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HBgSi In order to bring stui events which happenec the stones on the folk section have been rep issues of the Gamecock Investigation I oj jour &pui By Michael Qsmvcock S Four employees of the Golden ! vestigations by USC auditors foi procedures," according to Tom University Union. Patrick Crossin and three other sti were fired after an auditor observec miscellaneous items like potato chi away to friends and band membe decision to fire the employees. The "any amount is sufficient to warrant "When I was hired, I was told tl customers is good business. It's alv beer to the band. It's courtesy," Croj THIS IS NOT a legitimate Dractl according to Otts, "an auxiliary system; any money collected is Campbell, vice president of Stude money because they generate their < The Golden Spur is audited ever year, said USC auditor Alton McCc mnnou ho iHHoH "The Spur did meet their project Ken Brandt, assistant director foi made $167,000 this past year, Brand Brandt said all of the union's fu standard practice for a minimal performers by an establishment goodwill. BRANDT ALSO SAID the former and no one has been rehired to fill th for the loss in labor, "we've reducec p.m. instead of noontime, and if th Brandt said. Crossin said the decision to fire hi asked me what the story was. I n< Campbell. I feel the way my job W? was not confronted with any witness Brandt said the dismissed emplo; himself or to Jake Williams, mana report would then be sent to Campb ^ ? 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' . /i p<iriirip<in A <1 sp<i( <*. dents up to date on f during the summer, owina paaes of this rinted from summer a I eads to firing! r employees ; i Gooding , t?H Wrtt?r ' Spur were fired July 8 after in- j ind "irregularities in operating Otts, director of Russell House i ident employees of the Golden Spur I "draft and bottled beer, and other ps and pretzels" being given rs, said Otts, who made the final amount given away was small, but disciplinary action,'' he said. lat giving away free draft to good I c? r vays oeeii our practice iu give ncc ssinsaid. ce at the Golden Spur because it is, service which is part of the state state money." However, James nt Affairs, said, "This is not state own." y three years, and this is the third >y. The Golden Spur has not lost any ted income of $165,000, according to r business of the RHUU. The Spur tsaid. nds are really state funds, but it is amount of beer to be provided to to promote public relations and employees "voluntarily resigned," eir positions. Intorder to compensate 1 the number of hours by opening at 2 tere is a Dana, mey open iaier on, m was unfair because "nobody ever sver talked once to Otts, Brandt or is terminated was an insult to me. I ;es. I was just fired." 1 j /:i^ _ ^4 l ~ yet? cuuiu ixie a grievance repon iu ger of the Golden Spur. The written ell or Otts. 1 *A k k i 4 I m 1 <i111! HI ,Hairara9BHHB9B^Q^Bi mMMMkM^AjUI&jMAUk^UAU^i^Hki UiH^HHUaAM^M?^^HBHHHHMi IyM jfl N Y##5Af ftf/Jv^Mj^^HnHHr H i 1 B""?)|?"ll| I?^?II||| my Hf 'Vw 1 ftjl* Iff the i Development Centers / unces T I GROUP ? Learn the skills jly them. Wednesdays. Sept. 12- ^ VS COUNSELING / L *T GROUP ? Focus on a} I personal concerns and goals. ? I 3()-4:30p.m. ^ | ip size limited to sign up early: V reformation and/or reserving a 4roup of your rhoicr. V Hl<i^ (next l<> \HS( i to till out the y t tonus which will j4u?u?mtrr sou \f Union Stat shopliftin; By Shelly Kaufman Garrxtcock Staff Wrtt*r Shoplifting and high labor costs ire thwarting the attempts of the Inssell House Union Station to generate enough profit to absorb ts current cash deficit of >10,844.63, according to Ken 3randt, assistant director for >usiness of the Russell House Jniversity Union. "We had hoped to liquidate five :o six thousand dollars and get out Df the hole within a year or two," Brandt said, "but due to pilferage, we haven't been able to. "The last three months were in cVlAnllffIflfl ' ' UlkHlOU UUO III 1110 vr* onv|/nt vin^, he said. The greatest loss of money has been caused by students' theft of magazines, he added. "You'd like to think that people are honest, but they're not. If somebody steals a two-dollar magazine, for example, it's a $1.60 loss to us," Donna Rodgers, comanager of the Union Station, said. JAMES MclNTOSH, assistant supervisor of the Union Station, attributes the magazine thefts tc the nlacement of merchandise ir an accessible area. "There were defects in the design of the Station. The way the store was set up, people woulc stand around the magazines, anc they would mysteriously wall away," he said. "They could have set up th< Union Station like a convenience store with a turnstyle to exi through, and they wouldn't hav My ^ ? w Ar ?oi Yearbook Main G&B Yd 1?? ? Inn m/>iirc rc IV/11 111V/U1 O VI 3, labor cost: lost so much (merchandise), but R< they wanted to do it as cheaply as cu possible," Mcintosh said . "They m screwed up." th Not only theft, but also the labor costs to run the Union Station have affected this year's revenues. th Because of the loss of revenue on tli magazines, "labor hours were a . st higher percentage of sales than d< they should have been, according ai to Rodgers. c< "We wanted to get our costs hi down 16 to 17 percent," Brandt w said, "but we haven't been successful yet." a TO CUT BACK operations, the c; Union Station has been opening at 9 " a.m. instead of 8 a.m. and is cut- a ting back from 115 to 85 staff hours n a week. k Employing work-study students is one method of cutting labor costs since only 20 percent of their >> ?> nr><<-) Kn fhfl T Tni An ( Sdlcll ICS die palu uj uiV/ vmvii Station. The other 80 percent is * funded by the government in the ' form of a grant. Currently, 1 however, no work-study students 1 are employed by the Union Station, ! according to Brandt. ! "We tried to hire work-study people to cut costs," said Brandt, "but we couldn't, and our labor costs escalated." The reason labor costs are so I high, according to Rodgers, is because the store has little personnel turnover, and the students ; stay there. ; "The university is required to t provide only 80 percent of ; minimum wage to students," Win a rtle Bee feekeni rer 100 other pru simnlv Hav/e Your VI I V ? J I WW W w v V W Picture Taken For the Yearbook in Room 311 Russell House 1:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.l\ Aug. 27-Sept. 7 5 being distributi Lobby of Russell mr turuimu ic ish deficit ? U1 I 5 Uldlll^u xlgers said, "but most are irrently working at about inimum wage ($2.90) because cy ve I CVC1VCU Illt-i ll UICI casco. Additional operating problems lat occurred this fiscal year made le situation more severe. The ice orm this past February deterred elivery of candy from Chicago for Imost a couple of months, ac :>rding to Mclntosn, dui mey snu ad to pay labor costs for people to ork. "WORD WASN'T always getting round to everyone when prices of andy increased, either," he said. Communications were weak round here for awhile; there were ew people, and you always incur a >ss with new employees.'' The operation was $11,839.97 in iebt at the beginning of the past fiscal year because of construction :osts, purchase of equipment and merchandise. Several thousand dollars short of their projected sales, the Union Station generated $1,000 profit for 1978-79. 4 'U/n Vo nrninpfinfl o CU?1 fn TTt IV pi VjVVilU^ u , vvv vv $7,000 profit for this next fiscal year," Brandt said. "Unless we're very lucky, we're not going to make it (out of the "red") until next year; it's going to be a tight year money-wise," he said. "It's upsetting not knowing what's going on, but we've identified what our problems are, and I think we've got it turned around," Brandt said. ich :es? 4b* ed and sold House nrbook