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VOL LXDI-No. 46 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Monday. April 9. 1973 Entertainment, consisting of a barefoot soft-shoe', several merry melodies and an intermittent monolog, was provided by an Athie tic Grouj The Students Allocation Com- needs and desi mittee (SAC) has formally pro- sity communit tested subsidizing athletic . -That 1 groups it thinks the athletic tinue to subs department should fund. sports and st The letters of protest were that are of a sent the athletic department, It said it wouk the Trustees Athletic Commit- and other actii tee, the Student-Faculty Athle- collegiate clas tic Committee, President TomPrice,tl Thomas Jones and clubs tment's spor involved. director, said The letter emphasizes the fol- fuon intercs lowing sentiments of the 11- f,tenns, ba member commission: golf, tennis, ba -That the SAC has been sub- O sidizing many athletic teams ball, whichn1 the university athletic depart- bal'hc ment has been unwilling toa fund.. -That the SAC disapproves of this athletic department pol icy of not financially assisting all teams that are competing on TeBe an intercollegiate level. The ora -THAT THE SAC "firmly 8. requests" that the Student Faculty Athletic Committee Is IQ deti (which it says has been ineffec- S. tive in achieving changes in the present dilemma) seek a "viable solution," investigating the possibilities of future finan cial assistance that "would more appropriately serve thea ______ Photos by Thomas Prkce unidentified person Thursday afternoon, in front of the Russell House, before an estimated crowd of 100. )s Funding Hit res of the univer- NCAA (National Collegiate v." Athletic Association) regula he SAC will con- tions, do not receive athletic idize only those department funds, according to udent activities Prave. club-like nature. Price noted that NCAA reg I fund club sports ulations do not permit "anybi; rities not of inter- who wants to play," as is the sification. case with some_club sports. ie athletic depar- ALAN ROSENBLUM, secret ts information ary of SAC, noted that some the department club sports want to remain inde ate deprtin pendent of varsity control so S mate sports in more students can participate. *b s g However, SAC said because aeball and track. of financial restrictions it can i, such as rugby, not continue subsidizing athle and girls basket- tics and "still fulfill its total vere not under function." Inside ver and Shipley concert, was it a rowsing suc lismal failure? For differing views see Page Brmined by heredity or environment? See Page Budget Requests To Be Trimmed BY PATRICK TYLER News Editor In a four-hour session Thursday the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) approved two budgets, rejected another and asked about half of the campus organizations requesting funds for next year to come in and explain items in their budgets. The commission got down to business at 12:30 p.m. and agreed to pass over the larger organizations that receive the bulk of student funds. The Office of Student Activities is predicting a total of $400,000 in student revenue for next year, $40,000 of which automatically goes to student govern ment. That leaves $360,000 to be distributed among the 30 campus groups whose requests total some $420,000. That means approximately $80,000 will have to be trimed out of the budget requests. Rejected by the commission last week was a funding request from the Council of Presidents, a coordinating body for the dormitory governments on campus. It was first moved that the council resubmit their budget showing their total revenue since each residence hall charges dues vary ing from $2.50 to $5. These dorm governments also receive 50 per cent of the profit from the concession machines located in the dorms. THAT MOTION was withdrawn, however, in favor of a motion by University Union President Barney Oliver calling for the rejection of the budget on the grounds that dorm governments should not be funded by the commission which represents all the students whether they live in dorms or not. That motion carried. Allan Rosenblum supported the motion saying "if they want student funds they should give their dues to this board." Budgets passing in the afternoon session were those of the University Players and the LeConte Geological Society. The University Players which works in conjunction with the drama department asked for a budget that is two and a half times that of last year's. $2,000 of the extra funds will go toward bringing the Broadway hit "Two Gentlemen of Verona" to campus next year. Another $500 will go toward a spring "renaissance" festival. The LeConte Geological Society budget was passed after an item was cut allowing that group to buy tents for their expeditions. The reasoning here was that the group could use the tents rented by the union and thus cut out duplica tion. The final budget gave the group $400. AFTER AN hour and a half break at 2 p.m. an observer at the meeting from the Student Senate Finance Committee read a number of protests to the commission concerning items which have in the past been considered legitimate by the commission. Robert Clarkson, student senator from the law school, gave five suggestions to the board and asked that.they be offered as motions by one or more of the voting members of the commission. Clarkson proposed the following: 1) That no student money be budgeted for the purchase of alcoholic beverages. 2) That no money be budgeted for food or beverages except in the case of programmed banquets. 3) That no funds be budgeted for the direct or indirect support of charitable institutions including fund raising drives and publicity for those drives. 4) That some form of punishment be found for those groups who violate their budget guidlines and misuse their funds. 5) That no funds be budgeted for stipends or honorariums within the smaller "non-working" organizations. THESE PROPOSALS brought critisms from the board and no action was taken on them. Clarkson said that he would work in the student senate to put pressure on the board to institute these or similar proposals saying that he din't think it was fair for the student body to pay for liquor and food for other students, nor did he think it fair for the stu dent body to support charities indirectly through fund rais (See SA C Pa=e 6)