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Features

Menu For the connoisseur on a budget…

By: James Neyer ~Copy Editor~ Ritzy Ramen Ramen is a traditional college food, mostly because it is cheap and easy to cook. If I had a nickel for every pack of ramen I have cooked, I would have enough money to eat ramen for a month straight. While most generic store-bought ramen is not very healthy—or all that tasty—that can be changed by a supply of cheap vegetables. After the water for the ramen has been boiled, you can add some corn, green beans and peas. Add these in while cooking the noodles, possibly including an egg if that is … Continue reading Menu For the connoisseur on a budget…

Campus News

Administrators announce details of budget shortfall

By: Taylor Fulkerson & Justin Worthing ~Managing Editor & Staff Writer~ University administrators announced the size of the fall’s pending budget shortfall and the strategies employed to ameliorate it this week. According to a letter from President, Fr. Michael Graham, S.J., addressed to “the Campus Community,” there is a potential budget shortfall of approximately $8 million for this fiscal year. Graham’s letter, published on Oct. 23, addressed concerns over the shortfall. The amount of the potential shortfall “was determined by using our known enrollment/net tuition results to-date and forecasting the spring semester and upcoming summer period from the existing results,” … Continue reading Administrators announce details of budget shortfall

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Congress fails to pass budget, forces government shutdown

By: Andrew Koch The federal government shut down after Congress failed to approve a budget before the new fiscal year began. As a result, institutions controlled by the federal government put hundreds of thousands of employees on indefinite, unpaid leave and closed government buildings across the country. Because the Constitution requires the federal budget to receive a majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in order to take effect, the federal government entered a shutdown when the new fiscal year began without a Congressionally-approved budget on Oct. 1. More than 800,000 employees the government deemed “non-essential” … Continue reading Congress fails to pass budget, forces government shutdown