Faculty Senate discussed post Feb. 14 use of the NIU logo Wednesday.

An e-mail sent from Virginia Tech’s equivalent to Mike Malone, vice president for university advancement, warned that NIU would see a great deal of unauthorized use of its logos following Feb. 14, said Faculty Senate President Paul Stoddard.

Unauthorized use of any NIU logo creates a legal problem as NIU owns the rights to all of the university’s logos, Stoddard said. Even if use of the logo is allegedly for a charitable cause, he said.

NIU temporarily halted approval to use the NIU logo due to the overflow of unauthorized use, Stoddard said. The university approving use of the NIU logo helps prevent people from profiteering from Feb. 14, Stoddard said.

Additionally, some NIU students used the logo even though unauthorized, though the university was able to shut down student operations with no financial damage to students.

Nancy Castle, allied health and communicative disorders professor, said the NIU Foundation was able to bail out a fraternity that received 30,000 orders for a shirt that was intended to raise money for charity following Feb. 14.

NIU is the only entity for licensing the Feb. 14 NIU Black Ribbon logo and all donations should be for the Feb. 14 Student Scholarship Fund, Castle said.

The senate mentioned the Huskie logo should be available for student access, but not the black ribbon.

The senate also discussed the university budget at the meeting.

It is unlikely the state budget will allot the 5 to 10 percent increase as hoped; only a modest increase is now expected, said Linda Derscheid, graduate faculty chair of family, consumer, and nutrition sciences. However, the university is still pushing for a capital budget, she said.

Also at the meeting, the senate held elections for Faculty Senate President and Faculty Personnel Advisor. The incumbent members in both positions, Stoddard and Alan Rosenbaum, both ran unopposed.