In a line of budget reductions across the University, the College of Design is facing a $140,000 cut, according to Dean Marvin Malecha.

“That is a very fair number,” Malecha said. “Look at the economy. Everyone is going to have to sacrifice.”

Cuts will affect faculty and students, he said.

“Some staff services are going to be reduced,” he said.

There is going to be a reduction in the number of sections availible for students to enroll in, Malecha said.

That means that the same number of students will have to fit into a smaller number of sections, he continued.

“That affects our ability to offer classes to non-design students,” he said.

Amber Majors, a junior in design, said that there wasn’t a lot of availability for non-design students in classes as there is now.

The college will not be able to afford as much technological equipment either, according to Malecha.

“We’re not going to be able to improve technology in the classroom,” he said.

These setbacks are designed to keep the college on it’s educational path.

“Our goal is to preserve the instructional nature of the college,” Maclecha said.

Dottie Haynes, the assistant dean for budget and administration, said the current budget is seven million dollars, making the reduction a 2 percent decrease.

Gene Bressler, professor and head of the Landscape Architecture department, said the direct cut to his department isn’t refined yet.

He said the cut will probably be around 1.5 percent.

While Bressler said he isn’t concerned about the cuts, he is uncomfortable with the state of the economy.

“I’m not feeling good about the economy, but we’re able to make strategic adjustments to schedules to minimize the effect on the delievery of programs,” Bressler said.

Chandra Cox, chair of the Art and Design department, said she would try to keep classes small.

“We’re doing all we can to preserve the classes,” she said

In her department, she will divert resources away from other areas to keep the small class sizes.

“[The budget cuts] is going to affect the number of speakers we can bring in,” Cox said.

She also said that she won’t be able to purchase some of the equipment she usually does to supplement her classes.

“Classes are going to increases only as a last resort,” she said.

According to Majors, class size is important.

“I really like the College of Design’s class sizes,” Majors said.

Christopher Chapin, a junior in design, said he is concerned for the budget cuts because some money will be taken out of their pockets.

“We pay a lot more for print quote than other colleges,” he said.

If print prices go up, he said, it will affect design students most.

“We’re already a small college, so it will be interesting to see how the budget cuts affect us,” Majors said.