2008 Woodie Awards
Harker proposes 2008 budget
When money is distributed, these areas need improvement
Issue date: 11/13/07 Section: Editorial
With President Patrick Harker's recent budget proposal, The Review staff began to think about what areas of the university we feel need improvement.
Safety should always come first. This should not just include installing more blue light emergency telephones around campus. It should be expanded to hiring more security guards, adding new locks to buildings and security cameras.
Harker stated one of the issues that needed more funding was scholarships for students from in state.
While we agree students from Delaware should have the opportunity to receive various scholarships to attend the university, students from out of state should be given more of a chance to receive scholarships.
In doing so, the university will begin to attract more students from all over the country, which will help boost its prominence as a university.
Another area in Harker's proposal was the improvement of the library. Although we feel improving the areas in Morris Library such as the scholarly journals or resources will help improve research within the unviersity, there are important aspects of the library that are overlooked. Students are constantly complaining about the early closing hours of the library.
Why not use the money to hire more night security guards, and keep the library open later?
While many of the aspects of the university can be viewed by students as needing improvement, students should have more say in the process.
We should be asked what areas we feel need to be changed, and how imperative that change may be. After all, we would know better than anyone else.
Safety should always come first. This should not just include installing more blue light emergency telephones around campus. It should be expanded to hiring more security guards, adding new locks to buildings and security cameras.
Harker stated one of the issues that needed more funding was scholarships for students from in state.
While we agree students from Delaware should have the opportunity to receive various scholarships to attend the university, students from out of state should be given more of a chance to receive scholarships.
In doing so, the university will begin to attract more students from all over the country, which will help boost its prominence as a university.
Another area in Harker's proposal was the improvement of the library. Although we feel improving the areas in Morris Library such as the scholarly journals or resources will help improve research within the unviersity, there are important aspects of the library that are overlooked. Students are constantly complaining about the early closing hours of the library.
Why not use the money to hire more night security guards, and keep the library open later?
While many of the aspects of the university can be viewed by students as needing improvement, students should have more say in the process.
We should be asked what areas we feel need to be changed, and how imperative that change may be. After all, we would know better than anyone else.
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