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SACr BY LEE POWELL Of The Gamecock staff After several hours of discussion, debate and amend ments, the USC student Senate changed the composition of the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) Wednesday night. The bill, proposed by Ses. Tommy Efland, Robert Kilgo, and George McMaster, called for several changes In SAC's strue ture, and was finally passed 22-0. Several senators voted against the bill because they felt SAC is such an important issue, more time should have been spent with the bill. Tbey said they believed there were many points which were not clear enough to be passed. Weaver Grayson, who voted against the bill, said he would try to get support from others to have the bill recalled. Senators who voted in favor of the bill felt is was a good bill, and with the few amendments added to it, the bill was complete. A number of them said enough time had been spent on the bill and any needed amendments should have already been made. Efland, spokesman for the three senators who proposed the bill, had originally intended to go through the bill provision by provision, and started to do so at a previous session. At Wednesday's meeting, he outlined major changes andsome minor differences between the bill and the old system.Efland began by pointing out the membership charges. He said SAC was now composed of special-interest members. He said he was not changing the membership because these members were voting for their own organizations, but that "the potentiat is. there; it looks bad." The bill also provides for the Student Government Association SGA Treasurer to act as a SAC chairman. Efland felt since the treasurer is elected to handle money matters, he should handle all money and not just that of SGA. Jim Stuart, chairman of Off Campus Student Affairs, said the SGA Treasurer already has a big job and the job of SAC chairman may be too mu'. Efland responded it was something the treasurer was supposed to be able to handle. Pub 1icit From Page 1 were very little canned goods collected compared -to last years." He and Pinceli thought this only reflected the tighter American economy. Elkins said the Army's Toy's For Tot's" program was given a "half-tract (army truck) full of toys," and a "horendous amount of clothing went to such organizations as Wheeler Hill Activities Project, Midlands Center for the Retarded, the Richland County Welfare Department, St. Luke's youth center, Columbia 'Ufrban Lege Trinity and Rosewood Baptist Churches, Cayce Community Center, Austin Wilkes Center and just Individuals walking In off the street. He said, "There was as structuriu Another major change from the old system, Efland called it the "meat of thewhole SAC bill." was limiting SAC to just recom mending allocation of funds. Efland said he "felt the senate should have a final say-so." According to Efland a lot of procedural changes were recommended by Dean of Student Activities Robert Alexander, He noted most of the bill was just "the way we are doing things now put down into words." An increase in the amount of an organization's contingency fund was proposed in the bill. The Hey partners. have yaM somebody stole him while I Saloon drinking my milk. j mother will spank me for sta3 Staff Photo by Courtney Dk r problem much (contributions collected) as last year-not a much as four years ago. All in all it was a pretty doggone good drive." With this glowing picture con sider that approximately 100 students of the 400 sigining up to help showed. Co- chairman Lisa King said a list of students missing classes numbered only 50, and many worked for only a few hours. But Pincelli points out, "If 300 students had shown up for only three or four hours, that would have been all we needed." Elkins said the time was wrong. "The calendar always changes but Carolina Cares is always on Eiec. 4 or 5. A lot of people at' the last minute got cold feet." Another obvious factor seemed to be an inherent trust he the 1g bill app contingency fund, which can be spent by the organization without senate approval, was raised from 3 to 5 per cent of the organization's overall budget. Efland was concerned about an effective transition period. "I don't think that we should reach out and grab power," Efland said. So, the bil allows for major items to be put into effect during fall 1975. According to Efland, new mem bers would be ex-offico and no budgets will be subject to senate approval during the spring 1975 semester. The times which an orgainzation seen my horse? I think was inside the Last Chance If I don't find him soon, my ing out past my bedtime. ely. s hamper Analysis student leaders that people would show up and everything would fall into place. At the only organizational meeting for volunteers the night before, around 50 people showed, but Student Government President Leigh Leventis brushed the poor at tendance off, knowing everyone would show up the next day. But everybody didn't show up, and all the plans begun in Sep tember for covering seven or eight residential sections door-to-door and ali the major traffic in tersections just went to pieces. Pincelli said, "A couple of weeks roved in must subimit its budget to SAC, said Efland, has been drastically changed." Tr1qt.1 el of the end of the semester. Putnam co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said this would make for a bad transition if enacted for the Spring semester, I;ecause some organizations ha ve just started working on their budgets, a job requiring several months work. Putnam proposed an amend ment that allowed existing times for SAC budgetary hearings to remain in effect until the close of the Spring Semester. The amendment was Provost < expected BY BETH) Of The Gan The Provost Search Con recommendation to fill the next two weeks, Robert P man, said last week. For the past several wee] interviewing some of th( William H. Patterson, wh4 become USC president. "All interviewed before we mal "The Search Committe4 nominees, "Patterson said pointment for the candidati several officers in the Univ the President gets to know a as possible," he added, decision." The committee has been since about March 13 wher leading professional journa as' The New York Tit "The ads ended the last c "and we started cutting t received the first of Septem "We advertised for suet said," in order to give well-qt time as possible to find out a the candidates we are coi "applied as late as the last fe "The cost of advertising each of the 302 candidates,' Cares p before, nobody showing up was a joke." Ha. Ha. Signs didn't go up around campus until the night before D-Day, and no time was alloted until the operation was under way to call those on the lists. Another glaring factor was the lack of organized participation by fraternities and soroitles. Bill Outlaw , former president of Iamba Chi Alpha, said, "They could have had Greeks all over town. In fact, it was mostly Greeks that did the work last year. That's not the organization's (CC's) fault. The Greeks could have gone out, but it would have helped." Pincelli said King, the other co chairman Jim Hinkley and he were counting on publicity from local media to let everybody know to get their clothes and contributions ready. Pincelli said Sip Hultt of senate Another provision of the bill stated the chairman of SAC was responsible for notifying an organization how its budget would go to the senate. A built-in one - week delay gives time for the organization to make a request to have its budget changed. Also, one member of the organization will be allowed to present his case to the senate as will one member from SAC. SGA President Leigh Leventis said he would wait before taking action on the bill to see if there were any further developments. 0 0 lecision shortly PADGETT kecock staff imittee hopes to make its vacant position within the atterson, committee chair cs, the committee has been se nominated to replace resigned last spring to of the 10 candidates will be e out decision," he said. interviews each of the " and also makes an ap to visit the President and rsity. It is only proper that s much ablut all candidates since he makes the final searching for a successor they began advertising in Is and national media such res. if August," he continued, he list of 302 names we ber. a long time," Patterson ialified candidates as much bout the position. Some of isidering now," he said, N days in August. averaged about $12.08 for Patterson said. 0 roject USC InformationServices, took the responsiblity for getting newspaper articles and other media coverage, he just didn't come through. CC leaders made two television appearances, Mr. Knozit and roday in Carolina, both arranged ~ through student sources, accordingJ to Pinecelli. But even with all these short-f comings, CC would have worked, probably better than years past,'if the 400 "caring" students had given three or four hours. Pincelil said, "we were totally prepared for a larger turnout, the ones who worked, worked like hell. King doesn't know whether she pill work work with CC next year. 'I'm kinda discouraged," she said. -an you blame her?-/