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		<title>SIUC can&#8217;t compete with the rest</title>
		<link>http://dailyegyptian.com/2012/02/02/siuc-cant-compete-with-the-rest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lleone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The university already has it rough financially with its budget deficit and declining enrollment, but performance-based funding may end up being SIUC’s biggest headache to date. Beginning July 1, the annual budget for higher education in Illinois must incorporate performance-based funding relating to degree completion and student success, as well as a number of other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faculty, staff  concerned for program cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tkulash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state-mandated law that could call for program consolidations and cuts has some faculty and staff members worried about what it could mean for their programs. The open forum held Thursday at Morris Library was to review recommendations made by the Program Changes Review Committee in charge of developing a process and set of metrics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Saluki prepares for second Super Bowl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The maroon and white will have one representative in the 2012 Super Bowl. Brandon Jacobs, running back for the New York Giants, will suit up for his second Super Bowl Sunday against the New England Patriots. Jacobs’ road to the Super Bowl included a one-year stint at SIU in 2004. “(Jacobs) is a good family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxing on the rocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan McMeekan, a junior from Moline studying agribusiness economics, takes a break between classes Thursday outside Morris Library. “As long as the weather is nice, I like to sit outside,” McMeekan said. The high Thursday was 61 degrees, but the weather will change course with colder temperatures and a rainy weekend, according to the Weather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens when reasons run out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lleone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every person reading this is likely invested in this institution one way or another, and regardless of what category they fall under — alumni, students or faculty — they have the right to know how things are stacking up. This semester marks the lowest enrollment count SIUC has seen in nearly 40 years, but some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State funds for higher education increased despite cuts to school</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurenDuncan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Illinois is one of few states that increased its funding to higher education between fiscal year 2011 and 2012, even though universities are receiving less. While state universities have made budget cuts because of overall decreased funding from the state over recent years, a recent report shows Illinois has increased funding for higher education by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enrollment down 322 from last spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tkulash</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an enrollment decrease of 322 students, Chancellor Rita Cheng said a drop in students is to be expected in the spring semester. The Daily Egyptian obtained the 10-day enrollment figures, which were released Tuesday with an overall 18,442 students registered at SIU. 12,039 are undergraduates — 256 less than last spring. “Every spring our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright lights, little city</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Andrea Slotten, a sophomore from Lake Zurich studying equine science, practices tricks with her LED hula hoop Tuesday at her home in Carbondale. She and several of her friends were having a small campfire in their backyard, hanging out and practicing hooping. “If it’s nice out at night time, this is all we do,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lennon adds 22 recruits</title>
		<link>http://dailyegyptian.com/2012/02/01/lennon-adds-22-recruits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Ragusa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Football coach Dale Lennon decided to take a holistic approach to recruiting this season. “We were basically going to recruit every position,” Lennon said. “In fact, if you look at the numbers, we basically recruited a whole football team.” Saluki football snagged 22 recruits for next season, Lennon announced Wednesday during National Signing Day. Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alex Kirt gets the blues, old band back together</title>
		<link>http://dailyegyptian.com/2012/02/01/alex-kirt-gets-the-blues-old-band-back-together/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emileur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since The Woodbox Gang went on a break with singer-songwriter Hugh DeNeal’s imprisonment for mail fraud, guitarist Alex Kirt has been spending his time with a regular solo blues gig at Tres Hombres and a new family-man lifestyle. However, his new band, The Giant City Slickers, will release an album at the end of the [...]]]></description>
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