The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 07, 1974, Image 12
GAMECOCK
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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
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