Wendler forms SIUC budget task force for planning
SIUC Chancellor Walter Wendler announces a Budget Planning Task Force with 10 members drawn from faculty students and administration to guide 5 percent cuts this year and another 5 percent over four years. Provost John Dunn chairs the group with aims to identify resource priorities and await state budget signals by mid January.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Walter Wendler
Wendler
John M. Dunn
SIUC
Dunn
Graduate Council
Faculty Association
Deans’ Council
Administrative Professional Staff Council
Civil Service Council
Graduate and
SIUC talks show slow progress but optimism persists
SIUC faculty members and administration face slow talks with November restart, while optimism grows for agreements. Senator Luechtefeld cites governor Blagojevich decisions pending March or April, as state funding uncertainty hampers salary talks and 75 non salary items linger. Faculty leader Daneshdoost says money is not prime, but progress remains essential. strike vote by Feb 3 looms, though deadlines are fluid.
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Sue Davis
Siuc Public Affairs
Walter Wendler
Morteza Daneshdoost
SIUC
University
Southern Illinois
David Luechtefeld
Luechtefeld
Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
Leuchtefeld
Wendler
Daneshdoost
First-responder students rehearse bus crash extrication drill
About 20 students in two-person teams entered a bus to retrieve mock victims including a non breathing baby. Local paramedics evaluated performance while Wilken noted learning from mistakes. Dowell Fire Department Chief Cavitt ARCH Air Medical Service assisted despite snow.
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Wilken
Dowell Fire Department
Allen Cavitt
Arch Air Medical Service
Supreme Court denies suit to block Carbondale heart unit
Illinois Supreme Court rejected Marion Hospital Corp. appeal over Memorial Hospital of Carbondale open heart surgery unit approved in 1999 by the Health Facilities Planning Board. The decision notes a 2001 appellate ruling allowing permits when criteria are unmet. Southern Illinois Healthcare officials praised the ruling.
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Carbondale
Illinois Supreme Court
Marion Hospital Corp
Memorial Hospital of
Supreme Court
Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board
Planning Board
Southern Illinois
Ira Rogal
Phil Schaefer
Southern Illinois Healthcare Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Schaefer
Implants using Pig Intestines for Rotator Cuff Repair
The technique uses pig intestine implants for rotator cuff repairs with possible other uses such as repairing a torn Achilles tendon knee cap tendon or the tendon along the front of the leg. The manufacturer warns against use in patients allergic to pork or animal products.
Trial decision looms after victim testimony in Olson case
The alleged victim testified about being abducted and attacked near DeYoung Street. She carried her 8 month old son in a car seat and could not identify her attacker due to darkness and a ski mask. DNA evidence linked to Taylor was presented with a 1 in 350 billion probability of alternate Caucasian origin. If the trial continues, testimony resumes at 1 15 p m.
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Ron
DeYoung Street
North Carbon Street
Olson
Taylor
Small plane crashes into Federal Reserve building
A small plane struck the Federal Reserve Bank Building in Miami during a holiday party, killing the pilot. No injuries among those inside. FAA spokesperson Laura Brown said it appeared accidental, with the craft likely taking off from Marathon in the Florida Keys.
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Miami
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Aviation Administration
Laura Brown
Washington
Brown
FAA
Marathon
Florida Keys
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