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THE VOL. LXIV NO. 36 11IIRSIIYOF1 SO I! C ARl )IN; (OLt1BI lA S.C. 292O DECEMBER 3 1973 r; a a 1N "Oo Carolina SAC To F BY DOUG WILLIAMS Gamecock Staff Writer The Students Allocations Com mission Thursday passed three budget requests to sports clubs after a heated debated on the SAC's stand concerning athletic funding. Passed were a $1,131.80 request by the USC bowling club and a $1,140 request by the wrestling club. In addition to this, the Commission agreed to shift $993.72 into a per manent improvements plan for the sailing club to be used to offset.a price rise in four boats the club had bought. Before agreeing to pass the clubs' requests, the SAC amended a statement written by Commission Chairman Charles Smith stating that the Commission agreed to continue funding sports clubs "to alleviate needless harm to the clubs and the individual members of those clubs involved" for the remainder of th 1973-74 fiscal year. This was passed with "the un der anding that this (the agreement) will p t undue financial stress on the other organizations now funded by the SAC." The amendment, proposed by L.. defeats Toledo in season' :und Stu< Paul Simoneau, continued by saying "It is fully anticipated that more realistic sources of funds will be found by the Board of Trustees" in its January meeting. Simoneau's amendment passed unanimously. Before this, however, Alan Rosenblum proposed an amendment that the Commission continue to fund sports clubs only through Feb. 1. This was passed by a 4-3 margin. "I can't see why the SAC should fund these clubs for the rest of the 1973-74 year," said Commission member Shelley~Newell. "We should fund them up to January when the Board meets so they know we mean business. We have no moral right to fund them for the year. We can always come back and decide to fund them little by little." David Havird countered Newell by saying the club sports functions were absolutely necessary. "If they can't get the money from the athletic department, they have to get it somewhere," he said. "These people have been working hard," Carl McIntosh added. "I don't feel it's right to use them a political pawns. Until the Board meets, it's s opener 74-54. Details pa lent Spoi obvious someone has to support them. We have to give them a break and let them participate." "But we have to show ourselves as a responsible Commission," Newell answered. After Rosenblum's 'amendments passed, another amendment to accept the statement, as originally prepared by Smith, was passed by the Com mission, though there were four ab stentions. "If we are their only appeal, the effect of this is that we are shutting them off," McIntosh said. Simoneau's amendment was then proposed and passed. The statement on athletic funding cited that a number of club sports have risen at Carolina, placing the SAC in "the difficult position of allocating an increasing percentage of the Student Activities Fee to these athletic organizations, but still not fulfilling their needs. The Athletic Department was approached about financially assisting these organizations, but if refused to help any activity other than those it traditionally sponsored." Further cited was a March 29, SAC statement which stated the SAC's F' ge 9. rts Clubs disapproval of the Athletic Depart ment's policy, requesting the Student Faculty Athletic Committee to seek a working solution to the problem. Two important results came from -the action, according to the statement. First, the the University Athletic Committee "Obtained an agreement from the Athletic Department to transfer $17,000 from the Intercollegiate athletics budget to the Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Soccer team for the fiscal year 1973-74." The second result was a recom mendation by the Athletic Committee that the student athletics fee come under control of the Allocations Commission. The recommendation is being examined by an ad hoc committee established by USC President Thomas F. Jones at the direction of the Board of Trustees. In addition to the debate of funding minor sports clubs, the Commission allowed the Garnet and Black to pay its art editor and one other new editor out of funds generated by new ad vertising. After the smoke cleared, the SAC (See SAC. Pa e 3. Column 2)