MISSING THE MARK
EARLY VOTING
The Eastern football team lost 48-41 at O’Brien Field Saturday against Murray State. The team’s record is now 1-6.
Those registered to vote have the opportunity to vote early either in person or online. If someone wants to vote in person they can between now and Oct. 29, and if they want to vote online they can between now and Oct. 21. PAGE 3
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CUPB hears budget beakdown of FY18, looks at FY19 budget The FY19 budget is still preliminary The Council on University Planning and Budget discussed last year’s and this year’s budget for the university at its Friday meeting. Paul McCann, the interim vice president of business affairs, gave board members handouts of last year’s budget and this year’s preliminary budget as well as two other documents explaining where the FY19 appropriated expenditures go and the amount of general revenue and income fund the university has received over the last 18 years. McCann said the bottom line is that the university’s source of revenue has decreased significantly but enrollment has increased significantly. “The other side of this is this is what we have to manage from day to day,” McCann said. He said although the university has done “a lot of things right” by increasing freshmen enrollment for instance, he said from his standpoint, wearing the “green glasses” revenue is still down. “That’s why when I start talking about (FY) 19 I’m trying to explain why we don’t have a budget yet,” McCann said. “Because we’re trying to use these numbers (from FY18) and trying to figure
out how, with reduced revenues, we can do the same things and we’ve been doing a great job of that even with the decline in revenue.” For FY18, McCann said the university’s budget was $77,339,496 and the university only spent $77,338,772.87, which was $773.13 less than anticipated. McCann said with the reduction in mind, the university did “what it was supposed to do,” but it did go over budget in some areas like contractual services. As for FY19, McCann said the preliminary budget is sitting at about $75 million but he expects that to change and will use the FY18 figures to help determine what the FY19 budget will be. “Now, the good news is that ($75 million) is not going to stay, it will increase because we did do better in the way of enrollment than what we anticipated,” McCann said. He said when the budget was created, they assumed enrollment, in terms of student credit hours, would be down about 9 percent, but it ended up being down about 3 percent. Again, that is in terms of student credit hours, not headcount. “From the standpoint of tuition, I only look at (student credit hours),” McCann said. CUPB, page 5
Choral groups perform in Elementium concert By Mercury Bowen Entertainment Reporter | @DEN_News
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Allyson Turner, an enviromental biology major, twirls a flag during the halftime show for the Eastern v. Tennesse State football game at O’Brien Field Sept. 22. Section B is a special edition that contains photos taken by three studetns from journalism professor Brian Poulter’s independent study class. The goal of the project was to caputure everything else that surrounds a football game.
Eastern hosts open house Monday By Logan Raschke Staff Reporter | @DEN_News Eastern’s open house will give prospective students a tour of the campus and in-depth information about admission and student life, with the open house beginning Monday, Oct. 8. Check-in for open house goes from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Black Box of the Doudna Fine Arts Center, and walk-ins are welcome. Event coordinator Molly Button said open houses give interested stu-
dents a full day to learn as much as they can about Eastern in order to decide if the university suits them. “(Open house) is an opportunity for prospective students, admitted students, anybody that’s applied, to come to campus,” she said. “They get to talk to faculty members that day, hear from financial aid, housing (and) the admissions staff. If they haven’t applied, we offer that they can apply on-site for free that day.” Button said students also learn about the community of Charleston
and important information about residency when they come to open house, and they get to hear from a student panel and staff at Eastern. “Everybody wants to just showcase Eastern so students can have an understanding of what we can offer them,” she said. Director of admissions Kelly Miller said open house gives potential students an inside perspective they cannot get anywhere else.
OPEN HOUSE, page 5
The Elementium concert was a performance of firsts that took place in the Dvorak Concert Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Sunday afternoon. Jason Harris, Grammy award-winning conductor, said this concert was his first one at Eastern, and he said he was very proud of everyone who performed. “It’s just remarkable to bring together veterans and then people who are freshmen new to the school and getting used to a whole new routine and then on top of that people who have never sung before in their life all into one large ensemble,” Harris said. “To come up with a performance like that is really really beautiful.” Harris said he never takes credit for a performance as a conductor. “(A performance) is only as successful as what the students want to put into a performance,” Harris said. “They put their everything into it.” Gaige Davis, a tenor singer in the concert choir and mixed chorus, said he thought the concert was executed well. “I think it went amazing,” Davis
said. “It was very fluid.” The concert was Davis’ first college performance, and he said he is ready to do more. “I’m so ready for music and learning more stuff,” Davis said. “I just really love singing.” Ciera Terry, a soprano singer in the mixed chorus, also said she thought the concert went really well. “We’ve been practicing since the beginning of the school year,” Ciera Terry said. “Every choir had their own piece to work with like the elements.” Ciera Terry’s mother, Erma Terry, said she also really enjoyed the performance. “It started off fantastic with the first number,” Erma Terry said. “With the rhythm and everything, it was coordinated really nice.” Tyler Clark, a bass singer for the Camerata Singers, said the performance was phenomenal. “We have a lot of very hard-working musicians in all the choral ensembles and a lot of new people as well,” Clark said. “It’s just great to see all these new people joining and fitting in really well and performing just as well.”
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