http://www.newsobserver.com/news/higher_education/story/1387743.html

I guess the sky is falling at UNC GA.

1/30/2009 3:12:21 PM

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"fUNNY, AS ALWAYS THEY CUT PROGRAMS,EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, ETC. BUT THEY DON'T SLOW DOWN BUILDING THINGS UNTIL THINGS TURN AROUND. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT? HIGHER EDUCATIN AND TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY OR NEW BUILDINGS? eDUCATION first, THEN EXPAND YOUR GROUNDS AS FINANSES ALLOW. every COLLEGE DOES THIS AN THE STATE INSTEAD OF MAKING EDUCATION FIRST AND FORMOST. wAKE UP AND REPRIORITIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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"Don't furlough professors or academic staff. Get rid of of the UNC coaches. College sports is the biggest taxpayer rip-off around."

to both of these:

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1/30/2009 3:17:56 PM

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"that money has already been appropriated to a specific project with the use of bonds you cant just magically change where it is going"

exactly

1/30/2009 3:22:15 PM

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""fUNNY, AS ALWAYS THEY CUT PROGRAMS,EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, ETC. BUT THEY DON'T SLOW DOWN BUILDING THINGS UNTIL THINGS TURN AROUND. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT? HIGHER EDUCATIN AND TAKING CARE OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY OR NEW BUILDINGS? eDUCATION first, THEN EXPAND YOUR GROUNDS AS FINANSES ALLOW. every COLLEGE DOES THIS AN THE STATE INSTEAD OF MAKING EDUCATION FIRST AND FORMOST. wAKE UP AND REPRIORITIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""

I seriously don't understand this. Do people thoughtfully type out well capitalized messages and then put them through an inverse capitalizer???

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1/30/2009 4:59:34 PM

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"iINVERSE cAPITALIZER"

1/30/2009 5:04:43 PM

ugh god, i am so glad i graduated in december



i can see it now- a course required for graduation in a certain major with only one professor qualified to teach it- dude gets furloughed, students get FUCKED

1/30/2009 5:50:54 PM

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"N.C. State University Chancellor James Oblinger said faculty leaders have said they are willing to be furloughed to preserve jobs of support staff."

LAZY RICH BASTARDS JUST WANT SOME FREE VACATION TIME

1/30/2009 6:13:47 PM

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"Oblinger said students would feel the state cuts in the form of bigger class sizes and fewer available courses. "Every student is probably going to be delayed in one way or another," in terms of progress toward their degrees, he said."

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4434866/

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"Some faculty at North Carolina State University offered to take a 5 percent pay cut to save jobs, Chancellor James Oblinger said, adding no faculty expect raises this year. "Department heads are telling me I've got faculty that are willing to take salary cuts and are willing to do this that or the other to preserve jobs of staff that support them or staff in the department," Oblinger said."

well that's kinda cool. at least they care. (or act like they do)

1/30/2009 7:55:18 PM

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1/30/2009 7:59:01 PM

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1/30/2009 8:02:17 PM

What a bunch of bullshit. I've been working 14 hours straight today for UNC and now I read this bullshit?

1/30/2009 11:06:11 PM

As soon as I saw this I grew a little concerned about a job I applied for at NCSU.

Go to check the status today..."Position Withdrawn"

fucking A

2/1/2009 4:19:18 PM

^ from what I've seen, each department was already handling the budget reversions in their own way... some cut services, some are leaving open positions unfilled. all of the protections we thought we had as state employees are gone.

besides that, after all the uncertainty caused by a total of 12% of the university's budget being taken away this year... now they add this on top of it.

i can understand Erskine wanting to keep options open, but all this is doing right now is holding a knife up to employees' collective throat. and that thing is already starting to slice a bit.

2/2/2009 5:01:22 PM

All I got to say is if they get furloughs, we get collective bargaining. Either we can be a team or we can be adversaries.

2/2/2009 9:25:13 PM

but really yall the stimulus bill should just be tax cuts. don't try to help local/state govts with their budget shortfalls. that's socialism

2/2/2009 11:12:03 PM

^seriously. your tax refund is like a perpetual stimulus check.

2/3/2009 12:19:11 AM

I need to learn how to get in on this financial aid they are talking about, I keep getting the shaft and having to co-op to just barely make ends meet. The tuition increase to $5159 was for a full two semesters, and not a single semester...right?

2/3/2009 12:21:51 AM

^^I haven't seen a refund since I got a real job. single, white-collar worker = supporting all you other leeches.

2/3/2009 12:35:25 AM

Someone in CALS sent out the minutes from the CALS Administrative Deans meeting, pretty much stating that most positions can expect a pay cut between 3 and 10%. It also said that departments can begin a RIF, if they have gotten approval. I feel bad for CHASS, CALS can at least generate research grant money to cover peoples pay. Not a good time to be a University Employee.

2/4/2009 11:36:57 PM

glad i graduated in may and have a job now... working for ncsu- shit

2/5/2009 12:35:55 AM

Not a good time to want to be a university employee either, I guess.

2/5/2009 12:44:25 AM

probably depends where you are

where i'm at is the place to be

2/5/2009 3:57:20 PM

I want to be in the library when I graduate. Job openings right now are pretty slim.

2/5/2009 4:36:37 PM

Some of you need some perspective. it is a great time to be a state employee. The best time, in fact. Despite the fact that just about every other corporation has already laid off a bunch of people and is planning to lay off more, most state agencies and universities are doing everything they can to preserve jobs.

I will support a furlough, but not a pay cut. In my department, there has not been any discussion about pay cuts. Its mainly been hiring freezes. We are all very aware that at some point there will probably be layoffs, but doubt the layoffs will be as deep as they are in corporate world.

2/6/2009 9:37:03 AM

^ agreed

2/6/2009 9:40:35 AM

+1 to CarZin's statement. Every department, or at least the ones I know of, is working their hardest to preserve people's jobs. So far it's been hiring freezes, purchasing freezes, and eliminating open positions. Layoffs are coming eventually, the writing is on the wall, but that discussion has not been started yet. And, even with that likely on the way, I feel much much more secure here than I would in just about any private sector job.

2/6/2009 10:42:38 AM

a-men

2/7/2009 9:52:39 PM

Does furlough mean fire?

2/7/2009 9:58:42 PM

Forced leave without pay.

2/7/2009 10:06:41 PM

Dagger.

2/7/2009 10:13:44 PM

Obviously better than being put on the chopping block.

2/7/2009 10:14:42 PM

One benefit of being a public servant.

2/7/2009 10:16:26 PM