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GAMECOCK "N bsa espper's day to priW te ame. ad rak* be. WILDVRF. STOREY L GRANT. Edor 314 OVAW ART FRANK ftV WNr Advertsig Mame November 7, 1974 Funding policies: double standard? Two court injunctions prohibiting student organizations from spending money allocated them by the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) have been filed in the past few weeks. The injunctions have cited these organizations for violating their charters. In order for a student organization to receive money from SAC it must be a chartered organization with a statement in its constitution to the effect that its membership policies are open to all interested students of the USC student body. Quite obviously any organization desiring student funding can place a statement to this effect in its constitution. The recent injunction against the Student Afro American Association is a good example of this. The organization's constitution said it was open to all students; yet its president said he did not, feel any non black student should be a member. Now, the Student Bar Association (SBA) has come under scrutiny. The SBA is undeniably violating the specifications laid down for it to obtain a charter. Ar ticle 1, Section 2 of their constitution states clearly that its membership is open only to regular law students. Yet, this organization has been receiving student funds for many years now. Several members of SAC have indicated the SBA was granted funds for this fiscal year with the stipulation that it must amend or rewrite their constitution to state that its membership is in fact open to all students. What will this accomplish? It will only serve to place SBA in the same category as Afro, and as numerous other "chartered" student organizations receiving student funding. SAC members have contended that it is not its job to determine who is or is not enforcing these policies. The Student Chartering Commission Acting Chairman Carnell Foskey, says the chartering commission carn only determine that an organization is violating its charter if it is brought to their attention by another person. He said there are more than 180 student organizations on campus and it would be virtually impossible for the commission to investigate all of them. The filing of these two injunctiotis leaves tbe-gate ope for similar injunctions to be brought against othe student organizations receiving money from SAC. Since. investigatio of each and evey organization seems impractical, the question has to be asked, is all of this really necessary? Why should student organizations go through the false pretense of saying they are "open" to all studets? In a recent editorial, we attecked Afro for saying one thing and practicn another. After the SBA writes a "new" cnstitution,they will be guilty of the same thing. It is believed miany, if not all, other campus organizations fall in this category. Anyone could conceivably write a constitution stating it is open to all students to enable It to receive funds. Either the open membership plicy requirement shovld be done away with or provisons should be made for a means to rigidly enforce these policies. If this is not done soon, every campus organization might well be faced with an injunction to 'freeze" their funds. WNO LOMK AT A,L oF. Ttem Ne%4 LETTERS Writer savs SGA is wasting funds TO THE EDITOR The recent decision of the SGA to waste $455 to bring the Socialist Party candi4ate for Mayor of Washir.gton to USC is merely another reason why all funding for the SGA ought- to be eliminated. The SGA and all of the activities it finances are paid for by the student activities fee. This fee is totally unjustified: its only pur pose is to serve the whims of "activist" students at the expense of those students who somehow find it possible to live their lives without benefit of an SGA subsidy. There is no valuable activity on campus which would not exist in the absence of SGA funding. If people really Want to hear the Socialist candidate for mayor, they will chip in out of their own pockets. Anyway, I thought that charging money for appearances was a capitalist act! If The Gamecock is really a C decent newspaper, it can support itself without an SGA subsidy. I a have been on campuses half the t size of USC which have 2 newspapers, both self-supporting. f people want to join Afro or any " other political group, let them pay t for it instead of mooching off of the average broke student. Likewise, I see no reason to b subsidize athletic scholarships for a a bunch of jocks whose weight probably exceeds their SAT scores Ipepewant to watch Carolina foteal etthem pay the market ratefortickets instead of penalizing those of us sane enough to ignore it. At any rate, there are many students who are at USC for an education who are in need of scholarships which are presently awarded to jocks. All of the sttudeint parties, such as the Green Street Festival, would exist regardless of an activities fee. Here in Bates West we receive no SGA fuands, yet we have numerous parties. Tlhe same goes for movies' he who watches ought to pay-after all, you're paying for it anyway in~ the Activities Fee. 1 ' will even agree that it is wrong for the Studient Bar Association to be funded, The basic reason for elimination of the activities fee la the need t< respect the right to free individual choice. If you want 'an activity, pay for it yowmself. But don't make everyone else nay for your decisions, however itelligent they may be. -i,EEDS BAItIOI,l, JR. Editor'. note: We feel it necessaars I to enrra-I a .nu.mb..er .a.. peut In Rep Funding... your letter. The student activity fee is administered by the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) and not the Otudent Goverment Assoeiation. Of the close to $400.000 that is collected each year SGA takes a flat Ii per cent. The remaining monies are allocated by SAC. Cromer criticized; band is praised :i .THE EDITOR: I have another gripe to air with our newnpaper. This gripe was and on page 15 of your latest dition, and titled Fleetwood Mac's atest effort only mediocre. The main thing I want to know is what is wrong with the stereo and r the.ears of the exaulted Chuck romer. Just what does he con ider good? Can he not accept the act that people go through hanges over a period of time. By the soundr of the article, it ppears Cromer really got off on te earlier efforts of a British gutsy lues band F)eetwood Mac; but as ie band later progressed into the teHlow rock band which currently mrs and records under the name leetwood Mac, perhaps the super masitive ears of Mr. Cromer are locking out the change in the band nd refusing to accept it. As for the lyrics being worthless, 'erhapsCromer was not given a 'erbaexlanation of each song efore it was performed. I would uggest that Cromer become more amillar with what he is reviewing The mystical implications of 'Bermuda Triangle" being the end or so many but perhaps just a time tarp of levels of conscienceness he outer core of an onion when emoved leads to layer after layer ~f onion, so might the earth peel ~way ' to different layers of xlstence It is -obvious Cromner is of prepared to leave his pedestal nt the surface. "Coming Home" and 'Angel"were also highlights of the oncert, and after the the Mac left he stage, there were very few eople in the Omni that weren't talling them back for an encore or it least giving them a standing ivation. I realize- It takes a lot to please he cultured tastes of Mr. Cromer, )ut if he wants to use his picky onnoisseur tastes to review rock, md roll, he's going to have to come lown to earth. Rock and roll was ever meant to be placed in the ame category as Emily Post and ugsh society:- nor was the musc.. MOTI*t' A Lm.T- bn rinted from the Miami Hurricane Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac meant to Ie listened to in a sitting room sipping cups of tea and eating hors d'oeuvres. I suggest Cromer take Heroes are hard to find to a local bar and drink a few B)lies and listen to it again. ALAN REAMES Program Director. WUSC-AM Photographer gets bad deal from A TO TO THE EDITOR: 1 recently did some photography work for one of our campus fraternities (Alpha Tau Omega, ATO). The pictures I took were of some rather good looking-girls for a calendar they plan to put out in the spring. At the outset of this venture, which started last year, I, told them I would riot charge them anything for my services; just the cost of materials. The fraternity told me they would call me when they wanted some prints of the - girls I had taken already. They never called. Two weeks ago they called and told me they needed more pictures and they only had a week to go to print. I told them that I did not have much time and that since it was going to rush me It would cost them some money. They agreed happily. I took their pictures and spent about 20 hours in the darkroom in the process. Besides my time, I spent $300of my own money. I came up with a figure that I thought was a giveaway for the work I put in. When I told them it would cost them $60 they were more than ha y to pay that amount. Ihanded the final pictures over the them they said I would get padlater. Ibkew It was time to worry when they said later. I got a lawyer at Legal Aid Services in the Law School andwasinformd that I could take them to court for the full &mount if they refused to pay. I went at the appoiunteal time to pick up my $60 and was asked to ertaltt. esident o h ehanot budgeted eog noney to. ay me $60 and akdme if I would take $40. Since the president was my friend since the rirst grade, I decided to do him a ravor this time and take the $40 after Informing him that I could ake him to court. He was very appreciative of my generosity. ATO is the fraternity and being heap is the' *ar . I A ,uld n'..ke *''odeaf pigr 1 that . e houldI he hurng nn the dooi og Li \ "i' ',ernitv. ret, ewm.