Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* Par' From Page 1 committee were prepared to bite the bullet," Rempel said, adding further that he and other com mittee members felt USC could no longer afford to provide free faculty-staff parking privileges. He continued, "One reason the faculty has so zealously guarded free parking is that traditionally the faculty here has had fewer fringe benefits than those at other state universities. That's a legitimate point." At Rempel's suggestion, the GAMECOCK talked with several faculty members on pay parking as well as the peripheral parking proposal. One faculty member, Dr. Paul Blackstock, of the department. of international studies stated, "I'm very strongly opposed to the peripheral parking idea, because it's absurd," Blackstock said USC parking could be operated along the lines used by the Penthgon, where parking is controlled on a rank-has-its privilege basis. He continued, "The same is true of a full professor (as it would be of a Pentagon General) who has his time schedule, who has classes to meet, preparations before those classes; if he spends half an hour fruitlessly looking for a parking place that's gone to some ad hoc construction worker, then he's Budget Altered From Page i of the Jniversity's basic ap propriations." All of these areas will have to sustain a cut in funds just like all other University programs, Daetwyler said. When the Ger %ral Assembly gave final approval to the University budget, Daetwyler said, they basically said they are not going to specifically fund these projects. Daetwyler said he was told by the General Assembly that if the University wanted to fund these areas through state funds it would have to come out of the basic educational funds. "How much goes to where is at the discretion of the University," Daetwyler said. Under such a scheme, it seems apparent that no University program has a definite amount of funds for the coming year. At least for analysis pur poses, the Gamecock has been unable to receive any finely detailed breakdown of University funds from administrative of ficials. However, the Gamecock has learned that special funding is being considered for the purchases of a computer at $1.6 million and a mangement information system (NCHEMS) at $537,000 and the adjustment of nonsaIar it ems to Wlt 6amerack The GAMECOCK Is the student newspaper of the universfly of South Carolnaa and Is published twice weeMly, en Mondays and Thursdays, during the fail and spring semester and once a wook during the summer by the USC Beard of Publications and Cern. municatio. The UniversIty er south Carolina s on equal opportunity instltution. Change of address forms, subscription requests and ether correspondence, should be sont tJ The GAMECOCK, Drawer A, USC, Columbia 292W0. sub scriptien rates are 53 per semester and $2 for the summer sessions. Second class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. king Solu1 certainly going to be in no mood either to prepare for his classes or to handle them well when he arrives on the job." Regarding the proposed shift to faculty-staff pay parking, Blackstock added, "I'm ab solutely opposed to this. I think it's one of the few fringe benefits we have. The ability to get to work and to start the day's work without an incredible (parking) hassle is extremely important psychologically. The Ad ministration doesn't understand it-why should they? They have their own parking places. It's no problem for them." Another faculty source echoed Dr. Blackstock, saying, "It seems to me that if we carefully used the space already available that there should be, more than sufficient space for the faculty, administrative, and operational staff close to their place of work." USC is expanding. As building space expands, p#rking space will diminish, at least in the heart-of-campus areas. As of September 1974, there was a total of 4,900 parking spaces, 1,863 spaces for faculty-staff, 3,307 spaces for students. Because of recent increased space a 10 per cent inflation at $607,uM0 All of the areas of special fundin including these three "nor academic projects" would requir a sum appropriation of $5.6 millior according to a statement o requests by the University fron the State Budget and Contro Board this past year for the nem fiscal year. 4 Even though the GAMECOCI was assured that all these specia areas would not receive full fun ding for obvious reasons, Daet wyler did say that everythinj (regarding all areas included ir the special funding) "will bI funded but not at the levels requested." Although Daetwyler denied tha the quality of programs at tht University will be hurt by the us of general state funds to help thesc areas, an announcement releasec by USC Information Services las week made it very clear that the University would be sustainins substantial budget cuts in 10 areat that had already been approved foi adequate funding this past spring The 10 budget cut areas In whic actions would be taken to help th4 University live within its revisec budget thus seem to be the reuo the acceptance of using fundi approved for other means to func new and continuing specia projects for the University. Those areas originally fundet but which are being cut back ap parently because of special fun ding needed for these specia projects are: -personnel to be cut by attrition -preventive maintenance cut oul almost entirely -educational equipment pur chases cut out almost entirely. -student assistants not to be paid the minimum wage after the firsi of the year. -University-funded researcli curtailed. -Shakespeare Studies Center and proof editorial offices abolished, -custodial services reduced. -departmental supply budgets not increased. -frequency of some publications cut. -postage and telephone service reduced. ion? utilization, a few more spaces have been added for the coming school year, enough to stabilize the situation for just that one year. Afterwards, the situation will deteriorate. Through May of this year, 9,348 student decals were sold, at a total of $168,943.50. That revenue, along with parking violation revenue (one six-month period from July - December 1974 netted $61,482.23) is earmarked specifically for present and future parking facilities, but that is not enough. Additional revenue will somehow, some way have to be generated if the University hopes to solve the parking problem. Shuttle bus systems in the past have failed to attract enough customers to justify operation, and a proposed monorail system would be perhaps too expensive. The solution, as one campus security official said, will simply be the amount of inconvenience the members of the University community are willing to un dergo. But the University nee4s time to plan, and it needs time to somehow raise additional revenue to insure the means necessary towards open, easy movement throughout the campus area. Time is running out. 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