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Senator prop number of S By Teresa K. Weaver Gamecock Staff Writer A measure that would eliminate about 17 Daee positions in the S C. Senate would affect many USC students. Aiken Sen. Gilbert McMillan introduced an amendment to the $1.7 billion appropriations bill that would reduce the number of legislative pages by 25 percent, but that number has been trimmed to 10 percent. THE REASON for that cut, McMillan said, is to set an example tor organizations ana companies having to make economic cutbacks. "When you ask people to do something, you've got to set an example. When a legislative body asks other businesses to cut back, we've got to begin by looking in our own backyard," he said. "There are an awful lot of extra people around that are not tied to any specific duties. The cut wouldn't hurt anybody this year, but we'll I Earn I Moi Urgerttiy n?$dc Mononucleosis t<x aid If you have or had wi iviumu, yuu may quo week for 3 hours of 6 537 for more inforrr Serologicals o Suite 105, 21 Columbia, I Py-y, --jr;--;\y;.-/ jagSt oses cutting enate pages just hire fewer pages next session." THE S. C. General Assembly has more than 300 pages, with about 170 in the Senate and about 140 in the House. A great majority of those pages are USC students, according to senate clerk Jim Fields. Page duties include running errands and handling other menial tasks of the legislators for an average salary of $1600 a session. Each House member is allowed one page appointment as a part of his patronage privilege, but the system of appointing pages in the Senate is less defined. Appointments are based on a number of factors, including funds controlled by the individual senator and his seniority, Fields said. "We try to hold Me number down according to .,ow large the senator's constituency area is, because some senators represent a much larger district than others. Basically, there are two or three ?r Extra ney id ? people with I in Medical Research. thin thp na<it 9 b ilify for $100.00 per your time. Call 254lation. f Columbia, inc. 119 Middleburg S C. 29204 JL beef Wr ground Bj beef ry ground L beef m nrni mrl n ^iuuhvi beef /fll ? mm mm hi mm hi hm n m mm m /?\ sausage %J sausage W sausage /S sausage /f *] sausage sausage sausage OB n Ml MM MM MH DM Mi MM MM MM MM f flg aflK^hjteiH fif&^A < K Legit. pages appointed per senator," h< said. McMillan said that manj senators appoint more than thre< pages, and are not discourage( from doing so by any specifi< rtlllAfclj 5U1UC1IUCO. Under this type of system McMillan said many senator; appoint more pages than they neec just to maintain their position o seniority. He said he doesn' believe any senator needs mori >1 1 INVITATIONS $< I ALL PRICES INCLUDE I the C liM?l One dollar off! $1.00 off any pizza ffifi with ground beef. One coupon per pizza. Expires; 4/30/80 |C Fast, Free Delivery 1124 Devine St. \ ) Phone: 256-8151 HSS m mm mm hb tata bw mm mm mm mtm mm ami HHBHiMBNHMMimaBMBBMIMIII One dollar off! $1.00 oft any pizza ?== with sausage t , One coupon per pizza. Expires- 4/30/80 Fast, Free Delivery 1124 Devine St. i Phone: 256-8151 Hfif am mm mm wmm wmm tmm mm m mm wmm mm ami i wf^ ^Bi^H^S9^&n ^l7.7:V.'JH^^ '^^ '-.''C";J; AWjJjr^ Aw V. i/ative pages may face a cutback in i than two pages. Karen Hill, a (JSC senior in her ' second year as a page for Sen. i Rembert Dennis, said that the 1 reduction in the number of page : positions available next shouldn't make that much difference. , "I think they could do with a lot 5 less. Sometimes it gets pretty i boring, but on other days it's real f busy. We just sit there and t sometimes they need us to run 3 errands and sometimes they s and Gi Invitations Now on sale at the am pus Bookstc MASTERS CAP/ 4.50 BACHELOR'S C/ TASSEL DOCTOR'S CAP IAMPUS BOOK Russell House our Partner in Educati U ! Fas | Deli Sinn i can ' 1124 D< | Hours: 007264/5602 I ^ on ^ ?J 4:30 Drr MMMMWMMMnMMU OUT dTjV ' than $2 | ?Copyriph right to Itmi 007??84 t>60^| . Rus?3^ac?GAMECOCK i personnel. don't," she said. Sydne Solley, a sophomore also appointed by Sen. Dennis, is assigned to an office job and views the picture in a different light. "I'm busy every single minute. Work just piles up on me. I don't really understand the pages who say they're bored, because if they would just walk over to the offices they could sure find something to do," she said. owns, 1 I ire \ND GOWN $1 1.95 \PAND GOWN $10.95 AND GOWN $15.95 STORE .||| I ion" Ebs@@J I t, Free ivtirv i . " ?- J I us. >-8151 2vine St. ) - 1:00 am Sun.-Thurs t 2:00 am Fri.-Sat. firs nari v less I j o.ooT""' t 1980 We reserve the it our dekvery area