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r ; ' The South Carol,~Campus a library amecocK Volume LXX, No. 10 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. September 19, 19"79 i fffi oriuuie resij By SUM Wong Qtnweock Staff Wrlt?r Former vice president of the Towers Government, Minn has assumed the position of president following the recent r of Tim Shadle. In his Sept. 4 letter of resignation, Shadle cited two "ov< reasons for his resignation ; he did not have campus housing, not keep the Towers officials informed of his plans during the Shadle was not allowed to sign up for campus housing las because he did not inform any of tne dorm officials of his si was waiting for housing," he said. Cynthia Forrest, director of residential student developi according to the Towers constitution, the president must re dorms. "It is hard to represent it if you are not in the dorm," s Shadle was told the week of Sept. 1-7 of impeachment pi against him by the executive committee. Parker said the mention of .impeachment at the first executive committee m impeachment proceedings were implemented. Towers treasurer Meg Tilghman said "We had to carry on. no impeachment. That would take months." She also said S not been competent as president. Tilghman would not elaborate. VI AVii/nti o * rv i( rrt 1 * r /tni\r.n s/iiu uie lowers aoes noi nave a vice presider the vote for Nick Peay, appointed vice president, was illegal. Parker appointed him vice president when Sandra McCle appointed temporary secretary. According to the const majority vote of the executive committee is needed to insfc pointed officials. Because McClendon has been appointed, hei invalid. The re-vote is scheduled for tonight. McClendon would not comment. T rustees may By Marie Piatt* Assistant Nsws EdHor A won i -a - m A * i * ? . a uai/ Doara 01 trustees meeting is scneauiea for tomm01 tow, and if the state attorney general rules the board violated the S.C. Freedom of Information Act, the board will be forced to reveal how they voted on the USC athletic contracts of head football coach Jim Carlen and head basketball coach Prank McGuire, according to Hugh H. Wells, chairman of the Intercollegiate Activities Committee. The Activities Committee voted against separating Carlen'8 position <5f football coach and athletic director in 1962 and voted against relieving McGuire of his coaching auues at tne end of tfie 1979-80 season. The committee voted for having USC president James B. Holderman place USC into a "comprehensive conference." However, the board, led bv Chairman R Murktav nmnii decided they would proceed with the acts and not reveal them after a Sept. 4 executive council meeting. Two days later, Dennis said there had been a decision made in the Sept. 4 meeting. A LAWSUIT WAS filed by Leon Cooper and Jack Wingate because the board had not released the information after the Sept. 4 meeting. The two businessmen j t _a a? a i - * * a* ^ - - ? uaciuea uie ooara naa vioia tea tne s.u. Freedom or inImmmsUm A ...Ll.l. ? Lll . L. i_ A.- t_ miuaww iwv, wiuui requirt? ? puouc DOOy MJ VOMJ in 'public upon the question of whether to hold a closed meeting. v v Campui could In By Karen Addy Oamo^Ark ftufl U/dUt Several campus organization , might have to present thei proposed 1979-80 budgets for th second time and possibly lose thei allocations from the Studen Allocations Commission, Doui Bostick, SAC adviser, said. At thp otnrt nf ttanh uoqp CAl VJI?V V V* VUVII JVOl ) holds two training sessions of th treasurers of each organization t teach basic skills in handling an< spending money. "If you didn't go to an; treasurer's workshop, you can' spend your money," Bostic said referring to organizations wh< have been allocated funds. SAC HELD THREE workshops two scheduled and a make-uj session. Organization officers wen notified by mail and through ads ii ins the Gamecock. ie Parker esignation 'Our office is ! flapping" process tho psi 2S&T V^organiawtlone/ t semester Dnu< tuation. "I UMU" nent, said side in the he said. oceedintzs "They had three chances to sho\ ro twoe up." Bostick said. He felt thosi eeting" No w^? did not show up actei irresponsibly. There was _ . . .. . ihadle had Several representatives fron organizations phoned Bostick to tx excused from the training session Representatives from thes< ?t hfvnncp organizations will have to appeal pMV before SAC and restate theii ndon was prop****1 budgets, as well a: itution a ^tifytheir allocations. ate an ai> r vote was ORGANIZATIONS HAVE t< have to reve The FOI act also requires that when a public 1 a /toll AM ALa*. ?* -- ?* ? ? w v?u mii oawuuvc msMiuii, nicy IIlU2iI (J1VK an of why the meeting be closed. A board member, who wished to be unidentil board will be required to release the inform* members voted. "It'll be a slap on the wrist, ai it go at that/' he added. "I think that it's a shame that this time was pi this action. I don't see how we're any better ot taken this action now than it would have been i the future," the board member said. THE MEMBER revealed that the Intercol tivities Committee has not had a meeting in < because "it's kind of optional." "Honestly, I think this might help the board its own control now/' the member said. "I < going to have this pushing things through the like this was done." Board member William Bowen attended a i (k. r\*e nn ?& tt- ?1-1 u. ivi uio vcuuuiw i ijrvn i uuruoineui. nc bwu in interested spectator more than a member of the 'They treated me very courteously," B "People were just expressing their feedings, some pretty harsh statements made against They said we were operating under lies and cneattng ana mat son or tmng, wmcn i think i been left unsaid." Qorniinc I >se funds s MMfl ir4^! n, r ilji'" ^MP r ?f 1 it * '^BP :?'U-'' ::\'ff ~? W/K$$m:-*- ?!:{* WT ^ : ;. " '' ' ' v. /V;< *? ;v.s ? < mmm bP^ / I > Doug Boatick > i appear before SAC in the spring of each year and present a budget. simply not going to perwork for those g Bostick.SAC adviser v The budget is then approved or e trimmed down by SAC, which i allocates around $500,000 yearly to about 50 organized groups. 4 4SAC always has the right to pull j 1 back allocations," Bostick said. 5 "Our office is simply not going to process the paper work for those 2 organizations who did not bother to r attend." j t* SAC is currently compiling a list 3 of those organizations required to j appear before the commission. Officers of the organizations will > then be notified. :al contrac x>dy decides Bowen said he will t explanation Tournament meeting and ried said the "THERE'S NOW A V ition of how committee selected to I id they'll let McGuire, and I can tell 3 "There was also a harsh eked to take Solomon Blatt that he ha f for having and I'm perhaps just as < sometime in that board." Bowen added that no p< board's actions. He said p ilegiate Ac- motivated although they a over a yea** Bowen was chairman < Gamecock Club and said get back on department of the Gai doubt we're Educational Foundation I r VWIIUKIUX auAIUUS IU Wflttl Will IU WINGATE SAID HE thi recent rally and should have lifetime r 5 went as an Bowen said he thinks tl board. be. I can't think of any otl owen said. a better way of structu There were different ideas about h the board. selected and where they s deceit and a question about who ap should have we've got a good system." The board has until Oct 1 Arrest warrant issued By Jun Ralston Qamocock Staff Wr1t?r A warrant has been issued for a former Thomson Student Health Center employee for allegedly embezzling $3,317 from the health center pharmacy. | Last month Terry Lackev was dismissed from her position as storekeeper at the center and charged with embezzlement resulting from an investigation into the loss of a deposit reported missing in June. As storekeeper, Lackey was responsible for maintaining supply stocks and making daily deposits from the pharmacy, I according to Warren Carothers, business manager # * ior uie cenier. "MR. CAROTHERS discovered a discrepancy in the cash turn-ins and requested an audit by the USC Internal Audit Division," Officer C.E. Craig of the USC Investigative Division said. The audit division j requested the investigative division to pursue further investigation with assistance from the tresaurer's office and a bank doing business with USC, according to Craig. Craig would not disclose the name of the bank which assisted in the investigation. ! Craig said Lackey, who "handled the money explicitly" in making the daily deposits, was on annual leave when the discrepancy was discovered. "OUR INVESTIGATION confirmed that Lackey embezzled the deposit," Craig said. A written statement was submitted by Lackey admitting to her implication in the em bezzlement charge. A copy of the statement was not available because it will be used as evidence in Lackey's trial before the Grand Jury. t votes ell the board about the Tip-Off the reaction of the people there. LUMOR that there is already a find a replacement for Frank rou that's not true, " Bow en said, i statememt made about speaker id injected himself into this thing nose to the speaker as anyone on A - -- Miucwns contacted mm ADOut the eople think the board is politically ire not. of a group called the Concerned , "I've been active in the athletic necock Club and also in the for many years, so I'm just very ippen." I % A*- ? * - jiks ine ooard is structured wrong nembers. le board "is about the best it can her educational system which has 4L - ft ruig uk ooara. inere's always aw board members should be hould come from. There's always points the members, but I think > a to act upon the complaint.