Quick Takes: Flat Funds for Arts and Humanities, More Than a Gold Watch at Miami Dade, SUNY to Ban Smoking in Dorms, Unique Collaboration in Chapel Hill

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Funds for the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts would remain at their 2006 levels under a 2007 spending bill approved Tuesday by a Senate panel. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior and Related Agencies passed legislation that would provide $141 million for the humanities agency and $124 million for the arts endowment, the same amount the agencies are receiving this year. The agencies would receive $5 million more each under a parallel bill approved last month by the House of Representatives.
Eduardo Padrón retired -- sort of -- from Miami Dade College, but he won't be looking for early bird dinner specials. Padrón collected $893,000 from his state retirement package, but after 30 days of unemployment he will return to his position at Miami Dade and his salary of more than $400,000, The Miami Herald reported. Florida law allows him to collect his retirement payout if he "retires" for a month -- even if he goes back to his job after that.
The State University of New York plans to ban smoking in all dormitories by fall 2007.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Town of Chapel Hill have announced what they believe to be a unique pledge by town and gown to cut carbon dioxide emissions.