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Volume LXIX, No. 137 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. July 12, 1979
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By Michael Gooding
Gamncock Staff Writer
Susan Allen Garner, a former
employee of the USC Gamecock
Club, was indicted Tuesday by a
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count of embezzlement in connection
with missing Gamecock
Club funds, according to Fifth
Circuit Solicitor James Anders.
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wariier serveu as a sian
assistant for the Gamecock Club
for nine and one-half years before
leaving in September of 1978. The
indictment served covered funds
totalling $4,450, missing between
Jan. 1, 1978, and August 7, 1978,
Anders said.
Garner will be arrested and
brought to trial before a General
Sessions Court on July 23. The
embezzlement charge carries a
maximum penalty of ten years in
jail or a $10,000 fine, according to
Anders.
More than $19,000 has been
reported missing from Gamecock
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and investigations are continuing
by the State Law Enforcement
Division, SLED, Anders said.
There are no other parties being
investigated other than Garner
and the Gamecock Club, he added.
Garner was entrusted by the
Gamecock Club with, "receiving,
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By Ron Stokes
Mom.
Larry Hudson resigned from his
position as chief justice of USC's
Supreme Court this past week.
Hudson said he stepped down
because of a time commitment
involving work on his master's
thesis. Dan Laney, who previously
acted as Hudson's assistant, will
take over the vacated office.
"I didn't have enough time to do
a good job," Hudson said. "I feel I
should give it to someone who can
'Student Affairs spent
tnn munh timft trx/inn tn
justify their existence
and too little time doing
their job'
do the job better. The court system
will run smoother under Dan; he's
more knowledgeable in dealing
with USC's judicial system,"
Hudson said.
Hudson said he had "mixed
feelings" about leaving office. "I
worked with good people but I'm
noi going 10 miss me pressures
from outside," he said. Those
outside pressures played an instrumental
role in the decision to
resign, he added.
>ck Club
2 indictec
possession of, and the transfer of,
contributions made to the booste
organization, according to th
Grand Jury indictment. The ir
dictment also said the missin
funds attributed to Garner were i
the form of "coin and currency,
although the major portion c
Gamecock Club contributions ar
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Jim Carlen, athletic director an
head football coach.
The Gamecock Club has handle
more than $6 million in the pas
five years, Carlen said.
When the missing funds wer
discovered, State Auditor Edgar A
Vaughan was called in at th
request of the USC Athleti
Department, according to Hug
Munn, SLED Public Informatio
Director. SLED then began i!
investigation at Vaughan's requei
January 3, Munn said. Vaugha
asked for help in accounting fc
nearly $19,000 in missin
Gamecock Club cash receipts.
No other employees or forme
employees of the Gamecock Clu
were named in the indictmer
Tuesday.
Ed Pitts, executive secretary <
the Gamecock Club, decline
comment on the indictment.
USC administration officials als
declined comment.
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Thfere were a number <
disagreements between th
Supreme Court and the Division <
Student Affairs, according I
Hudson. "Student Affairs spent tc
much time trying to justify the
existence and too little time doin
their job," he said. "They are
valid entity and they should d
their job. As of right now they ar
doing the best they can. They'r
doing a good job with the nc
student program," he added.
Hudson said there wei
disagreements with Student A
fairs concerning how muc
delegated power the Suprerr
Court should have. "Duties wei
not properly defined," he sai<
"I'm going to miss working in th
court and being a part of th
machine. I'm also sorry that v\
caught so much flack because th
court tries to do a good job,
Hudson said.
"A bad moment for me wa
when Russ Putnam (former Chi<
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knew the system very well,
Hudson said. Putnam was one (
the major contributors in drawin
up the Student Governmer
Constitution, according to Hudson
"The only reward received fror
tho inK 143 r\nrc?nn a 1 caiie(r?/**iAn
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he said. Hudson received $100
semester for his work.
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: Financial sui
From Staff Reports
e The quality of higher education in South Carolina is
e threatened hv a lack of firm finanrial sunnnrt 1ISP
w President James B. Holderman said Tuesday at a
meeting of legislators and community representatives
of all nine campuses in the USC system.
*e "We must bring to the attention of the legislature
f- the importance of higher education in South
h Carolina," Holderman said. "It mast have a higher
ie priority than it has been given.
*e "Higher education is critical to the continued
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ie which bring growth to the state isn't something you
ie do in these critical times. No state has ever grown
'e industrially without an enthusiastic commitment to
ie higher education," Holdermansaid.
Pointing to USC specifically, Holderman said it is
essential that the legislature restore $8.6 million to
is two basic appropriation measures.
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i ne oenaie cui million trom tne statewide USC
[e system operating budget and the House cut $3.95
million from the supplemental appropriations act.
>f The supplemental bill supports the acquisition of
g library books and equipment on the nine campuses of
it USC. The original allocation of the supplemental bill
approved by the Commission on Higher Eduction and
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"The budget is built around students," Holderman
a said. "If we cut spending for higher education, we
impair the university's ability to serve students, and
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it poses the prospect of greater tuition costs. The
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lowering the priority of higher education."
Increases requested by USC for the 1979-80 fiscal
year also reflect state-mandated programs such as
salary increases and increased costs of fringe
benefits for employees, as well as increasing utility
bills.
B.A. Daetwyler, vice president for business and
finance, said the cuts also will hurt in areas of
maintenance. "When we had to cut back in 1973-74,
we cut in building maintenance," Daetwyler said
"We have over 100 buildings to maintain on our nine
camnuses We were seekine in thp minnl#>m#?nt;?l
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bill funds to catch up on that maintenance."
Daetwyler said other areas which face curtailment
are educational supplies in all disciplines and
possibly some public service intern programs, and
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Daetwyler said excessive budget cuts could cause
USC difficulty in continuing a "support budget"
which includes equipment and "anything other than
personnel." Daetwyler said it would be premature to
estimate a rise in tuition or enrollment cutbacks,
pending the final outcome of the proposed budget.
"We are in poor shape in our operating budget on
al^of our campuses," Daetwyler said.
The Senate and House are continuing to work on the
Appropriations Act, and it is expected to be completed
some time this month.