Northeastern Illinois University - Beehive Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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55 . Faculty Union, University Prof Organizing Protest Against fid Shiraawlu month Spnngf ol pnu, . 1 1 ' I by Da Bv iirm thould be avalanche that it, if the i ha» in way ill Ih 1 nivenin PrufniKinali of lllinoii ( I ' P I ) lix.il 4100. fft ■ organi inn . poii ard pro- d prop, H lor h NonhraaUnVl. forrrin i P I chapter preiidenl. Mary Sr hv. 10 . ' potll wrl% will Ik available (o fmiky, «u(f and ua |NiM. nl, whilr Mudrnti will be ablr 10 pii k i hr-n-i up ji , ( tperial (able tet up by the union .m ruetda) March ?3rd and Wednetdai Marrh 24th m lh« Village Squan area ol Oir om mutri ( ruin I n potuardi will be available one addretaed to Governor I i|iv n and the other ad- dretted to Richard Wagner, bead of the lllinoii Board of fisher Education. »p aimed ji getting itir emor to change hu mm i.iw s. hwani and to f»r vide Incentive fur i l mr to recomn higher funding than u ... governor ' ! recommend oon The potlcard uni jus i Northeastern effort the It ' i beinn promoted l v union at all the other pjf univenitiet under the ■ i l ( Msvemon ivttemy , r , f abo at three umveniii „, drr the Board of Reg J ' tome area the ef fon c a li m hiN l and ' .;a wr j(© j— ach high-achool a I r « •• e- ' «• an « • »■ • o v .t« ' ,e« Hour Reqi vt 1982: A Year in Review tindergraduatei mini iplete a retearrh papei i graduation (General EducatM imittee alvo itrongh ig the conrept of iiltrr hclirvc will air Muclrntt mn illy lor introtvtnMfM in liven jimI mm n-ii i. hi aim i., i an Underlain Future n i mil ing 10 Uninnb I lie bajCCalaurM pmgram ai I NI will ihtN lie deiignril (Continued from p. 11) ed financial aid by 50% and possibly eliminate aid for two million of the sev- en million students receiving it. Faculty members and other employ- ees of Northeastern began to realize that the budget cuts would affect them too, and started to organize protests of their own. The faculty union, the Uni- versity Professionals of Illinois orga- nized a postcard protest against Gover- nor Thompson ' s proposed budget cuts. They set up tables in the village square to allow students to sign post- cards to be sent to both Governor Thompson and Richard Wagner, head of the Illinois Board of Higher Educa- tion. They also organized a lobbying effort in Springfield. Several carloads of faculty and students spent May 5 in Springfield lobbying against the gover- nor ' s proposals. Another effect of the budget cuts was reduction of hours the University was to be open in the summer. It was decided that during the summer semes- ter the University would be open Mon- day through Thursday. This would al- low the University to save on air-conditioning costs. The reduction of hours would also mean that employees would have to work longer hours each day to make up for the shorter week. If the summer semester works out as planned there is the possibility that in the near future Northeastern would have a year long 4 day work week. A final affect of the budget cuts was the halting of construction on the new Physical Education Building. In Febru- ary, Governor Thompson froze con- struction, and through the end of 1982, the construction had still been frozen. As the freeze continues, infla- tion of building costs continues to rise, and by the time the freeze is lifted Northeastern may have a very small Physical Education Building. With bud- get cuts already underway, there will be an increase in the costs for the building. The proposed structure will cover 117,360 square feet, although it was