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IJSC budg< By Jan Easterlihg Oamtcock Staff Writer Two versions of the university budget are prepared in the university's finance office, according to Bernard A. Daetwyler,' USC system vice president for finance and operations. ' One budget, a line-item budget, includes requests from department heads and deans of the various colleges and schools on campus. This budget is presented to the provost, who then gives it to the finance office. The Commission on Hiaher Education requires all public colleges and universities to present a budget by a prescribed formula so they can make recommendations to the state legislature. The commission's formula is based oh a ratio of faculty to students. All credit hours for all courses taught at the university : are added up and divided bv a I common denominator: 15 for ( undergraduate, 12 for graduate , and nine for doctoral level courses. This gives the FTE, full-time equivalent, enrollment figure. INSTRUCTIONAL costs in the formula are derived from faculty salaries plus faculty support, which includes secretaries, deans, department heads, clerks, equipment and supplies from the ' academic area. Ten percent of the 1 Psychic ust By DON FOBES Newt Editor Psychic abilities aren't mysterious bv a select few Thev ar?* pvprvmnn ? - - j ? ?* ! So says Dr. Roberta Lee, Columbi counsels people with mental, emotion problems. She also offers classes development of subconscious capabil "I don't call them (psychic powers) think everyone has some ability, but have the ability more to the fore," recently moved to the Columbia area > teachers and aides. Gimmickry and trickery in the ps common public complaint, are abh holder of an honorary doctorate in dr 1M..J iU. t A. 1-11 iikcu uie iunuiie iciier Kina Ol ining. I? never be licensed as a fortune teller degrading. "I TRY TO help them (patients) by s the problems they have and the things that brought them to the present. Thei why they are in the set of circumstani and then show them where that set of i yj J ;t process e: total instructional costs is added to support the libraries, including book costs and operations. Maintenance costs of the university come from an average ui uirw previous years actual expenditures, but this figure can not exceed 31 percent of the instructional costs, according to the commission's formula. Institutional costs, which include administrative costs, student counseling and the president's salary, are added at 26 percent of the total instructional costs. Thoso f i (tllroo 4 ? 4 ~ 1 1 vuv 115m ?o ai c IUIU1CU. Student fees and all other university revenues are subtracted from this amount, leaving the lump sum state appropriation requested. UNDER STEPS 12 and 13 of the formula, the university can ask for special funding in addition to that provided by the formula. Step 13 requests funding for separately budgeted research, including operation of special bureaus and institutes. The formula budget is then presented to the commission, but the line-item budget is submitted to the Budget and Control Board. The commission later presents its recommendations according to the formula to the board. Dick Hutto, state budget analyst, said the Knarf) ? 11 " ????? hihuiij guco uy uie wie-iiem budget in aUoting money. is 'divine'a is going to take tl "And if they doi VOll pnn Hn tn nhai ^ W VIIUI gifts possessed predestination. 11 's inheritance. to minute by wha a psychic, who The Columbia \ al and physical paranormal realm j in the self- future), clairai lities. psychometry (pre< ' special gifts. I objects). I sometir t, I think some jn my counseling, said Lee, who Lee relies consi vith her staff of "tools" in her a personal objects o ychic realm, a - "tune-in" to a lorred by Lee, emotional and me /inity. "I never decided I would DEFINING THI . To me that's "psychometry is U I say 'zoomiri in o helping you ?.o be seeing the past, person." they have done "i believe that 11,1 can explain energy, which all ces they are in, circumstances f * wmfomm, v r ' ii K3iaP8flaHgRa?8?B?8sSS^^^^^^^^^BBBwB?^lsSIWw John Wil*on-THE GAMECOCK xplained Tho h/\arH (han nrinlo m. uv wv?> u wivu pi II1U9 1 CVfUCSU) and recommendations in book form and presents it to the House Ways and Means Committee. One copy also goes to each representative and senator. Hutto said the state auditor and assistant auditor meet with the committee to answer any questions members may have. The Ways and Means Committee splits into eight three-member groups to review each area of the state budget. After working with ejach state agency, they report hnpk tn thp rnmmittoA act a wlmln vvs*???M?WV UU ? TTI1V1V/ THE STATE budget is printed again and presented to the house, liie bill is tabled for one week, allowing representatives to read it and get constituent response. The house then debates the budget section by section and can adopt it or change it. This may take from one day to three weeks, Hutto said. The house recommendations are then reprinted and sent to the Senate Finance Committee. The committee assigns different senators to different areas of the budget, but not as formally as the house does, Hutto said. The senate committee can change or adopt the house recommendations. See BUDGET*, page 6 ibilities in c hem in the future. n't like it, I'd say there are things iffe that becaiiRp I rfnn't Miova in >elieve we build our future minute t we think and do." psychic claims versatility in the l. "I'm clairvoyant (seeing into the idiant (hearing) and I use iictions through the use of personal nes see auras, and I also use these M derably on what she refers to as ^unseling. These tools are close if her clients which enable her to oatient's oast and his nrrauuit ntal state.* C psychometric process, she said, iking an object from a person, and n their rate of vibration. All it is, is a little more, personal with the we operate on electromagnetic comfes from a divine creator or See PSYCHIC, page 5 67 XJSC groups get $419,000 By Don Fobes Ntws Editor Sixty-seven student organizations funded by the Student Allocations Commission (SAC) have been allocated $419,253 for fiscal year 1978-79. The commission regulates spending of student activity fees and decides on appropriations for organizations and clubs that meet certain licensing criteria, which includes organizations that are fraternal or political in nature. This year's budget represents a small increase over last year's allocation, which was $401,530. Student government was allotted $39,711, slightly less than the automatic 10 Dercent of the total hnHa?*t ?>nofo ? i*. m ? uvuuvv awvutc ucoi^iuiica 11 IV receive. A five percent contingency fund, required by senate law in order to handle unforeseen needs, was set up, containing $23,239. 4 Proposed revenue for the 67 student-funaed organizations is $302,203, bringing the total to $721,456. Sue Ann Houghton, SAC advisor, said "These figures are flexible. The proposed or anticipated revenue is not an exact figure, and during the year in SAC's fall hearings, cuts or additional payments may be made to various groups depending on a number of fiscal factors. "WHEN THE CLUBS or groups come to us (SAC) with their requests, we generally have to cut back what they ask for," Roughton said, "because naturally they request large amounts-that's just the way it works. But, we try to be fair. We have certain guidelines that we follow and we take a number of things into account, such as past performance of the organization, size of membership, amount of revenue raised and how well they have operated fiscally in past years." Roughton added that "SAC tries to make the rules general or they (clubs) would be very arbitrary." Dale Oldham, chairman of the Student Senate Finance Committee, echoed a common complaint that SAC's recommendations as a result of spring hearings didn't reach the student senate early enough for careful scruuuy. "I wasn't handed the bill till just before the last senate meeting," Oldham said. "In effect, since the fiscal year ends on June 30, the senate had to either approve SAC's proposal or all the organizations would go unfunded in the coming year." HOUGHTON AGREED that SAC has had a problem in getting its appropriations budgets drawn up in time. "We have had trouble in the past. We have to hear each group individually, vote on their requests, draw up the figures and arbitrate appeals. The student members work very hard though. Some worrv about flunking th*?$r pnnrw " Roughton said the members of SAC had previously worked nearly round the clock for three weeks, but that this year they tried extending it to five weeks, but still had difficulty. She added that a new method may be tried again next year. SAC is comprised of ten student members and the Dean of Students or a representative (Roughton) without voting rights. The ten are: four appointees of the SG president, four appointees of the senate, the SG treasurer, who serves as chairman, and a member of the Student Senate Finance Committee. Al TUniTPU wnn nn?T rrrr-t ? 1 " ' riuinwuu mc< ociHi/tici receivea sacs DUdget only a week before its final meeting, Roughton said all clubs and organizations were notified "both by writing and telephone" well in advance of senate approval. SAC is required by senate statute to "notify each organization as soon as possible after spring hearings and before the next meeting of the Student Senate of the commission's proposed allocation." See SAC p. 9 ounseling patients llH^ &Jr ml^F* V^'I lis Y Morftsn-TMK OAMKCOCK Lee