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By Walter Allread
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(Reprinted from June 25 issue)
USC tuition has increased 16.8 percent for
in-state students and 11 percent for out-ofstate
students.
Faced with cutbacks in state appropriations
for the nine-campus system,
the USC board of trustees voted
unanimously to increase full-time resident
fees at a meeting this summer from $890 to
$1,040 annually and non-resident fees from
$2,000 to $2,220 annually. Graduate and
regional campus students will pay an additional
$60 in fees annually.
USC President James B. Holderman told
the board the budget would have been $7.1
million short without the tuition increases
and administrative plans to tighten the
budget internally. Even with these moves,
the $123.8 million operating budget for the
system remains $1.3 million in the red.
The Commission on Higher Education
recommended that USC receive $109.2
million, but the state Legislature cut the
appropriation to $96.3 million.
USC'S MAIN CAMPUS will cover the $5
million difference between available funds
for the coming fiscal year with the
estimated $2.7 million increase in fees, and
by continuing a hiring freeze.
By increasing administrative charges to
the eight regional campuses and by
changing the manner of bond payments, the
Columbia campus will account for all but
$544,801, which will be managed internally,
Holderman said.
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By Bob Redding
(Reprinted from July 30 issue)
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ARA Food Services has increased food
prices at USC cafeterias and snack bars
about 8 percent. "I hadn't planned to increase
prices that much," said Ted McDaniel,
ARA Food Service operations
analyst, "but with the drought, farmers are
talking about a 12 percent increase in
wholesale prices."
A 1979 survey conducted by ARA and a
Gamecock survey shows campus prices are
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"The place we have to start is in increasing
students' tuition," he told the
board.
At least one board member was skeptical.
"Are we not approaching a rather high fee
structure?... If we go much higher, we'll
definitely be pricing ourselves out of reach
for some people," board member Dan
Henderson said.
"If the university attempted to operate
without the budget changes, services would
have to be cut back," Holderman said.
Holderman said he was reluctant to
propose a resident fee that broke the
"psychological b?nier" of $1,000 but he
called it necessary.
John Bolin, USC admissions director, said
he believes most people are used to price
increases and expect tuition fees "to keep
pace with everything else." He said, people
complain about rising tuition costs, but pay
anyway.
Apparently resigned to such increases,
students reacted as Bolin suggested. One
librarianship graduate student said, "It's a
sign of the times."
TRACY ROCHESTER, an engineering
junior, said the increase presents problems
because "I'm having a hard enough time
making the housing increases," she said.
Jodie Marcus, a graduate student in international
business studies said students
like himself ? living on a fixed budget ?
may be hit hardest. "It's harder to get
loans, it's harder to get the money...and
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sales, McDaniel said. The biggest profits
come from the Gamecock and sidewalk
snackbars, and the biggest losers are the
cafeterias.
Comparing the Bates House board plan or
the Clemson University board plan with
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Kellner said he suspected a proposal for
such an increase after the legislature
reduced USC's appropriation.
"I think it (the increase) was justified
because they didn't really have any other
place to go to get the money," Kellner said.
KELLNER SAID he tried to stop the increase
in May by writing letters to
legislators and speaking with House and
Senate leaders.
USC's financial aid anticipated an in
crease in fees and the university plans to
assist students in covering the additional
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not available to most USC students.
Clernson can offer all-you-can-eat meal
plans because it has a "captive audience" of
about 4,500 students and it knows exactly
how much food is needed, McDaniel said.
"However, USC has more people using its
facilities, most of them from off-campus
and they never know how much food they
will need," McDaniel said.
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plan. But this commits the student to eating
three meals each weekday and four meals
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costs, said John Bannister, director of
financial aid.
"But the critical thing is that 7,000
students applied and about 4,500 have been
awarded aid. And we're running out of
money," Bannister said. The university
should have funds available after fall
registration when it is learned how many
applicants use the financial aid when further
funds become available he said.
The board also moved to give the athletic
director the authority to sign agreements
allowing USC to participate in intercollegiate
athletic contests
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during the weekend.
THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT the dining
services receive is the "monotony of
meals--the same problem in any food service,"
McDaniel said.
To combat this problem, ARA will feature
"gourmet" and "ethnic" nights when
special items will be offered in addition to
the regular menu. "We plan to offer free
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McDaniel said. "We plan to include many
more egg and cheese dishes."
"Whatever happens, we will not be as high
as $2.79," the lowest price a competitor
charges for a comparative meal, he said.
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