The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 14, 1980, Image 1
^Volume LXX, No. ~7~7 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. April 1<4, 19BO
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Bv Kimberlv Cihlar
Gamecock Staff Writer
Although university fees have
been raised over the past three
years, the money given to the
Student Allocations Commission
has not because of USC students' i
failure to approach the administration
concerning fiscal
matters, according to SAC]
memoer KODeri tjurion.
Since 1978, there has been a $3
increase in the university fees set
by the board of trustees. The increase
has gone to the Thomson
Student Health Center instead of to
SAC or the athletic department for
student tickets.
The University fee goes toward
athletic tickets, health center
services and SAC's budget. Each
semester the athletic department
receives $16 per student for funding;
the Health Center receives
$38.50; and SAC receives $13.50.
The other $1.50 funds club sports
such as lacrosse and gymnastics.
SAC has "no mechanism to ask
for money," Burton said. SAC's
job is to give out money. He said if
the university fees were raised to
$75 per semester and SAC received
the extra $6, the additional $300,000
would cover SAC's need to fund
more groups.
'Purse strii
killed Net
By Tamn
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i The Student Allocations Con
j sorship" when it denied funding
according to the magazine's advi
j Jon Clemmenson, New Crucibl
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said they were dissatisfied with
fund a publication containing ec
together, drugs and campus crim
I The SAC members' statement*
Clemmenson said they were "not
I their statements constituted "edi
| USC is not the only university
editorial censorship. Baylor Ur
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media censorship.
EDITORIAL CONTROL camc
| three editors of the Baylor Lai
President Abner V. McCall dis
arose when Playboy magazine a
coeds to pose in a spread call
McCall said Playboy was an c
cording to former Lariat editor-ii
racuaii, an ex-r tsi ageni, anno
possibly expell any student par
the Waco, Texas Baptist-suppo
editorials, both opposing and fa
1 first week after the Playboy ai
tinued to run editorials against
incident not to be printed again.
"We felt a girl should have the
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never fighting for Playboy, we w
I a free form of opinion."
i When the paper continued to
McCall, journalism dean Loyal
Strother called an emergency n
on March 3 and the editors were
members resigned when Barton
i were fired.
STUDENT RALLIES were he
journalism professors resigned,
department, said the newspape
since it is a private institution,
editorials. They say not to adv
alcohol, narcotics or pre-marita
the editors had violated the guid<
Mike Simpson, director of I
Washington, D.C., said McCall v
Daper. In a private universit
:y fee si
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Steve Beckham, assistant to the
President, said, "students have to
let their needs be known. They
have to make up their minds to pay
more money to be able to participate
in more."
BERNARD DAETWVLER,
systems vice-president for
business and finance, said, "The
health center's budget was getting
in bad shape, they needed more
'When studer' ^
budget increase uy
a certain amount g
student enrollment h
money." He added that USC is
trying to keep student fees as low
as possible but students probably
don't want an increase in fees.
"Medical costs like doctors' and
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utilities have gone up tremendously,"
Daetwyler said.
Paid concurrently with tuition by
only full-time students, the
university fee is $69.50 withheld
ng censors
a/ Crucible
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k oiavv writer
imission used "purse string cenfor
the New Crucible's 1980 budget,
sor.
advisor anrl ITSf farnltv mpmhpr
on, Susan Morris and Robert Stein
the magazine and did not want to
litorial content pertaining to living
le.
> were made at a fiscal hearing and
; permissible and punitive." He said
torial censorship."
' whose publications are victims of
liversity, St. John's University and
;e have reported cases of student
i into sharp focus with the firing of
*iat during March when university
agreed with editorials. The furor
nnounced they were seeking Baylor
the."Southwest Conference Girls."
3xample of northern sleaze, acn-chief
Jeff Barton.
lunced his intention to discipline and
ticipating in the Playboy search on
rted campus. The Lariat ran two
voring McCall's announcement the
nnouncement. But when they cont
McCall , he ordered the Playboy
? right to do it and it was none of the
itor Cyndy Slovak said. "We were
ere just fighting for students to have
run editorials against censorship,
I Gould and faculty advisor Ralph
leeting of the Board of Publications
fired by a unanimous vote. 19 staff
, Slovak and city editor Barry Kolar
Id as the controversy arose and two
Gould, chairman of the journalism
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"The university has guidelines on
ocate atheism, pornography, use of
I sex. The Board of Publications felt
;lines," he said.
the Student Press Uw Center in
/as within his rights in censoring the
y, the president is considered the
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from the $445 tuition per semester.
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cording to Daetwyler.
SAC received around $500,000 for
allocations in 1979-80 and the same
amount for the projected 1980-81
school year,- Jerry Brewer,
assistant dean of Student Affairs
said.
"We've been given this same
amount every year," Burton said.
rollment increases by X
X percent because out
oes to SAC. We have
ncrease.'
vice president of
"Students have to recognize the
need for an increase in the fee,'
Duncan said. "If there's an in
terest in raising the fee we'll tak<
action."
Burton said SAC has "n<
mechanism to ask for mnnpv "
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"SAC is in the position tha
nobody likes us because we have t<
cut everyone's budget," Burtoi
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By Rachel Koenig
Gamecock Staff Writer
Columbia merchants ar
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stitute about "85 to 95 percent" <
the bad checks they receive. Unde
j the year-old "bad check law,
students can be arrested for failin
to pay for a bad check.
Frank Hutto, supervisor <
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! has 25 warrants served on studeni
writing bad checks. He sai
students realize writing a ba
check for a $3 meal can add up I
over $100 after fines and coui
procedures are considered.
The Mercantile Association,
group of statewide merchant
lobbied for almost a year to colle<
money lost on bad checks. The la
gives the beholder 15 days to mal<
the check good and atter tnat tim
a warrant is issued and the me
chant has the option of going to tl
magistrate and signing a warrai
against the person charged. T1
merchant is removed from tl
case once the warrant has bet
issued.
In the past, if an individual wro
a bad check and left the count;
chances of collection were vi
tually impossible. Now, tl
Columbia magistrate h?
statewide jurisdiction.
Joe Taylor, accounts receivab
supervisor at USC. said by makir
students aware that the law hj
changed it may help the bad che<
situation. "It is now a crimin
offense to write a bad check
Taylor said.
Under the new law, individua
will now have a criminal record fi
writing bad checks "This w
make it harder for people to obta
jobs," he added.
It was hoped that with t!
financial wizard and other remo
tele equipment on campus that tl
"bad check business would sic
J down," Taylor said.
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health center
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$800,000 from SAC, we had to cut
$400,000 worth of funding since we
had only $435,000 to allocate. Half
those good programs get zapped,
when increasing numbers of
groups request funding," Burton
said.
"IF YOU'RE A new group the
> budget you got was probably cut
from the Gamecock or the New
rpercent, the (SAC)
of each student fee
m't had much of a
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business and finance
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decisions aren't easy. But it's got
- to be done."
2 "When student enrollment increases
by X percent, the (SAC)
3 budget increases by X percent
because out of each student fee a
certain amount goes to SAC,"
t Daetwyler said. "We haven't had
3 much of a student enrollment
i increase."
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as Howard Rhodes, USC treasurer
;k said "writing of bad checks ha
ai increased within the university
" cvon with tho now Jaw in effwt "
Warrants are issued to student
Is who don't comply with the law
or "but we first notify the student am
ill give the individual the opportunit;
in to pay it." Rhodes said, "if ,
student doesn't respond, we hav
ie to take more action."
te Rhodes said the Mercantil
ie Association had to toughen up o
iw the law or they would have to sto
accepting checks completel
hree years;
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Enrollment increased by only 6.7
percent over the past five years,
said Carolyne Denham, Inctitntinnal
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Even if enrollment increases, it
could be part-time students, according
to Brewer, and they don't
pay university fees Brewer said
enrollment changes daily If a fulltime
student withdraws $13.T?o is
taken out of student activity fees.
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"because they couldn't afford the
s loss."
Richland County Judge Walter
Jones said the penalty for writing
s bad checks depends on several
\ considerations such as how many
i offenses the offender has com
y mitted and how stable the ma
dividual is within his community.
e Judge Jones handles up to three
offenses against an individual and
e "other offenses are discretionary
n with the court," he said,
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