cardinalpointsonline.com Friday, March 4, 2011 • Vol 84 Issue 3 The Students’ Newspaper Photos by Justin Prue and Gabe Dickens/Cardinal Points With the federal budget deficit increasing, the House of Representatives proposed House Resolution 1, which would cut funding from Planned Parenthood and could reduce the amount of money college students receive for Pell Grants. Director of Student Financial Services Todd Moravec said this could mean fewer funds available for summer programs. Planned Parenthood money part of federal budget cuts By Gabrielle Bilik associate news editor A recent bill that could eliminate $317 million in federal funding to Planned Par- enthood was passed by the House of Repre- sentatives Feb. 18. This sparked supporters of the organization to stage rally protests across the country. Proposed amendments that passed the Re- publican House could lead to Planned Parent- hood losing all of their federal funding. “For 95 years, Planned Parenthood has provided medical care and family planning services to women across the country,” Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement issued in response to the pas- sage. “One in five American women has received care from a Planned Parenthood health cen- ter during her lifetime, and last year three million patients came to one of our more than 800 health centers.” SEE PARENTHOOD, A3 Part of House’s budget plan reduces Pell Grant funding By Gabrielle Bilik associate news editor Five out of six Plattsburgh State students use financial aid to pay for tuition and other expenses, and a new budget could soon cut the amount of help receive. Higher educa- tion could potentially suffer if a bill passed by the House of Representatives Feb. 18 continues its course through Washington. House Resolution 1, the full-year continu- ing appropriations act, which passed the House 235-189, proposes more than $60 billion in cuts to the federal budget. This proposed budget would take funding away from many departments and agencies, in- cluding defense, space exploration, energy renewal, health and human services and education. The regulations set under the bill would last for the rest of 2011, effective until Sept. 30. Under the section of H.R. 1 that ad- dressed student financial assistance, there could be cuts in many financial aid programs SEE PELL, A6 Hundreds gather in support of Wis. unions By Dakotah Seiler contributing writer Last Saturday, hundreds gathered in the Plattsburgh cold in response to protests in Wisconsin against the pro- posed legislature that would affect collective bargaining agreements. Right outside city hall, members of several orga- nizations, including Unit- ed University Professions (UUP), the Northeast Central Labor Council (NCLC) and the Progressive Coalition of Northern New York (PCNNY) bundled up to rally the cause. David Curry, UUP chapter president and nursing pro- fessor at Plattsburgh State, stood at the bottom of the hall steps holding a sign that read, “We are Wisconsin.” “The issue in Wisconsin was a public attack on all unions,” Curry said. “What starts there could easily end here.” Curry spoke about the SEE RALLY, A10 Photo Provided Last Saturday, unions rallied at city hall. United University Professions President David Curry and Northeast Central Labor Council Betty Lennon both spoke. Voluntary separation offered again By Renee Cumm staff writer Lobby day welcomes fac- ulty of higher education to attend the Albany confer- ence March 8 to discuss the present budget deficit, as well as health care issues af- fecting state services. David Curry, a Plattsburgh State nursing professor and president of Plattsburgh’s chapter of the United Uni- versity Professionals com- mittee, will attend with other faculty members to speak on behalf of PSUC. Curry said his discussion toward legislatures will focus on put- ting money back into the budget for SUNY. “Over 80 percent of SUNY’s budget is salaries personnel,” Curry said. “It’s go- ing to mean people cut.” Curry said he was worried about the nursing program. As PSUC President John Ettling said at the council meeting that nursing is one of the most expen- sive programs on campus. He said the cost makes him con- cerned for the de- partment, but he knows it is a funda- mental program on campus. Curry said that gives them a reason to be optimistic. Ettling said there are no plans to cut the nursing program at PSUC, despite his comment about the program’s expense and the mounting deficit. However, Susan Welch, interim director of human resources, sent an e-mail to all full-time, profes- sional faculty members last Wednesday, announcing an- other voluntary separation program for 2011 in order to provide the opportunity SEE VSP, A4 Ettling Photo Illustration by Gabe Dickens/Cardinal Points After using ANGEL as its course management site, PSUC will start setting up a new program called Moodle this summer. Set up should be done in time for fall semester. Change to Moodle to begin this summer By Amanda Bradford associate news editor Plattsburgh State will no longer be using the ANGEL Learning Management Sys- tem but rather a new system called Moodle. The new sys- tem will be used on campus for all courses beginning this summer. In 2009, ANGEL was pur- chased by Blackboard. It was announced that ANGEL would be phased out by 2014. All SUNY campuses were left to individually de- cide whether to continue using ANGEL and eventually adapt to the Blackboard sys- tem or to make the change over to a new system entirely. “We are being forced into a decision in that way. It’s either now or later,” Director for the Center for Teaching Excellence Becky Kasper said. According to the Moo- dle website, the learning system is currently used in more than 400 countries and has more than 40 mil- lion users worldwide. “Many SUNY schools are looking at Moodle,” said Holly Heller-Ross, the associate dean of the library and informa- tion services. “All SUNY schools, or anybody us- ing ANGEL, has to decide whether they are going to stay with Blackboard SEE MOODLE, A5 National fund in danger Plattsburgh State student Jessica Bakeman has supplanted herself as part of the resurrection of the Strand Theatre. See her story, Page B8
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cardinalpointsonline.com Friday, March 4, 2011 • Vol 84 Issue 3
The Students’ Newspaper
Photos by Justin Prue and Gabe Dickens/Cardinal PointsWith the federal budget deficit increasing, the House of Representatives proposed House Resolution 1, which would cut funding from Planned Parenthood and could reduce the amount of money college students receive for Pell Grants. Director of Student Financial Services Todd Moravec said this could mean fewer funds available for summer programs.
Planned Parenthood money part of federal budget cuts
By Gabrielle Bilikassociate news editor
A recent bill that could eliminate $317 million in federal funding to Planned Par-enthood was passed by the House of Repre-sentatives Feb. 18. This sparked supporters of the organization to stage rally protests across the country.
Proposed amendments that passed the Re-publican House could lead to Planned Parent-hood losing all of their federal funding.
“For 95 years, Planned Parenthood has
provided medical care and family planning services to women across the country,” Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement issued in response to the pas-sage.
“One in five American women has received care from a Planned Parenthood health cen-ter during her lifetime, and last year three million patients came to one of our more than 800 health centers.”
SEE PARENTHOOD, A3
Part of House’s budget plan reduces Pell Grant funding
By Gabrielle Bilikassociate news editor
Five out of six Plattsburgh State students use financial aid to pay for tuition and other expenses, and a new budget could soon cut the amount of help receive. Higher educa-tion could potentially suffer if a bill passed by the House of Representatives Feb. 18 continues its course through Washington.
House Resolution 1, the full-year continu-ing appropriations act, which passed the House 235-189, proposes more than $60
billion in cuts to the federal budget. This proposed budget would take funding away from many departments and agencies, in-cluding defense, space exploration, energy renewal, health and human services and education.
The regulations set under the bill would last for the rest of 2011, effective until Sept. 30. Under the section of H.R. 1 that ad-dressed student financial assistance, there could be cuts in many financial aid programs
SEE PELL, A6
Hundreds gather in support of Wis. unions
By Dakotah Seilercontributing writer
Last Saturday, hundreds gathered in the Plattsburgh cold in response to protests in Wisconsin against the pro-posed legislature that would affect collective bargaining agreements.
Right outside city hall, members of several orga-nizations, including Unit-ed University Professions (UUP), the Northeast Central Labor Council (NCLC) and
the Progressive Coalition of Northern New York (PCNNY) bundled up to rally the cause.
David Curry, UUP chapter president and nursing pro-fessor at Plattsburgh State, stood at the bottom of the hall steps holding a sign that read, “We are Wisconsin.”
“The issue in Wisconsin was a public attack on all unions,” Curry said. “What starts there could easily end here.”
Curry spoke about the
SEE RALLY, A10
Photo ProvidedLast Saturday, unions rallied at city hall. United University Professions President David Curry and Northeast Central Labor Council Betty Lennon both spoke.
Voluntary separation offered againBy Renee Cumm
staff writer
Lobby day welcomes fac-ulty of higher education to attend the Albany confer-ence March 8 to discuss the present budget deficit, as well as health care issues af-fecting state services.
David Curry, a Plattsburgh State nursing professor and president of Plattsburgh’s chapter of the United Uni-versity Professionals com-mittee, will attend with
other faculty members to speak on behalf of PSUC.
Curry said his discussion toward legislatures will focus on put-ting money back into the budget for SUNY.
“Over 80 percent of SUNY’s budget is salaries personnel,” Curry said. “It’s go-ing to mean people cut.”
Curry said he was worried about the nursing program.
As PSUC President John Ettling said at the council meeting that nursing is one
of the most expen-sive programs on campus.
He said the cost makes him con-cerned for the de-partment, but he knows it is a funda-mental program on campus. Curry said
that gives them a reason to be optimistic.
Ettling said there are no
plans to cut the nursing program at PSUC, despite his comment about the program’s expense and the mounting deficit.
However, Susan Welch, interim director of human resources, sent an e-mail to all full-time, profes-sional faculty members last Wednesday, announcing an-other voluntary separation program for 2011 in order to provide the opportunity
SEE VSP, A4
Ettling
Photo Illustration by Gabe Dickens/Cardinal PointsAfter using ANGEL as its course management site, PSUC will start setting up a new program called Moodle this summer. Set up should be done in time for fall semester.
Change to Moodle to begin this summer
By Amanda Bradfordassociate news editor
Plattsburgh State will no longer be using the ANGEL Learning Management Sys-tem but rather a new system called Moodle. The new sys-tem will be used on campus for all courses beginning this summer.
In 2009, ANGEL was pur-chased by Blackboard. It was announced that ANGEL would be phased out by 2014. All SUNY campuses were left to individually de-cide whether to continue using ANGEL and eventually adapt to the Blackboard sys-tem or to make the change over to a new system entirely.
“We are being forced into
a decision in that way. It’s either now or later,” Director for the Center for Teaching Excellence Becky Kasper said.
According to the Moo-dle website, the learning system is currently used in more than 400 countries and has more than 40 mil-lion users worldwide.
“Many SUNY schools are looking at Moodle,” said Holly Heller-Ross, the associate dean of the library and informa-tion services. “All SUNY schools, or anybody us-ing ANGEL, has to decide whether they are going to stay with Blackboard
SEE MOODLE, A5
National fund in danger
Plattsburgh State student JessicaBakeman has supplanted herself as part of the resurrection of the Strand
Theatre. See her story, Page B8
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