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The proposal to increase tuition in
surprise when one considers the infla
thorough justification has not been pro
President Holderman told the USC
that funding was lower than expected,
the energy situation, in defending the f
THE L'SC BUDGET was allocated
than for 1978-79. Of a request for $90 n
by the S.C. Legislature. The total c
compared to the overall operating bud
Based on the number of students er
this past spring, the increase in fee;
million.
Momerman s energy argument is u
can energy have on student fees? Fut
energy conservation is essential for l\
have to feel the brunt of the attack.
Could USC have saved money if cutt
had been implemented before stat
established? Many USC vehicles may
inside.
Many offices and university buildi
only recently have thermostats been
should not have to reach deeper into
preparedness of the administration f
nlnnp fnpl is: pvrvinsivo Mr Pro<i<
THK PROPOSED I NCRKASK will
non-resident fees to $1,000 next spring
North Carolina at Chapel Hill sets
students and $1,143 for non-residents,
state and $1,147 for out-of-state.
It is obvious that state supported N
priority to serving the needs of the st;
lees to a minimum and charging lor r
be an effective means of meeting the n
programs and goals. Possibly USCcoi
The S.C. Legislature has not helped
a policy of underfunding higher edu
education promotes both business and
the entire state.
THK ONLY RKASONABLK PART
Thomson Stud- t Health Center. Th
costs, caused step salary increas*
utility costs the infirmary must pay, ai
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l increas
the sDrine of 1980 is not a ereat
ted price of everything else, but
vided by the USC administration.
Board of Trustees this past week
and used everybody's scapegoat,
pp hiko
some $12 million more this year
million, about $3.5 million was cut
ut seems relatively small when
get.
irolled at the nine USC campuses
> will bring in an additional $2.1
inclear. How much of an impact
>1 costs are rising drastically and
le future, but students should not
>acks in use of university vehicles
e and federal guidelines were
still be seen with only the driver
ngs are excessively lighted and
regulated. 1 he students of USC
their pockets of pay for the unor
such ail economic crisis. Airient.
raise in-state tuition to $445 and
. In comparison, the University of
tuition costs at $286 for in-state
. N.C. State students pay $291 in
orth Carolina schools have given
He's students by holding resident
ion-residents. This would seem to
ieeds of state secondary education
ild benefit from such a program,
the tuition situation by continuing
cation programs. Quality higher
I industrial growth which benefits
of the fee increase concerns the
is four dollar increase in health
es for overworked personnel and
~e necessary.
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The infirmary has done an admira
seemingly been ignored by the admi
highest administrative official on thi
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v/i uic liuami v,cuici .
Two weeks ago, the various stude
letter from Peter Haeseker, Stude
them to write various legislators ii
budget. In the letter. Haeseker sue^
be unavoidable if budget cuts wen
personal ties with legislators be emp
WHY HASN'T Mr. Haeseker sou;
strong student lobby to Holderman o
resident students?
The fee increase is upon us, and i
tako an nrtivp vnirp in flip finnnr?ial
continue to rise.
Is summ.
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By Janice Wood
Graduate Assistant
Summer school is coming to an
end. So, why do I feel that
everything actually ended a few
months ago?
TO ANSWER my own question,
it seems everything ended so long
ago because at USC so much
emphasis is placed on the
"regular" semesters, fall and
spring, and so little on summer
school. Anyone attending summer
school is bound to feel a little un:?
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the term "irregular" here) and
inconvenient to administrators and
university staff who think they
have better things to do.
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ay , is'nt that Somoza
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ible job, considering that they have
nistration in the past. After all, the
s campus has never seen the inside
nt organization leaders received a
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ii defense of the then unapproved
ested that a tuition increase would
e made. Haeseker suggested that
hasized, also.
ght student input and organized a
opposing the increase ? at least for
jnless students realize they should
affairs of this university, costs will
er school
'riously?
Here, summer school is an afterthought.
"Look, there are two
and a half months between spring
semester and fall semester. Let's
do something with it," some administrator
must have said.
Sandwiched between the two
semesters is the not-so-popular
"something" called summer
school.
Virtually all campus buildings,
offices and businesses operate
under different schedules in the
summer. Only a few dorms are
open. There are only a few selected
courses taught. Meeting classes is
based on a different time-table.
Campus organizations aren't in
full swing.
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Even the Gamecock comes out
only once a week, instead of the
"regular" semester three-times-a
Wherever you look, there is
evidence of an obvious demarcation
between "regular"
semesters and summer school.
DID YOU ever notice the sign
outside the Campus Bookstore
indicating its hours of business? It
rlntnil*; thf? ^tnrp'c rlr?vr hnnre
and Saturday hours; however at
the bottom of the sign is a special
category showing limited hours of
operation for "summer school."
Almost every office on campus
closes at 5 p.m. during fall and
spring semesters. However, 4:30 is
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My point is this. With such different
schedules in the summer, I
have felt that IJSC could not care
less about summer school and that
it's a burden to the school for us to
be here.
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it n in u ^*juu iut"d iui nit;
Gamecock Snackbar to be open
early in the morning and late at
night in the regular semesters,
why is it not a good idea for
summer, too? I think the answer is
that there are just too few students
here to make it profitable.
But, after a while, being one of
the "few" gets to you, and eventually,
you get to the point of
"Remember when ..." in
reference to the good ole days of
the "regular" semesters.
But my biggest gripe about
summer school concerns a matter
that is truly one of student welfare,
that of summer classes. Regardless
of whether the amount of