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THE VOL. LXIV NO.1 5 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S.C. 29208 SEPTEMBER 17,1973 Truste( Ad Hoc Coi Final Decisio By Patrick Tyler Postponing a decision on a faculty resolution that would bring Athletic Director Paul Dietzel before the Student Allocations Commission for yearly funding, the USC Board of Trustees set up an ad hoc study committee Saturday to "initiate immediately a thorough study of the matter." The resolution that was passed by the USC Faculty Senate two weeks ago after months of study would give the power of administration of the $12.50 student athletic fee to the SAC. In the past the fee, which is part of most students' registration expenses, has been administeted directly by Dietzel. However, a dispute last spring over the funding of womens' sports and other club sports brought a letter from the SAC saying it would no longer fund these sports. THE LETTER that went to Dietzel, President Jones and student and business deans said, "In the past the SAC has subsidized with student ac tivity fees many athletic teams which the USC Athletic Department has been either unable or unwilling to support. "The commission wishes to as Stud nmittee Set, n Postponed express its disapproval of this policy of no athletic depart ment assistance for those teams which are clearly operating on an intercollegaite level but happen to be com posed of women or competing in sports not presently en dorsed by the athletic department." Two trustees' committees worked for hours Friday hammering out resolutions for the full board assemblage. According to chairman T. Eston Marchant, these resolutions were compiled into one by the executive com mittee of the board. The Student-Trustee Liason committee made three recommendations in light of the fact that the athletic department has allocated $17,000 to these club sports on a temporary basis until the matter is resolved. T H E R E C O M MENDATIONS of this com mittee passed were; 1) The $17,000 allocation for women's athletics and club sports be increased if ad ditional funds become available this year. 2) A recommendation from the SAC be considered in The Maxcv-Gregg Pool y Athie Rita McKinne preparing the budget for 1974 75. 3) It is agreed that the total university should become more sensitive to the budget requests from the SAC per taining to minor sports ac tivities at the university. However, Marchant said the thrust of the resolution was drawn up by the executive committee which . said- "the Committees recommend that an ad hoc committee com prised of the faculty Athletic Committee, augmented by presidential appointment from each of the following: Division of Business Affairs, Division of David Allen [lic FU y And Mike Mungo Vie Student Affairs, and the athletic department, initiate immediately a thorough study of the matter." Rita McKinney, student body president, said she did not see the final resolution until she walked into the board room for the 10:30 a.m. meeting. However McKinney said she doesn't oppose the new com mittee and said she thinks since the faculty athletic committee will hold a majority in the ad hoc coi-mittee, it is likely that the final proposal for the board will be to give the SAC jurisdiction over the student athletic fee. Heat No USC Lea BY R. VANCE BUTTS Gamecock Staff Writer Columbia has always been one of the hottest towns in the South, not necessarily due to its abounding night-clubs, but due to its climate. Until September 12, there was nothing to do this time of year but roast. Then, the student senate passed a bill written by Irvin Wood and Ann Hungate allowing the University to lease Maxcy Gregg Pool, located at the corner of Pickens and Blossom Streets, from the city of Columbia. In January, Sen. Wood began researching into the possibility of leasing the pool from the city, during the months of April and May, and again in the fall from Labor Day through October. He corresponed with officials at the UIniversity of Georgia and ing Geoffrey Darling v The Action. However the vote in the faculty committee which originally challenged the present funding procedure was close and therefore the ap pointments that President Jones will be making in the next week or so could sway that committee back toward the athletic department position. Jones already ap points the chairman of that committee, presently William F. Putnam, associate dean of the college of Business Ad ministration. With the three new appointments, Jones will control four members of the 12 See BOARD, Page 2 Problem, ses Pool University of Tennessee and found that the students operate pools at those universities. He and Sen. Hungate then ap proached Hal Brunton, who also agreed that renting the pool was a good idea. After talking to City Manager Gray Olive, the city council began working on a lease, which was signed last Thursday. At the Senate Finance Com mittee meeting on September 10, Sen. Hungate explained the details and cost of the deal. An initial appropriation of $2,000 was needed from the Student Allocations Commission and Hungate explained that the city would provide all the necessary upkeep on the pool and grounds for $700 a month which could be raised by a small admission charge.