The Chronicle of Higher Education October 29, 2011 Southern U. Declares Exigency on Its Main Campus Southern University’s Board of Supervisors voted on Friday to declare financial exigency on the Louisiana system’s main campus at Baton Rouge, The Advocate<http://theadvocate.com/home/1193443-125/su-board-oks-exigency.html>, a local newspaper, reported. The campus’s chancellor, James L. Llorens, said the step gives the university a “small window of opportunity” to reorganize its academic and administrative structure to cut costs. He plans to impose furloughs on tenured faculty and other employees, and to present a reorganization plan for the board to consider as soon as November 25. Administrators have been making cuts across the university’s budget to close a $10-million gap, and have been pushing since August<http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/southern-u-declares-exigency-on-its-main-campus/%20http:/chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/southern-u-s-faculty-threatened-with-emergency-budget-cuts/35471> for the broad powers<http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/southern-u-steps-toward-declaring-exigency-surprising-state-regents/35669> a declaration of exigency<http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/vote-to-declare-financial-exigency-fails-at-southern-u/35975> gives them. Faculty leaders have opposed the move. Sudhir Trivedi, a professor of computer science who is president of the Faculty Senate, accused the university of “gutting the faculty” to obtain $1.7-million in savings, while at the same time doubling its subsidy to athletics, to $2.4-million. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.