Campus News articles from the current online edition of The Cougar Chronicle. en-us http://www.cougarchronicle.net Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:59:20 GMT 20 http://www.cougarchronicle.net/news/2009/09/21/News/Faculty.Launch.teachIn.To.Address.Protest.Problems.Facing.Csu-3779313.shtml As state budget cuts to higher education and accrediting woes make uncertain the future of the university, CSU faculty are planning a Vietnam-era style "teach-in" Sept. 23 to inform the university's student body of the challenges facing the school. Organizers of the event are expecting hundreds of students and dozens of faculty to participate and are calling it the first of what may be a number of such events in the future. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT 6d36b66d-88fb-4aaf-9831-01e1fe3c615b News 9/21/09 Mason Harrison Editor-in-Chief http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1359/thumbs/t_4w00p0k6.jpg http://www.cougarchronicle.net/news/2009/09/21/News/ Campus News http://www.cougarchronicle.net/news/2009/09/21/News/Map-Watch.Csu.Plans.Rallies.In.Springfield.On.Campus.To.Push.For.Map.Restoration-3779181.shtml Advocates at CSU for restoring Illinois's Monetary Award Program will be rallying in Springfield Oct. 15 with other colleges and universities with students who will be affected by Gov. Pat Quinn's (D) decision to slash MAP awards by 50 percent. If those efforts fail, over 3,000 CSU students will no longer receive the grant next semester. The number of students that will be affected statewide is estimated to be 138,000, according to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT c138ed35-b31d-45d4-a142-e9e8ca44e5bd News 9/21/09 Alma Campos Exec. and Managing Editor http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1359/thumbs/t_76i95sgz.jpg http://www.cougarchronicle.net/news/2009/09/21/News/ Campus News http://www.cougarchronicle.net/news/2009/09/07/News/Map-Watch.Campaign.To.Save.Map.Grant.Kicks.Into.High.Gear-3764896.shtml As state lawmakers prepare to finalize the Illinois budget on Oct. 14, universities across the state are left with little time to campaign for the restoration of the Monetary Award Program - money that over 3,000 students at CSU will no longer receive in 2010 if the grant is permanently cut. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT 04b335e0-d730-4525-9081-ee4cfab72e70 News 9/07/09 Alma Campos Exec. and Managing Editor http://www.cougarchronicle.net/news/2009/09/07/News/ Campus News