USM Student Senate passes resolution against budget cut decisions - Beth Quimby, Press Herald

Upset by faculty layoffs and program cuts planned at the University of Southern Maine, the Student Senate passed a vote of no-confidence in USM President Theodora Kalikow. Kalikow responded Sunday night by saying it will take “hard and painful decisions” to balance revenues and expenses at the university, and it’s necessary to “move ahead.” The resolution expressing the Student Senate’s displeasure with the university’s handling of a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall was presented to Kalikow and the University of Maine System board of trustees Sunday afternoon during a trustees meeting in Machias, according to USM spokesman Robert Caswell. http://www.pressherald.com/news/USM_Student_Senate_passes_resolution_against_budget_cut_decisions_.html