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Editorials Commentary
Friday, December 2, 196 Columbia, South Carolina
Fee Iii
The proposed increase it
received much attention in r
ing but confusion of the isst
Probably the least under:
per semester is the scope of I
ing the proposal thus far h.
individual student can gain.
the University community, v
the betterment of the whole,
mately benefit.
In relation to the fees alr4
$5 increase amounts to aim
ers the amount multiplied b3
to see the broad scope of the
Some arguments present<
crease have attempted to si
tually save money if the iner
a student will save only if he
paid for by the activity fee.
We realize that not ever,
concerts, or buys a Garnet an
However, the fee increase w
organizations that almost ex
some way.
Some of the major orga
Government, Student Union,
Debate Team, University The
As Vice President Witt
money is needed if we want
student activities. However,
student activities program, w
Consider the plight of ?'
tion. Through no fault of th
campus-wide-many areas <
They Just don't have the faci
they don't have the facilitie
money. The Carolina Comn
radio station.
We can point with pride
that wins everywhere it goes
it wants because it does not
standing team could easily
school all over the nation. If
that is.
One of the best Student (
has been the "Great Issues"
bringing knowledgeable peo
people do not come cheaply.
willing to come to the campi
of national prominence, ho
with a lecture agency. The
agencies ranges from $300 t
speaker. We cannot afford
Government budget.
To get back to the scop
the present allocations of
W'USC gets $4,210, the deba
Student Government receive
being accomplished with the
these organizations, the lar
make these programs top-r
In addition to the majc
also be cut for the intram
Sailing Club, International l
sociation, literary societies,
activities.
The Carolina Community
and has always been ready
get the best. Vote for the b
sity community, not for indl
fee increase Nov. 9.
Colleges
WASHIING;TON, D. C.-CoI
lege students and their parents
were cautioned here recently not
to becomle unwitting supporte'rs
of a proposal that would lead to
higher tuition fees across the
c'ountry'.
The warning camne from the
joint meeting of the National
Association of State Universi
ties and L.and-Grant Colleges
NASULGC() and the Associa
tion of State Colleges and Uni
versities (ASCU).
In reaffirming their opposi
tion to proposed federal income
tax credit for educational ex
p,enses, the Associations urged
the 90th Congress and citizens
not to be deceived hy the seem
ing attractiveness of the pro
p)osalI.
The only way colleges couldl
benefit from tax credits would
be by hiking tuition, the as
sociations noted, and this in turin
woulId increase---not reduce-the
hu rdenl of college costs that
many families now hear.
Le.gishation to authorize the
tax eredits has been introduced
at every sessiomn of Congress over
the past several years, although
it has yet to win majority sup
port. In its most frequently
cited form, the proposal would
alilow taxpayers to deduct up to
t'32f from their annual tax.
crease
the student activity fee has
ecent weeks, with little result
le.
;tood aspect of the $5 increase
;he proposal. Arguments favor
ive been centered on what the
Since we are all members of
te must concern ourselves with
assuming individuals will ulti
ady paid by most students, the
ost nothing. When one consid
10,000 students, he can begin
proposal.
d in favor of the proposed in
iow how each student can ac
ease is instituted. Realistically,
takes advantage of everything
student cares for dances and
d Black or reads The Gamecock.
11 benefit such a wide range of
ery student will be affected in
nizations affected are Student
Garnet and Black, the Crucible,
ater, WUSC and The Gamecock.
en has emphasized, no more
to maintain the present level of
if we want a bigger and better
e have got to have more money.
USC-our "campus" radio sta
eir own, the station is not even
in campus cannot pick it up.
lities to reach these areas. And
s because they don't have the
unity deserves a campus-wide
to our debate team-a team
But it cannot go everywhere
have the money. Such an out
build the reputation of our
it could go all over the nation,
overnment-instituted programs
series. These programs involve
)le to the campus, and these
True, some speakers may be
s for nothing. To get speakers
,vever, one must usually deal
going price charged by these
o $1200, plus expenses for the
this on our present Student
of the fee increase, consider
the organizations mentioned.
te team is allocated $5,000 and
1 $11,500. Considering what is
se relatively small amounts by
ge amount that is needed to
otch becomes apparent.
r organizations, the pie must
urals program, YMCA-YWCA,
elations Club, Student Bar As
and Awards D)ay-May L)ay
deserves the best of everything,
to do whatever is necessary to
4tterment of the whole Univer
ividuals. Vote for the activity
Oppose Ta>
Proponents of the measure
have sought to emphasize the fi
nancial relief it appears to im
ply for parents of college stu
dents. But the 300 publicly sup
ported institutions represented at
this week's meeting remain cron
vinced that "tax credits would
offer most help to those who
need it the least--while giving
the least help, or none at all, to
those who need it the most."
The associations noted, for e'x
ample, that relatively high-in
come families paying tuition of
$1500 or more a year could deC
dluct as much as $325 from their
tax bills, while low-income
families paying little or no fed
eral taxes would receive no bene
fits at all under the plan.
These poorer families would he
all - the - more hard pressedl to
meet consequently higher college
expenses, the associations dle
cla red.
At the same time, they con
tinued, the tax-credit idea has
been advanced by some of its
advocates as a simple method of
bringing federal aid to the col
leges without government stipu
lations on how the money should
be spent.
Pointing out that the tax
credit approach would cost the
U. S. Treasury at least one hil
ion dlollars in lost revenue dur
H4 our
"Yo)
LiHe
Dear Mr. Elliott:
As a member of the Carolina
Community, I take this oppor
tunity to point out one instance
of many in which The Gamecock
has presented an editorial-com
mentary which displays a crass
lack of reason in attempting to
seduce its readers into voting
for an issue which is detrimental
to the community as a whole.
Mr. IElliott, you ask why we
must continue to have second
rate speakers. You imply that
the increase will bring first-rate
speakers to Carolina, but with
the present U.S.C. policy on
speakers how can the increase
produce more than a greater in
flux of second-rate "proper" in
fluences?
Controversial speakers would
willingly journey for travel ex
penses to challenge this student
body, but the administration
seems to feel that our young
minds are too vulnerable to at
tack; a policy which I find in
sulting to say the least.
Mr. Elliott, do you actually
believe a $5 increase will allow
the committee to have free en
tertainment? I hardly think so.
Miss Carroll claims that we'd
save money. Rubbish! Do I save
money when I buy a $7 shirt
for $5 when I don't even need a
shirt?
Only a person who attends all
Studlent Union dance's and con
certs st.andls to benefit from the
proposedl increase, and he bene
fits because' everyone else who
SProposal
soc iatitons warned t.hat its adop
tion would likely preclude other
forms of sorely needed goverin
me-nt aid1 to colleges for the
foreseeable f u t u r e. Knowing~
this, college trustees would be
unable to avoid imposing higher,
tuition fees as a primary sourc(
of add(itional funds.
And higher- tuition would, at
the least, off-set the "advan
tages'' many fanmil ies might real
ize from tax credits.
The associations also pointed
to these objections:
Supporters of the tax-credil
plan have concedled that it would
by -pass constitutional provisions
against using public funds foi
discriminatory p u r p Osa e s . By
raising tuition, all colleges andI
universities -- whether they ad
hered to non-discriminatory poli.
cies or not--could receive the in
direct government assistance thai
tax credits would provide.
The money lost to the federal
government through tax credits
for college expenses would pr-oh
ably have to be recouped-nc
dloubt through additional federal
taxation.
The associations feel there arc
a number of affirmative ways by
which federal funds, stata- taxo
dollars and private support car
be used to halt the rising cost of
higher education to the individ
can't leave yet. I'm not finis
r' ilo illie
does not attend is paying for
part of his ticket, and, Mr. El
liott, I do not intend to pay an
other student's way to anything.
Miss Carroll, you claim we'll
save $10 per year on tickets, $3
per year on each yearbook, and
an undetermined amount on pool,
babysitters, and art exhibits.
Even a moron can see that the
books don't quite balance. If
you can turn my $10 into $15
you're either a genius and should
patent your method, or you are
a counterfeiter and should be
arrested.
I think the pool rates are
cheap enough; that married stu
dents who can afford a baby can
afford tc pay a babysitter, and
that the Columbia Art Museum
is only a few blocks away. The
walk might do you some good;
fresh air may clear the cobwebs
out of your somewhat hazy mind.
Finally, you want two editions
of The Gameccock per week, yet
you barely scrape together
enough trivial garbage for one
issue per week. Instead of try
ing to better the community you
consistently pat each other on
the back and support such far
cical proposals as the fee in
crease referendum.
Why don't you fight for re
forms such as liquor in the
dorms, more freedom for women
students, and better food in the
cafeterias. i.e.. fight for student
responsibility. As the voice of
the student body this is your
duty-not your choice.
Mr. Elliott, where and when
dlo the students of this University
vote the fee increase dlown ? I
believe that this student body is
not so apathetic that it will vote
$l00,000O of its money to support
a malignant tumor such as the
Student Union has proven to be.
I have better ways of spending
my monevy than supporting an
organization which does not sup
prt1 nme, a student.
JOSEPII M. IIITCIIMAN
l)ea r .3Ir. Elliot t:
There haos been a "'newsletter''
eirculatinag on campus called
"'Cognizant.'' Its pu rported pu r
pose5 is the "fe exchange of
idleas relevant in) the st udents on
this campus," which they claim
ourJ GaImer-ock dloes aot give us. I
would like to angrily disagree.
The "Great D)ebate" between
Rick Stringer and Ed Ilond in
this semester's paper is, tO me',
an interchanog( of ideas rel!evant
to Carolina students. (Cogn izant 's
inner pages, dealing with race'
p)roblems andl radicalism (10 not
interest Carolina students in the
least. Our students are~ too
apathe'tic tA) be concerned with
such matters.
Cogniz,ant should itself look to
see* what. is relevant! The Game-c
rock is too limited in its c'apaci -
ties to (do it alone. It is limited,
as are many important obrganiza
ions on campu(s, by its bOudget.
(Cogn izant should grow ump and
support something. A good
place tA) start would be the Stum
dent Activity Fee incraae,
It
ted!"
1)oes the "Editorial Board" of
Cognizant realize how important
it is that this referendum be
passed ? low much this increase
could do to reduce student apa
thy? The Gamecock has been be
hind it for weeks--Cognizant is
just behind!
Cognizant seems to me to be
part of the apathy backlash on
campus. Their pride is injured
because someone realizes that we
are not a mature campus, aca
demically or socially; and we are
so through our own fault.
JACK D. MICHAELS
Dear Mr. Elliott:
In the past few weeks many
student leaders have been con
tacted in regard to the upcoming
referendum on student activity
fees. All have readily endorsed
it, recognizing that this is a
step Carolina must make if her
Lud'ents are to be offered more
and better activities and services.
Although these people are
opinion leaders on campus, they
constitute only about one-half of
one per cent of the votes at
USC. It is the remaining ninety
nine and one-half percent that
we must reach.
In this election, unlike other
elections, a simple majority vote
from 1,000 to 1,500 students will
be as ineffective as if no one
had voted. In order for the pro.
posal to go to the Hoard of Trus
tees not only must there be a
two-thirds majority vote in favor
but, also, this vote must come
from a majority of the USC stu
dents.
Endorsement alone will not
get this bill passed. It is up
to those pe(ople interested in re
ce(iving more activities andl ser-v
ices for less mone-y andl those
peop)le in the organizations which
have the opportunity to benefit
from increasedl allocations to get
out and work for these badly
needed votes.
Wit hout active involvement of
students with students the re-fer
endum will undoubtedly fall flat.
Students complain c-onstantly
about paying for (lances and con
certs, paying for the annual, too
many adls in The Ga'me-ockA; they
clamor for bigger name artists,
c-ampus-widei W/USC, a better in
tramurals program, etc., etc., adI
infinitum. Now is th(eir one, and
only, chanlce to re-medy these sit
uations5.
If the individual students do
not care enough to activ'ely work
for the things they want but in
stead only talk, wish and com
plain, how can they expect their
student organizations to knock
themselves out trying to serve
students who could care less?
Those studlents who do not
vo t e will be- hardl pressedi to jus.
tify any complaint theyv might
wish toi make aboiut (hariges or
limited pirograms ini the future.
US'C( st udents' fuitutre e'nter
tit'he oist. utnpritale of hank
..theirs.
E-AltI,' Il,ACK MON
USC Act
Ranks Wi1
South Carolina is once again
endowed with the dubious dis
tinction of being ranked last.
Where ? In Student Activities
Fees assessed per semester to
each student.
According to a survey con
ducted two years ago by Uni
versity of Tennessee Executive
Dean Charles Lewis, activities
fees in colleges and universities
in the Southeast ranged from
$8 to $20.
USC's activity fee two years
ago was $8-the lowest figure
submitted.
Now it is $8.50-which places
the University near if not on
the bottom.
The USC Student body will
have a chance Dec. 9 to raise
Carolina from the bott<n> of the
activities fund heap.
A referendum will provide the
opportunity.
The referendum will not auto
matically raise the fee level
from $8.50 to $13.50, but will
place an indication of student
opinion before the Board of
Trustees, the sole body with
power to raise fees.
President Thomas F. Jones has
said that before he can recom
mend the proposal to the board,
students must. show by a sub
stantial majority their wish for
an ierease.
Iut is the situation elsewhere
tiat much better?
Florida State University, with
a 14.,000 enrollment, had an ap
proximate activities fund last
year of $1;00,000. USC's 10,000
on-campus students this year
reaped the benefits of $143,375
delegated for activities.
At Duke University, a com
plete breakdown was not readily
available. Howem er, the Duke
Chronicle, student newspaper, re
cently published a breakdown of
at portion of their $187 per year
t;eneral fee.
The Chronicle survey showed
$7 of the $187 devoted to pub
lications and $3 for Student Gov
College Se
Work Of P
('I1)ITOR'.t NOTE: This is t,
progress and effect of the Peace
eith a poll conductedl by Louis lla
The I'm ace Corps has gone f
States' ima e' abroad, particularl:
developini count w's where 15,001
An o pinion profilec drawn recer
convei rations wAithi 1,2in college
that 51 p.wr cent felt the- I'we
American imai: ,e o've-r.:a,.
Coi'ps was dloll., :I! ts'rA
The poll was u . t u.[, d
the Peace Corps and u i blh,
Nam war, civil rights and the "V
The Peace Corps was judged l
abroad in terms of not only p)romh
proving the well-being of foreign
Attitudes diverged, however, lh
and about 250 who aclready had be
The latter group viewed P'eac
make personal contact and help
tween Americans and foreigners,
an improved 1'. S. image was the
Peace Corps.
Tlhis last point aparenitly refle
nment by the Peace (Corps applicant
Saidl the IIlarris repoIlrt: "Thera
commini tment and ac'tion" among th:
appliedjU to thle Peace Corps.
"The liberal and activist senti
"is correlated with a strong feelin
made in the last 10 years in dealing.
"T'he IPeace~ Corps is cons ide(re.I
example of' what A merit-a enn doi
at.tract ion foir t he coimmaitted yout
lIut how many "commlittedi yo(r
srv ey pointed out , ale careerc-uri
"It is clear," the re-port says5, "-I
afl( intensify its appeal it must
years in the Peace ( orps is relev;
What these students want, the
contivin&ed that thev would be snug
they would not lo.se seniiority in c,ui
iesiult oif an idealistic hiatus, how
amuo. it .I1n ,- o .,, the rnde t , ods a
- ii b I h r .s,n ,~ ,,
lei (ea.mecock %c, , ep lente 4441.4,]I
'4-4,u ut,4,ion,4 rats ,4re 5-4 0 pe pu - a e
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ivity Fee
th Lowest
ernment Association. This $10
total for these two organizations
alone is more than the $8.50
divided among more than a dozen
organizations at USC.
According to USC Student
Union Director David W. Phillips,
former assistant director of
North Carolina State's Student
Union, the Union fee alone at
N. C. State is $17.50. Student
government receives 75 cents
from each student. The news
paper gets $1.75; athletics,
$17.50; the yearbook, $1.50. Total
-$39.
Other schools' Student Union
fees alone, Phillips said, are, for
example: University of Indiana,
$45; University of North Caro
ina, $10; Michigan State Uni.
versity, $35; Florida Southern
University, $17. The national
average for Student Union fees
alone per semester per student
is $17.50.
The USC Student Union re
ceived $60,000 this year or about
$3 per on-campus student per
semester.
However, Student Union is
only one of 16 organizations
which must divide the $8.50.
The Gam1ecock explored in its
Nov. 18 issue the benefits such
an increase would provide to
these organizations and, through
them, to the entire student body.
Among the benefits would be
possible free dances and con
certs, more issues of the news
paper, a free yearbook, a radio
station which could be heard all
over the campus, a bigger and
better program for intramural'
andi a nationally recognized de
bate team.
Student and administration
leaders have given approval to
the proposal, but the choice is
not in their hands alone.
Each student in the Carolina
Community provides the key to
make this dream a reality-by
making the simple but all-im
portant decision to vote Dec. 9.
niors Favor
eace Corps
ie first of two articles about the
Corps. This wecek's article deals
rris.)
ar toward iimproving the United
in the globe-circling belt of 52
Volunteers now serve.
tly by Louis Harris pollsters from
seniors across the nation showed
(Corps helped to cast a favorable
cent said they believed the Peace
''"good'' job.
i'terinen student attitudes toward
affairs issues, such as the Viet
air on P'osertyi."
e m 1a mecssful American effort
it m rg a bet te'r " uaae,'' but, of im
'tween the total samailI' ,f senior's
e'n acceptad 'b ly the P,"r (' rpi's.
e Corps sea' ice as a 'chbance to
create mutual understanding' be,
while the average se'nioar felt that i
best thing to be derived from the
'ted an obvious and closer involve
s with the realities of service.
e is a dlistinct sense of potential
ose thinking of or having already
ment they express," it continued.
c of dissatisfaction about progress
with a roster of major problems."
by the enlt ire sampling) the best
n t he woarld. It providles a natu ral
it" are there ? Most seniors, the
E'nted.
hat if the Peace C'orps is to widen
convince many seniors that two
tnt to their future career."
liarris suarvey' concludes, is "to be
ht after whe'n they returned, that
highly competitive soc'iety as~ the
ever personally rewarding."
F.lahait G;onzales, as the first echator, I be
I,'nti o,f the t',mve.rsity of Snthl Carahne
ag hoa ys anci e'iain aions.
foesaraly' reqfIect the vie,ws of the auimn-l
by N.aionai A<itveutising Sa'ice, lic. T'he
S'aalle'gaate Pressi. ithe S,outh Carohana l'0l
ege~ Presas Smaace andl the lantercollie~
DJICK EI.I(YII