Sweat was beading on the foreheads of SIUC seniors while they nervously fidgeted under the florescent lights of their advisers' offices.
Would there be summer classes?
Could they graduate on time?
Though the budget ax was swinging dangerously close to summer classes, Chancellor Walter Wendler recently announced that they will stay put. This is good news for advisers and students alike.
Administrators kept the ax from cutting off students' opportunities to graduate on time and cram as many classes as they could into the summer semester when tuition is still low.
This shows a realization on the part of SIU leadership that summer classes are important to the student body and should continue to be offered no matter how dire the financial situation.
The Daily Egyptian applauds Chancellor Wendler for not letting our financial woes affect the quality, or rather quantity, of our education. We realize some tough cuts are going to have to be made in the future. We are glad summer classes are not one of the sacrifices we will be asked to make.
We encourage the administration to continue to reflect on the needs and desires of students as it looks for ways to tighten, because it is our education that lies on the chopping board.
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
