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The South Carolina Library ^ Campus Volume LXIX, No 12B University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. April 18, 1979 SAC all By Michael Gooding Qam?cock Staff Writar The Student Allocations Commission. SAC has pnmnlofoH ifo y - _ - j MM VVAAipiVWM JL tO I hearings for student organization' < allotments for the 1979-1980 fiscal < year, with around $400,000 i allocated to various student : organizations, according to Doug Bostic, SAC adviser. ] The Gamecock received the ] biggest reduction in funding, ] Bostick said. SAC annrovpri am 37?; i rI . " in funding for the Gamecock, a < reduction of $32,305 from the 1978- < 1980 allotment, because the j organization has the potential to I increase its revenue, Bos tick said. "If an organization's revenue can be increased, then we decrease their funding,'' he said. < SAC HAS SET revenue projections for the Gamecock at $200,000 t" nr npv t x/oor- or? * ~ t jf vm y Ow3 UJkJVK5CUl l?U * $125,000 this year. ; Bell Camp allocations for the 1 upcoming fiscal year were cut i $7,083. The projected revenue for i Bell Camp rose from $24,346 to < $29,223. jf a ^r^"-'^";*^' ;;' }1 - i^V;:ff*A W^sfeilv"^A' .H location; The Cultural Series, a part of the Russell House University Union, RHUU, received the largest funding increase, $14,329. The Crucible, USC's literary art magazine, was granted a $13,084 increase. Other organizations receiving major cutbacks in funding were the Ideas and Issues Committee of RHUU and the Garnet and Black yearbook. The Ideas and Issues Committee allocations were decreased $6,235 and the Garnet and Black will receive $5,392 less than the 1978-79 funding. SAC had about $480,000 to distribute to 75 organizations and clubs. Student Government is allocated 10 percent of this amount, Bostick said. FIVE PERCENT of the $480,000* s deducted from the total amount md deposited in a contingency 'und, Bostick said. The money is lsed for additional organizational iinding throughout the year, he added. Only organizations licensed by Bfiflr r -> -i- ^ J- 1 M * LULdl the Student Organizations Licensing Commission are eligible for funding, Jerry Brewer, SAC graduate assistant, said, and "they have to be open to all students who A A. _ " " * * wcuu iu join, ' ne added. Proposed budgets are submitted to SAC for review, and a hearing is held with a representative from the organization present, to present his proposal, Brewer said. If the organization is not satisfied with the SAC decision, they can appeal to SAC or to Student Government. SAC is Usually the first one to hear an appeal, Brewer said. An organization can further its appeal to USC President James B. Holderman, he said. UNTIL THIS YEAR, SAC determined an organization's funding by adding seven to eight percent to each organization allotment from the previous year, according to Brewer. Brewer said the process has changed because of reduced student enrollment. SAC projects how much revenue can be raised no nnn from student fees, and allocations are then adjusted according to projections, Brewer said. Most organizations are being required to raise more money next year, according to SAC figures. Other criteria used by SAC to determine funding are 4 4the value of the program," and "how many students will it benefit," Brewer said. Media programs get higher priority because they reach a larger segment of the student body, he said. Some allocations are terminated, according to Brewer. "If in the past, they've shown they can't handle their budget, they will not be funded, no matter how good their proposal is," Brewer said. Organizations that work the hardest receive more money because iney nave proved that they are worth funding, he added. 'This is one of the few schools in the country where students allocate money and it's a great privilege, but students don't realize this," Brewer said. ^'>c* / johl ^HHH||^^HgHH^KB3^H^HK?jBK? ' ** t ;>. '