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GAMECOCK "N mswaper's ety be Se tews, ad rabse k" WILBUR F. STOKEY =MAGRANT. eHw pop Z%O W ARTFRANK Advertbeg Mang., 4 October 24, 1974 Investigation needed of Afro's fund use USC's Afro American Students Association is in danger of losing its charter as a campus organization and is also being investigated by the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) for accountability of some funds that were used by the organization last year. Statements made by the president of Afro Association John Middleton, have implied that the organization will only accept students of "African descent" and the notice on the student activities bulletin board posted outside the student government office (which describes all chartered student organizations) says, "Membership: All persons of African abstraction." The. Executive Council of the Afro Club has issued a statement to the effect that it has not been restrictive in its membership and furthermore, "No person connected with this University has or will be deniedInembership. We have not and do not intend to violate this mem bership clause." The reason this statement was released is obvious, the Afro Club does not want to lose the $11,700 it received from SAC last year. The statement released by the Executive Council of the Afro Club almost contradicts the policy statement told to a Gamecock reporter by Middleton. Middleton then turned around and said his views did not necessarily reflect the views of the rest of the members of the club. How then, did he get himself elected president of a club if his views contradict the very "policy" of that club? A suit has been filed against the Afro Club by Russell Putnam, vice-chairman of the Student Senate Finance Committee. Putnam's suit directly challenges the membership policy of the Afro Club and would forbid them from spending further SAC funds until the Student Organization Chartering Commission determines whether or not the club is following the membership guidelines as specified by the law. Any campus organization can openly state that it is open to all members of the student body and at the same time make it known that it does not desire students who are not one of their own kind. The very name "Afro American Students Association" implies this and it is hard to conc,eive how the chartering commission can rule any other way other than to revoke the charter of the Afro Club. There is no getting around the fact that the Afro Club does not have any non-black members in it, regardless of what its policy might state. There ProIgably are several other "chartered campus organizations" that fall in the same category and it is hoped the chartering commission will conduct in vestigations of them also. Student funds cannot and should not be going to - organizations which are designed to represent specific groups which have said they are open to all students, but in actuality are not adhering or enforcing these policies. The chartering commission would do well to "in vestigate" other campus organizations that may be in the same category as the Afro Club, and the Afro Club would do well to figure out a way to continue its existence without the false premise that it desires membership from all campus students, and their fun ding could come from the members of that group themselves. WNO LETTERS... Band deserves more credit TO THE EDtTOR: I'm writing in reference to Chuck Cromer's article on the Green Street party. I agree that the party was a success, but I. believe more credit hould have been given to the band ''Steamboat Springs." Cromer made several comments such as, "It didn't even matter who the band was or how polished the music was so long as it was bluegrass" and "Steamboat Springs just happened to fit the mold." Judging from these comments, he evidently failed to appreciate the individual style and superior talent of this group. Granted, it was difficult to hear the true quality of the music, the sound system being what it was, but the excellent performance of the fiddle and pedal. steel players as well as the fine narmony of the voices could not go unnoticed to a good music ear. Cromer made a good point by insinuating that the, student body was indeed ready for a good excuse to party, but theycould and cer tainly should have done it without downgrading the fine band. MELONIE MASON Senate committee works hard TO THE EDITOR: I shall address myself to the article on your editorial page of Oct. 21, 1974 entitled, "Senate should change attitude." I am a member of the Student Senate Finance Committee and I resent the accusations made in this article. The anonymous person states, "The pity of the situation is these measures have been totally uncalled for and are the result of several senators attempting to shift the real power in the SGA from that of the president to heads of certain committees within the senate, such as the Student Senate Finance Committee." I would like to explain what is really happening instead of this perverted view. I never saw- a committee, such as the finance committee, work so well together. Everything we worked on and voted on was a unanimous decision. We were all extremely proud of our budget for we all put many, many hours of work into it. It was not done alone by the chairman of our committee. In fact, most of the ideas for the budget wee not his. None of us have any animosity toward Leigh Leventis. But we saw a situation that existed and tried to think of the best way to correct it. This situation was the impractical way in the disper sement and follow-up on use of SGA monies. This situation was particularly bad in past Qd ministrations. We thought corrective measures imperative. We (the finance committee) also received a great deal of helpful input from the SGA Treasurer, Terry Murphy. He saw these same situations. When I campaigned last spring, this was an issue mentioned to me many times; where is the SGA money going? We have tried to put checks and balances on the ex penditure of money. I wish I had more time to go into further ex planation. Lastly. this sentiment was ex FRANKLY SPEAKING.. .by phil frank 'THE SURPRiKE 16 -TMAT fT S TUNA F*GH -NOT C14ICKE. Z COLLEGE MEDIA SERVICES- BOX 9411- BERKELEY. CA. 94709 Campuse Opinion pressed by the entire student be closed by the prospect of a senate when it overrode the better GPR. president's veto. However, I do share a concern similar to his in the area of ex DAVID M. FRIERSON tracurricular activity. At the election of the Honors Council one EDITOR'S NOTE: The afternoon last month, the phrase "anonymous" author of the "It looks good on your record" was editorial Senator Frierson Is repeated frbquently to encourage referring to in this letter is also a n Admttely,tha member oif the student senate andd has placed his initials at the bottom eenignitlfbutha of each editorial he has written,. n fsriefrtepbi od Honors coleg Itsee.o ogwieta fears unfounded ofabakor ni oen TO THE EDITOR: u,ietf hmevs n tt Tim Beall 's little phillipic in the thimaostiswsdn.SI Oct. 7 Gamecock was cheap. His tom,wohdaajrsilro ranting arnd stamping of feet over mn,o h okdlk d the proposed establishment of an miitavesr.Ihdnoa honors college in the Horseshoe tl dao htkn fpbi was based on the feeling that self- sriete a eneggdi motivation would be replaced by bfr rwa hytogtsol external motivation (awards, high beacmlsdbyteoui.A grades, prestige, that sort of thing) prsetv)ouclmme in learning,.rbbywudntrqiemc I think his fears are unfounded. I eprec, bt Im sr believe, contrary to Beall's knweg ofhs xprnc separation of students Into "grade cud' aehr h lcin fetishists" and truly motivated ISsettepolm o scholars," that every one of us is mtvto sa h oto h influenced in differing degrees by rcn ako tednea both an inner desire to learn and an suetsnt etns ni h external reward. And I think the polmi ovd oeneto combination is healthy-; while we ti apswl esl-evn may not be internally motivated to anfrcal learn a subject just for the sake of knowledge, the gap between motivaion adeachevemet canTIM IIHors(ouncllon