 00:00.000 --> 11:21.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND WE HAVE A DEDICATED CORE OF 00:00.000 --> 11:22.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ALUMNI WHO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE 00:00.000 --> 11:24.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% TO SUPPORT THIS UNIVERSITY. 00:00.000 --> 11:27.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> PRESIDENT THOMAS CALHOUN WE 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE BUT I'M