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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 2002
Page
4
Contact details for The Southern Illinoisan letters page and newsroom staff are provided. It lists publisher Dennis DeRossett managing editor Gerald Garcia and opinion editor Mark Duran, plus submission methods, hours, and word limits for Voice of the Reader and The Vent. It notes circulation, classifieds, and display ad contacts and policies.
Southern Illinois University Chancellor Walter Wendler says the Carbondale campus will avoid employee layoffs. He proposes a moratorium on filling non-educational mission-based roles and positions vacated by retirees or staff leaving for other jobs, calling it a winning game plan.
The SIU Carbondale campus, led by Wendler, navigates Illinois budget pressures without layoffs, engages in campus dialogue on future planning, conducts a sweeping program review, and contends with controversy over graduation prayer. The emphasis is on stability, resource optimization, and steady leadership amid financial uncertainty.
A Southern Illinois transplant argues that the view of the region as violent is largely perception. He notes a shift from coal to diverse industry, sees progress in labor relations, and urges calm handling of labor issues to avoid a setback to regional growth and quality of life.
A campus editorial questions repeated use of the term headstrong to describe Dr. Argersinger and asks if a male leader is ever labeled similarly. It contrasts fairness, Open Meetings Act concerns, and the pressures on SIUC trustees and executives amid leadership disputes.
Sierra Club asserts the Illinois Department of Natural Resources must enforce Incidental Take Permit regulations as Marion County moves to dam Sugar Creek. They note the northern harrier hawk nesting at the site and urge cautious federal action, citing environmental studies and habitat protection concerns.
Leonard Pitts argues against Ward Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative and its aim to erase racial data in California. He warns loss of statistics hampers understanding race's impact on migration, education, justice, and economics, and defends celebrating cultural differences over colorblind ideals. Pitts notes California's size makes national conclusions impossible without its data. He cautions that pretending race doesn't matter harms real relationships and policy discussions.
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