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Budget stripped of $196,000
Student organizations still have some money for events
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At a Student Government Association meeting Nov. 8, administrators announced that a total of $2.5 million will be cut from Webster campus budgets worldwide in an attempt to make up for a $6 million tuition shortfall. Specifically, $196,516 will be cut from student affairs on the Webster Groves campus alone.
SGA: Kiosk will come to fruition- for real this time
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Plans for the installation of the kiosk have been up in the air since two years ago. Jesse Irwin, then vice present, thought of the idea for an informational kiosk and then Communications Senator Anne Haffner, took control of the plans and did some research. Because the semester was almost over, plans for the kiosk went on hold until the next school year.
CAR FLIPS ON GARDEN AVENUE
A nighttime accident Nov. 8 on Garden Avenue in front of the Webster University Bookstore left one woman injured.
Bug in online registration confounds students
Bad code in registration program means students cannot sign up online for classes with prerequisites
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When online registration for spring 2006 opened to seniors Nov. 7, some students who tried to sign up for classes requiring prerequisites found themselves unable to do so.
Music school construction means temporary loss of parking
Fifty spaces gone for now, but two new lots will mean net gain of 80 spaces
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Construction on Webster's campus is something that people have come to expect. Unfortunately, for many, so is a lack of convenient parking. And for anyone who has walked or driven past the former south end of Lot K, they know that these two problems are often related.
Should you pay more for gas?
Professors debate whether low cost of fuel will lead to economic problems
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Over-consumption of gasoline, exhausted oil supplies and low taxes were discussed as problems at the discussion panel "Fuel and Food Panel: Is Oil the Real Reason for the Iraq War?" Nov. 3.
New wiretap order could affect Webster
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An order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has expanded a federal wiretapping law. The law now requires universities and other organizations to update their internet infrastructure to make it easier for the government to tap in. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), requires schools to change the way their networks receive and store data and they are expected to pay for the changes themselves.
Dining manager Joe Harvey leaves Webster
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After six years serving as general manager for dining services at Webster University, Joe Harvey left to pursue other interests out of state.
Podcasting could be wave of future for class lectures
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The idea may sound too good to be true to the typical student whose busy schedule usually consists of juggling school and work, but it's not. The new technology, called podcasting, is a way of delivering audio and video MP3 files via the Internet.
NEWS BRIEFS
Flu shots available for students, Some International Week events canceled
