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SAC i From page 1 would have a great big empty building right now. "The university didn't have the money for certain things such as RH. It's a matter of priorities; if you want to let RH stand empty and use the Hampton Building for beer blasts, that's the choice the students (SAfn haup tn mo to onH that's the choice they did make." SAC is entirely separate from the treasurer's office, Roughton said. She labelled the treasurer's office a "bank," and added that the only agency at the university that has the power to allocate or dispense funds is the Budget Office for the Office of Finance. ^ Both Roughton and George Wise of the Office of Finance agreed that the Budget Office estimates expected student revenues for SAC and acts solely in an advisory capacity to SAC. The actual allocation for specific groups or activities is in the hands of SAC, they said. SAC, A 10-MEMBER commission that determines fund dispersals for any student organization that is not religious, fraternal or political in makeup, functions under Senate statutes which regulate procedure and member-representation. 1?..^^ il. o A n - ' ' ejvcii muugn is manaated Dy the Student Senate, Roughton said she believes SAC can set its own financial guidelines. The Senate governs the composition and internal processes of SAC. "SAC can set its own funding guidelines. At present these guidelines only require the signature of the president of the university for approval. SAC can set a guideline for practically anything they want to within the laws of the state of South Carolina anH thp nnlipioc nnr! fVin r?PA/>A^in<nn V?.%/ ^viivivu U1IU tliv pt UV^UUl CO of the university. "SAC is not a subcommittee of DELIVERY W 254-8800 PREPARE FOR: HP MCAT DAT LSAT GRE I 6MAT OCAT VAT SAT ! 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We are entirely separate from the treasurer's office; I doubt if they know anything at all about SAC's opera i ions. "I'm particularly upset by published remarks (Gamecock) that I instructed the senate finance committee to sit on proposed SAC legislation. That's a lie; I never did or have instructed senator John Pincelli to sit on the upcoming bill and amendments. All I did was discuss the bill with Pencelli." Concerning the charge that Dean Alexander is worried about the bill, Roughton commented. "We'rp not upset about the bill. The whole issue for Dean Alexander and myself is that we wanted the senate to understand the full ramifications of the bill and the results if they struck certain things from it." THE ADVISOR to SAC said that the Budget Office underestimated student enrollment for this year, thus necessitating wholesale funding cutbacks this year. "Everybody got cuts this year because we didn't have the amount to work on that we have had the past few years. "The first thing I have to do is take 5 percent out of proposed [~7 ? ? m russel house 3 revenues for ocontingency fund every spring. The next thing I have to do is take 11 percent out for the student government." Student senate is presently considering changing the wording of the bill which nnMinPfi purpose of SAC. The current statute reads: "The Student Allocations Commission shall exist for the purpose of recommending allocations of student activity fees or funds from any source to the Student Senate and informing all funded organizations of approved methods for fund expenditures." mi * ? ? ine proposed legislation reads: "The Student Allocations Commission shall exist for the purpose of allocating the student activity fees or funds from any source upon approval by the president of the university, and informing all funded organizations of approved methods for fund expenditures." -? 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