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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
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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
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never be licensed as a fortune teller
degrading.
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the problems they have and the things
that brought them to the present. Thei
why they are in the set of circumstani
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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.
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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
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seeing the past, person."
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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
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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
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>elieve we build our future minute
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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
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^unseling. These tools are close
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n their rate of vibration. All it is, is
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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*.
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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.
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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
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