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Jischke to form new office focused on fund raising

By Kelly Lucas
Campus Editor

Purdue president Martin Jischke has announced that a new office focusing on fund raising will be formed at Purdue in an attempt to reorganize Purdue's fund raising, marketing and communication activities and place them into one universal office.

The new office of University advancement, which will be headed by a senior vice president who is yet to be chosen, will include the University development office, the office of University relations and Purdue's WBAA AM and FM radio stations.

Jischke said he formed the new office because he wanted to bring greater coherence between the three offices, so the University could do a better job of raising funds.

"In order for Purdue to become a better University, it's going to take additional sources including private sources," said Jischke. "(The new office) better positions us to be more effective in fund raising."

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Church provides housing opportunities to Purdue students

By Sarah Szczepanski
Staff Writer

They are referred to as church mice.

Four Purdue students have the opportunity to live rent free and utility free in a place that is equipped with pool tables, a huge kitchen and private bathrooms.

Adam Gray, a junior in the School of Liberal Arts; Staci Bril, a senior in the School of Management; Heather Ault, a senior in the School of Education; and Jason Singer, a senior in the School of Pharmacy, live in the University Lutheran Church located across from Chauncey Hill Mall.

The students get to live at the church in exchange for doing some basic janitorial work. Gray estimates that these duties take up about five to seven hours a week.

Some of these duties include vacuuming the church, cleaning out the pews and keeping things stocked in the bathroom.

"It helps out a lot of people," said Bill Hadley, the trustee chairperson and students' "landlord" who is responsible for the upkeep of the church. "It's a two-way street."

The two women share a room upstairs, and the two men live in the basement of the church. Ault recalled a time when Gray did not wake up to his alarm clock. "It was blaring all through the church," Ault said.

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CUTTING CLASS?

Sarah Loehr/Editor in Chief

Several students were evacuated from Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry Friday afternoon after a steamline malfunctioned and activated a sprinkler head. Although there was no fire, the Purdue Fire Department responded to the call of an active fire alarm. Students were allowed back into the building after approximately 30 minutes.