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McKinr For LoL BY CHERE COPE Gamecock Staff Writer Student Government Association President Rita McKinney said Thursday the use of -nonap propriated university funds for lobbying is legal. Responding in a press con ference to Sen. Robert Clarkson's accusations that the use of student activity fees for political and charitable purposes is illegal, McKinney said, "In checking with the state attorney general's office, I found no legal prohibition against using nonappropriated funds for lobbying, which Mr. Clarkson has Courses Students face a shortage of seating space in some courses this spring, according to Associate Provost Nicholas P. Mitchell. The possible shortage was learned from data collected during the November 8-21 advisement period in which students listed courses they would like to take In a letter from Mitchell to all USC deans and department heads there was a compilation listing of those courses lacking sufficient space for the number of students 1208 Knox Abbott Drive, F iey: Fur >by ing I said is illegal." The student government is a member of the National Student Lobby (NSL) and the South Carolina - State Student Legislature(SCSSL). McKinney said that funds spent for SCSSL are for delegate use and not lobbying purposes. The SGA participates in the NSL for the sole purpose of gaining information on new projects and programs that could be initiated at USC, McKinney said.- Although this organization may use funds to lobby, it is done on a non partisian basis. M"Kinney said SGA funds have May Lack 3 pre-enrolled to take the courses. Almost all departments were reported to lack sufficent space in some courses, with the education, music and psychology depart ments having the largest discreoancies. The courses reported to have the largest discrepancy between space available and number of students are: Business Administration 582, shortage 41; Biology 400, shortage 127; is Calat 'hone 796-1654 3200 Two Nc U ~Lum 's' Draft Roast -*Fish Open 11 a Monday egal never been used to support or lobby for the Equal Rights Amend ment(ERA). One ream of paper and a stencil were used by the Associated Woman Students to print petitions supporting the ERA. "The total value here hardly seems to merit the distorted at tention it has been given," McKinney said. Concerning the use of student funds for charitable purposes, McKinney said the $500 allocated to Carolina Cares was used to sponsor the project and was not a charitable donation. Likewise, money allocated to the Volunteer Action Council was pace For S Education 760, shortage 38; English 452, shortage 107; Music 112, shortage 36. According to Eileen Berlin, who wrote the original pre-enrollment proposal for students in their major fields on a university-wide basis, all department heads are cooperating to see that enough courses with sufficient space will be available to students for the spring semester. However, Berlin said, only about half of the students currently afood the finest. ash style itch Road, Phone 782-8806 Specialty Beer I Beef | & Chips| .m. until 12 p.m. -Saturday reen StreetI ive PointsI RITA McKINNEY ...answers Clarkson. used for office supplies and mailing expenses and not for a donation to charity. McKinney said the Student Allocations Commission is drawing up a more detailed set of allocation guidelines that will take into ac count uses of student activity fees for political and charitable causes. tudents registered participated in the pre advisement period so the data is incomplete. Sheadded thatnot all departments have finished sending in the data they collected during the pre-advisement period. Berlin said, "All the results of this data will be available to students at registration before they go into the Coliseum." "We will have three 'gripe tables' in the coliseum during registration to handle student complaints about course problems." USC Opera Workshop Sets Christmas Play The moving Christmas story, "Amahl and the Night Visitors," will be presented Tuesday by the USC Opera Workshop in two performances at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The presentations of Gian-Carlo Menotti's classes will be at 8 p.m. at the church, 3100 Covenant Road. 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Steve Burnette and the Reapportionment Committee, is set up to reapportion the student senate as is required every three years by the SGA Constitution. This bill differs radically from. those of the past, as it proposes to have off-campus students represented by senators who are elected according to their academic school, such as education, journalism, arts and letters, etc. On-campus students will cntinue to be represented by dorm location. Also included in the bill are provisions for a general increase in the number of student senators, with off-campus students gaining most of the additional seats. In last week's session, the senate passed a bill "To more specifically define the District Court of the Student Judiciary." The bill proposes that the student district court's original jurisdiction shall include "all visitation violation cases arising under the Code of Student Conduct" other than those going to state and local civil and criminal courts. In upcoming weeks the senate will be considering these and other bills: --a new bill to allow students to store bikes in dorms subject only "to local dorm governmental policy." --a bill to allowstudentsto keep in dorms any size refrigerator as long as it complies with "wattage and ampage regulations set by Housing." --a bill "such that no student will be assessed a fine for room dam -,ages until after the repairs have been done" (by Housing Office). --a bill, sponsored by Sen. Robert Clarkson, "to deny student government participation to those who do not pay the $1A.50 Student Activity Fee." According to Clarkson, the bill would effect more than 80 per cent of USC graduate students. Kohoutek Makes Debut The long-awaited Comet Kohoutek will make its debut in the Columbia area this week. Though expected to be visible in some areas, it probably will not be visible with the naked eye in Columbia proper or northwest Columbia until after Christmas. The appearance of this celestial body will be followed by two spectacular star shows around Christmas time, including Skylab scheduled to shoot-across the sky on Christmas Eve. The comet, which turned out to be not so bright as some astronomers had predicted, will be most easily visible this week around 6:10 a.m., 10 degrees up from the horizon and slightly east of southeast. The comet at this time will look like a star or "faint fuzzy ball," since the tail is not yet -visible.