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THE VOL- LXIV NO. 17 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S.C. 29208 SEPTEMBER 24, 1973 WUSI BY Gar t has been a rather long s For not only was the stat summer, but a foul up in ( long after students had r The saga began last spring when E went before the Student Allocations of $26,000. Of this, $10,000 was to g( $1,200 was allocated so the statior engineer throughout the summer a The request was granted in full. W problems than Richard Nixon. Primarily, it seems that Chuck Williams,who served as chief engineer during the summer, got a couple of en gineering students and decided to revamp the radio station. According to one station member, "He took the station 0 apart and couldn't put it back together." "The amount of work was too much for me to handle," said John Pylant, who was WUSC's professional parttime engineer during June and July. Pylant was also trying to carry on a full-time job. at the time. "I was supposed to get the triAnsmitter back into operation. They were shooting for a Sept. 1 opening, and * there's no way I could have done it." So, with a lot of what Pylant callec be done, WUSC was virtually withot "Chuck wanted to rebuild the st engineer. "He wanted to bring in a lot of stuff apart. Then when I can But Williams did not leave before students who examined the radio st bottom. They worked up a budget poses and presented it. "They were laughed out of the sta Student BY LARRY EDMOND re Asst. News Editor of Charity associated I organizations supported by ne student funds have become the pa object of strong ciiticism from af student senate represen- Pr tatives. b Sen. Robert Clarkson, b] prolific law school represen- sp * tative who has proposed six sa bills in as many sessions, is a leading the fight against thi student funds being used to m< support the organizations. di: The financial records in- in dicate that at least one th organization put more money into its charity drives than it jul received from donations otl Clarkson said of his findings after an examination of lii C Crew Ha DOUG WILLIAMS necocksNews Editor ummer for the zany crew of WUSC-AM. ion off the air for a major portion of the ,ngineering caused it to return to the air eturned to school. lave Warehime, then the station manager, Commission to ask for the mammoth sum > to a special engineering budget, while i could provide a parttime professional nd the school year. USC got its money, its -engineer and more I normal maintenance work still needing to it an engineer. Then came Chuck Williams. ation," said Brian Kierce, WUSC's chief lot of non-station people to do it. He took a ie back, I was informed Chuck had split." he got together a braintrust of engineering ation and wanted to redesign it from top to amounting to $10,000 for engineering pur tion," Warehime said. Funded Ch :ords in the office of the dean " like to student affairs. )n the senate floor Wed sday he argued for the else, but i ssage of the bill which could fect the Carolina Cares ogram started five years ago bbycoe,",C USC students. b ycoc,C P a ule t te I n ab in et ,the floor before t okesman for Carolina Cares, the corr 'nittee id the program is essentially session of the se one day blitz operation Several senat< roughout Columbia to collect the opinion tha oney, food and clothing to be students took stributed. to indigent people operation they 1i the area. The campaign has petition for and e endorsement of Columbia just as any ott ayor and operates in con- organization on nction with Ft. Jackson and representative, ier organizations in thearea. complaint agan "I like to give to charity just organization :e everyone else, but it should presented to ;.Long Sumn "It was a great idea," Kierce said. "But they we students were receiving academic credit and getting They asked for a lot of money that could have been us Included in the $10,000 request was $1,300 for tap4 one professional engineer said could be warranted, bt been cut back by $800 if the station members did the m Also, $1,800 was to be allocated for labor, $2,000 for for automation systems, $500 for transmitting work repairs. The overlapping of the last two items puzzlt request was squashed. "We wanted to redistribute money for the benefit ol rather than some students getting credit and money,' H and gra4 wer the3 of t littli said abo boa: and loop ters Laf wer eve nes. A was falli per seei work. (Kierce was not around for most of the sumr was falling to one person. I was asked to put the pie< As Chuck Williams has indeed left town, he was ui was Lafferty. Yet there are stilla number of questions that aric Kierce continually cited Williams' lack of knowle saying enough equipment was damaged during the of knowledge. Why was Williams the engineer? If so much of the money that Williams and his gro why was it sought? Or better yet, was student moi into the station? Who allowed Williams to take the s Nobody seems to know. arities Atta Ive to charity just like everyone should be by choice." -Clarkson irkson said on commission not to the senate. ie bill went to Also discussed in the Wed in the 5th nesday assembly was the nate. parking situation plaguing off rs expressed campus students. Research tas long as into the scope arnd viable part in the solutions to the parking ad a right to problem was authorized. receive funds Off-campus representatives er chartered suggested having social func ampus. tions for off-campus students. ,senior law The need for improved com said, the munications prompted a call to ist this type establish, a newsletter for those should .be students living outside the the charter campus proner.... ier re doing it for credit (the paid for any work done). ed otherwise. b deck revamping, which it Kierce feels could have Fork themselves. new audio boards, $1,300 and $750 for transmitter d everyone. In short, the the people working here, Kierce said. Dwever, while Williams Steve Lafferty, one of the luate coalition members, e checking out the station, r had played with quite a bit he equipment. "A lot of a stuff was done," Kierce "Nobody would know it it. Like wires behind the d would be rearranged we didn't know until we ed at it. e*pected the transmit to be in good condition Ferty said th"y e. I guess you just chalk rything up to careless :cording to Pylant, there quite a bit of responsibility ng to Williams. "From a sonal viewpoint, Chuck ned to be taking on all the ner.) All the responsibility -es back together. iavailable for comment, as e from the story of WUSC, dge in engineering affairs, summer because of a lack up requested was needless, key going to be put entirely tation apart? Why? cked ROBERT CIARKSON