Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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he-W - ery lk Q .giv - s.g--,....,-u.zwef- TT , '+a,..e.-.A-:si L. ,.-:..f-. --- The annual spring football pair-off between the first and second string varsity teams ended spring training on the normal optimistic note. The scrimmage left most spectators with a favorable outlook for the coming season as both the first string offense and defense consistently, if not spec- tacularly, picked their counterparts into managable mouthfuls. As in the past rushing plays formed the vast majority of the team's repertoire, with passing relegated to a secondary fno pun intendedl role. Predictably the starters looked good against a group of primarily sophomores and freshmen, but the questions in every fan's mind dealt with how they would fare against some of the pow- ers ofthe MAC.

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WMU Finances - Stretching Dollars . The state of our nation's econ- omy worsens each week. Inflation and recession have effected ever- yone and everything: Money is in greater supply than ever, but spir- aling costs daily reduce the value of each dollar. Westem Michigan University is no exception when it comes to feeling this financial crunch. Revenues from the state, students, and other sources, are higher than ever, yet the money is buying less and paying fewer salar- ies as rising expenses outdistance plateauing revenues. All of this places Western in the position of needing to raise more money from the state and other sources even as these funds are dwindling and making it nearly impossible to maintain its hard earned and con- sistently above average services to its students, staff, and community during these hard pressed times. The university receives revenues from the state, students, and a few other miscellaneous sources amounting to close to sixty million dollars a year. The state contri- butes over half of this sum but has been forced into budgetary cut- backs due to the loss of the state's sales tax on food and drugs and unexpected drops in the state in- come tax because of the country's economic slump. Since Michigan's constitution does not allow deficit spending the state has had to cut back on money previously ex- pected to be appropriated to the state schools, as well as withdraw- ing funds appropriated for expan- sion or new facilities but not yet spent. This automatically sets Westem's proposed Fine Arts buildings and new College of Busi- ness out in the cold. About a quarter of WMU's revenues come from the students in the form of tuition and dorm fees, and this percentage 'is considered nearly optimum. Asking for more money from an already inflation riddled and employment hungry student body would put such a hardship on many students that it would force more out of school, therefore caus- ing the opposite of its desired ef- fect. The University's few other sources of revenue, such as athletic gate receipts, parking meters, and the student unions are considered fairly static. Westem spends over sixty per- cent of its budget on faculty salar- ies. The operaton and mainten- ence of the campus, including the upkeep of buildings and the pay- ment of staff salaries eat up an- other twenty percent. Expenses in the category of Auxilliary Activi- ties cover the maintenance of the dorms and athletic' facilities, sup- port of the Athletic Department, and financial backing for the Uni- versity Police Department. Stu- dent aid annually amounts to over three million dollars in the form of scholarships, loans and employ- ment for students qualified for such funds. The Student Services area of the university has a yearly budget in excess of two million dollars to support the different campus organizations as well as instituting many of its own ser- vices, programs and activities. The General Fund feeds money into the three campus media organizations WIDR, Herald and Threshold. All the other organizations request funds through the Student Budget and Allocations Committee that distributes the monies collected through student assessments. All of these various drains on Wes-