The main topic of discussion during the March 25th Faculty Senate meeting was a report on budget and staff given by university president Kopp.
The presentation included information about possible upcoming budget cuts, possible solutions to these budget cuts and the current staffing budget allotment.
Marshall could be facing an overall $6.5 milltion dollar budget cut in the upcoming years, $1.2 million coming directly from the medical school.
A possibel solution presented by Kopp was the possibility of an increase in the state "pop tax." This is a tax on all cans of soda sold within the state. This tax goes to West Virginia University's medical since 1958.
Just a couple cent increase on this tax could not only cover the money going to WVU but also distribute it to other state universities including Marshall.
Without a solution, Kopp said that the university could be facing around a $730 intuition increase.
In the staff budget report the president pointed out that 46 percent of Marshall's faculty were full professors, a stastic much higher than the state or national average.
According to Kopp, to get on par with state average, Marshall would have to slow the advancment of faculty from instructor to professor.
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