Dark days: Savoie says university could shut down on Fridays to save money

[SlappyCajun]

No school on Friday...

Attendance in bars goes up on Thursday nights...

Attendance at football games goes down, because more people go back home for three day weekends.

Crazy student tailgating for Friday night games at the Tigue...

[wcd35]

_ I have no clue but the only thing that I can think of is because we are the largest of the state schools enrollment wise which may mean bigger cuts. Then again, I am not sure. _

I'm pretty sure you are correct. Enrollment is the key. That dictates the budget and therefore the cuts

[angellebertrand]

If we look at enrollment, one may ask, how much will the golden child (i.e. LSwho?) have to cut from their budget?

[cajungirl23]

_ If we look at enrollment, one may ask, how much will the golden child (i.e. LSwho?) have to cut from their budget? _

They won't cut anything. They are going to raise tuition, again.

[Kal]

I'm just wondering about this scenario. Remember after Hurricane Katrina and Rita, we had to implement the half day Fridays to begin saving money. That's about the same time that energy costs went through the roof. They believed that only operating for half a day on Fridays would cut back on energy costs. I'm pretty sure that recent budgets for the university include energy costs based on oil near 70 dollars a barrel. My question is two fold. One: if prices hold as they are now, which are drastically lower, how much money will we actually have to cut? Lower fuel prices should also result in lower energy operation costs. Shouldn't we break even? My second question is: If we do decide to cut out Fridays all together, how much money will we really be saving? With gas prices at 3.78 a gallon it would be quite alot. But with gas now down below a buck fifty, haven't we already in principle cut our energy costs by over half? I guess it all boils down to is does the budget factor in current energy costs?

[Shammy]

get ready the price of oil about to go up!!!!


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[ULBaby!]

one step forward...two steps back. Shutting down on fridays is no big deal - i don't imagine a whole bunch gets done then anyway - however, UL will have to cut a budget that is already very tight. We are running the U with a fraction of the budget of State and we are even the K-Mart of the UL system - cheapest tuition of the lot and fewer faculty and staff than most comparable programs at other UL system schools (that is not a typo, y'all). We have a lot of ground to catch up and we ain't gonna do it with budget cuts. Somebody remind me how brilliant Savoie is or I just might draw a warm bath and slice my wrists - goodbye cruel world. (ok, sensitive mandated reporter types - that last part was hyperbole, no need to call 911)

[jazzpop]

It's very depressing, considering that last fiscal year was the first in over 30 that state colleges were funded at a level close to the full formula. Louisiana's clinging to sales tax
and oil revenue, instead of more stable sources, is the cause of this yo-yo effect.
That, and the fact that under La's constitution only higher education and and health care
are unprotected from budget cuts...therfore bearing the brunt. Pound-foolish and all that.
Plus a a governor who was educated out of state...Brown U...and is philosophically opposed to government having any role to play. All true UL supporters need to get off their duffs and fight this to whatever extent they can. It's all well and good to be football fans, etc, but this is real life and a situation that could cause irrepairable harm to the university. It already takes UL students an average of 1 1/2 semesters longer to graduate that other system schools because inadequate numbers of instructors prevent necessary classes from being offered. And that, as any parent can tell you, means more money!