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USC's budget request for
the 1979-80 fiscal year has
already been cut once, and
unfortuantely the S.C
Legislature is at it aeain.
The House has eliminated
$3.95 million from the
supplemental ap
propriations act, which
supports the cost of buying
library books and equip
ment on all nine USC
' campuses. Earlier, the
. Senate Finance Committee
cut the budget by $4.
million, with the Columbia
campus receiving the
largest cutback.
TOGETHER, the legisla
tive cuts total $8.6 millioi
from the overall requeste<
$90.8 million budget fo
fiscal 1979-80.
And while the request i<
some $20 million more thai
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this past year's budget, th<
figure includes funding o
state-mandated program;
for increased salaries anc
fringe benefits for state
employees, not to mentior
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inadequate funding in the
past.
But USC officials say th(
cuts, if part of the fina
budget approval, will b(
strongly felt throughout the
nine-campus system.
The most acutely fel
effect might be in the are;
of tuition. Presiden
Holderman has said th<
cutbacks will heighten th<
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By Dave Caulfield (
senior, political science
international studies, pre law
Every now and then everyone comes across an
editorialist or columnist who uses the old ploy of 1
proclaiming to use facts and logic to support his
Dosition and then eoes on to use neither. Such was the
case with Mr. Haynes' viewpoint of Greek housing in
the June 28th Gamecock. Mr. Haynes' argument is so
filled with poor logic, half-truths, and unspoken ;
assumptions that it would take a few pages to point \
them all out. However, I'll just mention the most
odvious ana imporiani ones.
THE FIRST and most critical unspoken assumption
of Mr. Haynes is that Greek and non-Greek
students are two entirely separate groups. This is
completely wrong. Greeks are first and foremost
students with the same rights and opportunities for
housing as any other non-Greek student. By joining a
sorority or fraternity a student isn't sacrificing his or
her right to housing. But by specially earmarking
housing for Greeks the administration would be
denying the opportunity for housing to the rest of the
student body.
Contrary to what Dr. Campbell said in a previous
article in the Gamecock, the NADA apartments,
which Mr. Haynes is referring to, are open to all
students including Greeks. (Several Greeks and two
sorority presidents lived in NADA this past year).
Mr. Haynes is correct when he says there is a severe
shortage of housing, but giving housing to the Greeks
would only aggravate the situation by decreasing the
total number of rooms available for all students while
at the same time give Greeks two rhanrps fnr hmminc*
? first as a student and secondly as a Greek.
MR. HAYNES contends Greeks are more deserving
of housing and would be more desirable
neighbors. He defends this argument by making
three assertions:
1. Greek contributions of aid and money to the
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2. Greeks have higher G.P.A.'s (grade point
averages).
3. Greeks are more responsible students.
To answer his first assertion, Greeks are not unique
in providing good will toward the community. There
are plenty of other non-Greek organizations and
students who help in their involvement from the
Special Olympics, to the Red Cross, to even hosting
the State Debate Tournament. Why then should
Greeks be singled out to receive special housing and
not these other people?
Also, it isn't necessary for them to have housing to
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Students primarily join sororities and fraternities to
increase their social life, which is perfectly fine in
itself. When I was thinking about joining a fraternity
and visiting several during rush, public service was a
low selling point.
To answer Mr. Haynes' second assertion, if it were
true (NADA has an average of over 3.2) the administration
already provides housing for students
with high GPA.'s. j
And Mr. Haynes' third assertion is the most
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this point from citing the past semester problems
with fraternity parties in the Quad to the constant
blaring of stereos which could be heard on the three
top levels of the Library. But the most representative
would be to compare the condition of the men's Quad
with the NADA apartments immediately after
graduation. i
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mere were no DroKen Deer Dottles or windows, no
beer kegs lining the staircases, no garbage lying
around the grounds or shirts or ties or pants, or even
toilet paper hanging from the trees around NADA,
but there were in the Quad! Overall Mr. Haynes'
arguments are neither unique, necessary, nor true.
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