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opinhi "It Is a newspaper's d the news,and rais --Wilbur F. Stor Chicago Tribu With a great deal of voracious ches senate has been engaged during the ope session in trying to muzzle a freshman school, Robert Clarkson. The point of focus for Clarkson's refor activity fee--the $13.50 by which the stud at the advent of each semester. He mait sidized in the past such socially relever and political fads. Though his motive is pure, Clarkson's the administration of this fee issophomo senate with a great deal of condescentio white knight in town without ice cream s simple truth is that the senate as well as Commission is ignorant of how'the fee is divided between the approximately 30 ca THE SOLE POINT of information b monitor the expenditures of campus or of Robert E. Alexander, dean for stu sense they are at the mercy of the franl already overworked :staff who, in addit the accounts of campus groups, are su serve the rest of the student body (has appointment with the dean lately, or through to him)? This regrettablesituation was to be ret establishment of a computer accounting line item expenditure accounts on eac every campus group. Choruses of prai proposal for this new set-up, which fc history of the SAC would enable them to pulse of student funds. MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of the SA( however, the USC computer center I request for access to the machines that university accounts. Aside from the fact that the student ba the face by this administrative reject become more fiscally responsible, the S way into the new semester without monitoring system for which they had The SAC met Thursday, and accordir computer issue did not even come up. ) them he is working on the computer 1 matter of time before something gives. It that the SAC has agreed to sit by and 14 ball on Itrying to resolve the situation. NOT ONLY SHOULD THEY, thro avenue, the senate, strive to bring this b to public view, but they should lobby th ministration and even state officials to a4 Rodney Shealy, who is the senate f pointee to the SAC is fully aware of this has been dominated since the session b Clarkson maneuvers. We do not doubt that there is just cau suspicious of Clarkson's approach to reft be the first to say that Clarkson is ultiri career in Sumter County, but then Shea house of glass where dwells the Shei Lexington County. (At last count there w holding office there Including Sherry wh( "Miss Peach Tree Queen in the guise of a NEVERTHELESS WE FIND the sen placent in the face of Alexander's endl4 "will do the politicking" to get the job dori Intrinsic to this observation is the de pompously each year disbursing nearly student funds, but flinching in the face< make sure those funds are spent in pro Instead this task, is delegated to no time in turning it to his advantage. better than any SAC member, he is oftet particular budget. In this sense he hods i influence over the budgets of many small A GOOD EXAMPLE of this surface hearings last spring when a particular o Alexander was very familiar requested asked what he thought of the request an arbitrarily cut that one by $1,000." This indeed typifies the state of student loose, arbitrary and sometimes cap administrators awake to being led aroun intentioned dean who, through overwori those whobathein the thrills of money die the responsibility of comprehensive a always be unanimous disgust and re Clarkson who oscillate waves of reforn uty to print e hell." ey, ne t beating, the student ning weeks of the new senator from the law n attack is the student ?nt wallet is lightened itains this fee has sub t events as beer busts approach to reforming ric.He antagonizes the i as if he were the only *ains on his armor. The the Student Allocations administered once it is rnpeting organizations. which the SAC is to anizations is the office dent activities. In this ic efforts of the dean's ion to keeping up with pposed to be trying to anyone tried to get an wven get a phone call riedied this year by the system that would give h budget category for ;e rang out with *the r the first time in the ceep their finger on the and Dean Alexander, as turned down their keep tab on general dy has been slapped in on of an overture to AC is one third of the the comprehensive ioped. g to one member, the flexander has assured oeople and it is just a is an appalling reality t Alexander carry the ugh their legislative ureaucratic arrogance emselves with the ad :hieve their goal. nance committee ap situation, yet his time ,gan with petty anti- Everybody was raising hell efor the senate to be a h odnSuoefn f rm. Indeed Shealy will so,dlbrt ottp n B tately after a politicalsotmncgjilefspr.A Ly's stones are from a ly political legacy in caha h orwstrw o are five of his relatives oe,adte edyslne has been described as viprd politician." )CobyBbAeadrsoe Ed ite and the SAC com- it h om pt h n ss assurances that hecopeeba,smedhsft e. dw n ord"im sire of the SAC to sit be! lwy etre o ter dalf a million dollars in sre h rw.ToUin Ae >f the responsibility to cm itecara n erly legislated areas. suetsntrnrosy Su Alexander who wastes rtre i aete ucl is By knowing the books lf h ue a.te I asked his advice on a"Alrgtle'setht mn in unfair and unethicalgod"Aeaerord.HF campus organizations,.oce h ade fhspso i d in the SAC budget dce onudrtebr -ganization with which d $3,000. Alexander wastre I he replied, "you can"Alyupoe,nwoukw o fund administration -- moe, Alxnrraed rae -icious. 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