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4 ihe .South Caroline Library __ Campus Volume LXX, No. 0 University of South Carolina, Columbia , S.C. Sept. 17, 19BO Committee votes to lift freeze Ser By Tammy Kilpatrick Staff Writer The senate Finance Committee Monday recommended that the senate end the freeze on the Association of AfroAmerican Students' 1980-81 budget. The recommendation, to I J _ 1 A 1 t- A* - ue ueoaiea Dy me senaie today, would also require tight monitoring of the group's financial actions in the future. The committee could have recommended that the group's budget request be denied. Ttlic ciimmor" fho Qtnrlant A *?iw UMIIIIItVI f UIV k^tUUVHV Affairs Office charged AFRO with 18 violations of university budget regulations. Broderick Samuel, 1979-80 AFRO president, and Cheryl Doe, last year's treasurer, spoke to the committee. They said the violations Faculty about c By Patty McCartl Staff Writer The system used to det government is getting its 1 from federally funded univer contracts is questionable, many USC faculty and admin USC faculty members h; grants from federal and s commercial agencies and p university records show. ADout 85 to 90 percent o members have no federal g must fill out federal forms year. The forms come from of Management and Budget. THE CONTRACT and Gn Office, which keeps record funded projects, designs the for USC. "We prepare the indirect which goes to the federal g the university," said Ja supervisor of contract ai counting. Federal negotiatoi the proposed survey syste whether it meets necessary \ of the negotiators is the 1 Health and Human Services Department of Health, F Welfare. If approved, the survey professors at USC. Many pri late cc occurred because AFRO divided responsibility for handling money among committees. "Most of the committee heads were vprswl nn rponlntinnc hut maybe it was negligence on our part," Samuel said. The officers said too many people tried to handle the money, and confusion resulted. "We can't sinele out anybody for messing it up," Doe said. Finance Committee Chairperson Dorothy Stefan said no individuals were held responsioie tor tne violations, but the committee will request that the 1980 treasurer report once a semester to show that the organization is following guidelines. DtinonKnnin 1 C C 1 AOA x icopnuiiid iiciuica, laou81 AFRO president, will present a revised budget reducing AFRO's allocation request by almost $1,900 at . This does look pretty Ik how everything had letter from Student A i S -Broderick Samuel, 1 M:/\ j rnmnh jrant sui iv linriprstanrt u/F forms to profes ermine if the "Allocation < noney's worth professor worl sity grants and who is not,'' sa according to professor of m; istrators. ave about 850 "IT'S FED itate agencies, worst," said private donors, provost. "V bureaucratic i f ?TC/^ f 14.. i. I? ?*_ -I uov^ ia^un.y mem. rie san rants, but still audit systems three times a .necessary. the U.S. Office Bertin Ely "It's more co int Accounting grant. There's s on federally count somethii survey system out which is tl grant for thest cost proposal Some do not [overnment for forms even th( cob Whetsell, "There's no r nd grant an- mvself " said rs then review professor. "It'i m and decide you don't have sfnnHnrHc Dnn "I nan nnHo Department of think it would , formerly the asked only t Education and grants. They' oranges for dc is sent to all work that well, ofessors do not >nside Thursday's Finance Committee meeting. Jeffries and other AFRO officers reduced the* KllHrtnt ntinv* liV ai IC1 U1C violations were discovered. Finance Committee members expressed concern that the same violations could happen again, but budget reviews were suggested as a way to Drpvpnt a rprnrrpnpo 4,rrVio* 1 ? ?. - V?1VV, A liu V shows responsibility from this year's officers right there," Stefan said. "Hopefully this will be a deterrent." The violations included failure to deposit money raised at AFRO events and failure to file paperwork or charge admission for events marked as fund-raisers. The amount missing has not been determined, but Stefan said efforts will be 1 A- *1 f 1 mciut; iu locale Liiu iunos. AFRO was budgeted $15,658 with $10,619 allocated ' bad. / was not aware of piled up until / got the flairs.' 979-80 AFRO president by the Student Allocation Commission and $5,039 to be raised by the group. The organization spent $10,438.32 of its budget, but it raised nnlv Cqclq ah Marsha Duncan, dean of student affairs, said the AFRO officers failed to plan ahead and follow university procedures. "It was dumb. The organization has paid the price for officers not sitting on top of the financial procedures that are so ains ( * T/>1 T l vcy iy the government gives the ?sors who hold no grants. )f time is much different for a ting on a grant than for one id John Charnetski, associate anagement science. ERAL bureaucracy at its Frank Borkowski, USC ye feel it's additional )aperwork from the governd the grant foundations have and the survey is unIII hiolncv nrnfp?s?nr T OJ r- * mplicated if you do have a often more than one way to ig. The problem is in figuring le proper way." Ely holds a udy of genetics. seem to mind filling out the >ugh they do not have grants, eason to complain about it Leonard Gardner, geology s very simple to fill out when a grant. rstand why they do it, but I be more meaningful if they he professors working on re combining apples and j ita, and I don't think it will t Charnetski said. I See Faculty, page 5 \ rs AF #Bisnsi/if y yui any /JarStUfl they still have to be problems.' -Marsha Duncan, < important when you have a large organization," she said. AFRO'S hlirlOPt frrv7*?n hv ? o ? ? "" v"v"* Duncan since the violations were discovered during the summer, will be releasee after the committee sends the group a letter requesting the budget revision. The organization will operate or lact voar'c Ku^rtoi n?4?l iYir j vui u UUU5^t Ulllll IIIC revision is approved. Duncan said Doe and Samuel worked hard for AFRO, but did not follow 1 - -11 - yi ui.cuui ca L'cll t'lUll) enough. "Nobody got an> personal gain out of this,' she said, "but they still have to be responsible for the problems." Samuel admitted the violations were serious "This does look pretty bad. 1 was not aware of hou everyming naa pnea up unti I got the letter from Studeni Affairs during the summer But everything that was saic by both Cheryl and I is th< truth," he said. One violation occurrec when a $2,257.44 bill for the Black Ball, held at the Towr House in February, was received by Student Affairs rlliriria th#? summer AFRfl had received no authorization to charge the bill to the university. Paperwork was completed too late to be approved by Student Affairs for the ball ?.-^.--~W -7^v>*5-i;;''.^i:->''.'. .7>:& _\.;T r?: ^ -vr; r-'-- " ' ">- v'-*-c-^rv^Kii;?tC-L~:..VI : 1g?? - , - . . . . \ - g|: ^r^^ISS ? 4 J Dr. H. E. Scheibich, matt iesk. Some faculty n irruptions caused by "i veys. ROb a! gain out of this, but responsible for the * dean of student affairs % B BMBWre ^ " 3B8 -Sa- :^aB ' expenses, Samuel said. A Town House spokesman said ' n n Hnuin navmonf >irie ??\/ v* V ?T t> pt4 J IIIVIIl W C* O necessary because "the J university alwavs pays its i bills." Money raised from Black ; Ball ticket sales was never deposited, but Doe said t different committee ' chairmen handled the ' money. 44I knew of no ex t penditures because I was not responsiDie lor me par 1 ticular night," she said. University policy requires that money raised foi I revenue be deposited withir ; 24 hours. 1 Fart of the money was > kept in a cash fund to pa> 1 expenses, another violatior 1 of university rules. Samuel I <.niJ u:11~ : -u oaiu isajnug uuid in idMi Wda quicker after paperwork requesting payment with checks was not completed in time. "As a president, when i professor, works at his lembers resent the in jnnecessarv" fe>Hf>rai cnr. udget Vr^T.^rbf ' j /.?. >^pn^BB^n^^BBBnvnHEDO| ???p?^- y.wmmmmmmmmwtmum somebody comes to you and 1 says, 'I gave you four hours i of my time," it's hard to say I can't get you your money,' i so I just went ahead and paid him ^pmnpl cniH tr? *?vnlnin ' " why a disc jockey at an AFRO event was paid from I the cash fund. Records show that no i money was deposited during February or March,despite a L proposed revenue of - $2,137.50. But Doe said she was "more than certain" the k m Ann*; umc ? iiayjiitj wao ucpvoucu. Doe said Samuel said the i AFRO officers intended to return money borrowed ; from revenue. "Many of the ' violations were not ini tentionally done, and we I were going to correct them, i Samuel said. Duncan said the correc i nuns were never maae. i "Good intentions are not good enough when you're Sen Survey, page 5 ( \ T odav ^ j T" C55I Vv^ i lor* RH film: Lo#( Horizon. blurring Ronald Column and Jane Wyatt, ?UVH? ?WlT iRH^tV UTOWn land of Shangri-la. S&wwi at 2:30, 7:00and p.m. Carolina Career Fait will be held on the Rwssel! House patio from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Representatives from cor poratton#, governmental agencies, school districts and undergraduate schools will give information about various careers and graduate programs available. . Weather Today: Portly cloudy with high near 90. Thlltsdov: Sunnv nn/1 u>orm with lows in the 60s and highs around 90.