Erratum
Last week's article, "Endowment falls 18 percent," stated that the loss in endowment funds entailed a "5 percent budgetcut for each department [and exactly] what will be cut has yet to be determined." According to Vice President for Finance Kathy Collins, schools and divisions were notified of the cuts last winter which were factored into the current fiscal year 2010. The Thresher regrets the error.
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