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    If the state doesn't start honoring its obligations to Southern Illinois University, the school may have to take drastic measures, possibly even making layoffs or shutting down in the spring, President Glenn Poshard told the Board of Trustees on Wednesday.
    Think we have it bad? This is crazy!
    The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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    The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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      Good....



      Kidding of course. That is crazy talk.
      UNI FIGHT

      Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
      iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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      • #4
        Re: SIU to Close Doors?

        That sounds like someone threatening to nuke a school to get a reaction - closing the doors in a month isn't a serious option on the table, I wouldn't think.

        We do have it bad, and the pain has just started. Wait until next year.

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          News-
          It's not a good situation in Iowa right now, but we aren't hearing the threats of closing the university's doors in a month. That's a situation that is a lot worse! 2011 sounds like it's going to be bad, and I'm not sure what that is going to lead to for UNI...but in the article it mentions that there are other universities in Illinois that are in a similar situation:

          Poshard said SIUC is not alone in this sinking boat. At Tuesday's Illinois Board of Higher Education meeting, he said several universities said they would be shutting down in March without help from the state.
          The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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            Originally posted by Panthers to the Bone View Post
            News-
            It's not a good situation in Iowa right now, but we aren't hearing the threats of closing the university's doors in a month. That's a situation that is a lot worse! 2011 sounds like it's going to be bad, and I'm not sure what that is going to lead to for UNI...but in the article it mentions that there are other universities in Illinois that are in a similar situation:
            We have issues, but it isn't anywhere near that bad.
            TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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              When compared to the rest of the country Iowa's financial solvency is pretty good. When compared to Illinois, Iowa is doing phenomenal.
              Originally posted by TH1974
              This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                I hope they close the doors.



                If they leave them open in this cold, their heating bills will skyrocket, which won't help their budgets one bit.

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                  Re: SIU to Close Doors?

                  Originally posted by Kyle View Post
                  When compared to the rest of the country Iowa's financial solvency is pretty good. When compared to Illinois, Iowa is doing phenomenal.
                  Illinois also has a problem which doesn't exist in Iowa, at least by comparison. Corruption, or "The Chicago Way", is a fact of life in Illinois politics. The money the state spends on highway asphalt, garbage collection on interstates, state pension management...everything, is tainted. Some of it is awarded in backroom deals via bribes, to the detriment of the taxpayer since it wasn't bid competitively to lower the cost. I've seen estimates of the "corruption tax" in the state...it's an astounding amount of cash that could be saved. Easily enough to keep SIU afloat for several years.

                  Hell, admission to the U of Illinois is even awarded via kickbacks. Several members of the U of Illinois Board of Trustees had to resign, and the FBI is digging in to it.

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                  • #10
                    Re: SIU to Close Doors?

                    The idea that a school of that size could just close for a semester (or longer) is beyond what I can comprehend.

                    It'd soften up the Valley schedule a little, however.

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                    • #11
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                      That's just nuts. Our budget cuts are bad enough, but that is taking it to a whole new scary level. Here's hoping they find a way to fix their budget. Forget sports, that would be horrible for all of the students, faculty, and staff.
                      It's my kind of team, Charlie. My kind of team!

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                        The Pew Research Center recently released a report called "Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril" which basically compared each states financial solvency with California. The budget gap in Iowa is 13.6%, while in Illinois it is 47.3%, and in California it is 49.3%. I'm not trying to minimize the financial distress Iowa is in, but compared to these other states, our problems look pretty good.


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                        Originally posted by TH1974
                        This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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                        • #13
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                          We're #1! We're #1! Suck it, you posers.

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                            Not to minimalize this, but since this is an athletic website...This can't be real helpful for recruiting talent to play football, b'ball etc. UNI has to fight a stupid comment by a member of the B of R about going non-scholly...this is a whole new elephant in the room.

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                              Re: SIU to Close Doors?

                              Originally posted by Panther-Sheik View Post
                              Not to minimalize this, but since this is an athletic website...This can't be real helpful for recruiting talent to play football, b'ball etc. UNI has to fight a stupid comment by a member of the B of R about going non-scholly...this is a whole new elephant in the room.
                              Wrong thread....

                              The (unlikely) potential of SIU closing their doors should help our recruiting.

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