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Volume LXX No 13 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Se^)t. 26, 19BO Phone rates Southern Bell needs I rou appruvui ju&i By Patty McCarthy Staff Writor USC students will probably start paying higher telephone rates in fall 1981. Southern Bell has requested a 12 percent rate increase from the state Public Service Commission. "It generally takes a year for these increases to go through, so there won't be any housing increase for the spring," said Dave McCauley, director of men's housing. Students pay for local telephone service through '.heir housing bills. A dormitory line is now billed at $9.80 a month. That amount is 6.4 percent of the student's housing dollar. After the increase, students will pay $11.40 a month. OFF-CAMPUS customers will be affected by the increase sooner, paying an additional $2.35 a month for a single-line, dial telephone. Business rates will increase $4.50 a month for one line. Southern Bell will put $36.5 million of its $39.6 million proposed increase into effect under bond Oct. 4. If the PSC does not approve the increase this winter, Southern Bell will have to reimburse its customers. Bell has asked the PSC for the increase to compensate for inflation. "We hope it will be approved,'' said Don Caughman, Bell public relations manager. "We think we have a justifiable case, but the ultimate decision will be entirely determined by the PSC." Oscie Brown, chief of the PSC's telecommunications department, said there are several steps used to determine if the increase will pass. FIRST, THE PSC checks to see if Bell's investments are useful in providing intrastate telecommunication service. Then it investigates the company's expenses to determine if they were reasonable. For example, donations to the Boy Scouts should be made by stockholders, not ratepayers. Next the PSC determines the rate of return to be earned on Bell's investment. Finally, it finds out how Bell will collect tho ? from shiHpnt.c rpsidpnces businesses or a combination of these. "Tremendous amounts of testimony on each point are considered," Brown said. "The commission has turned them (Southern Bell) down completely before and given them everything they wanted before. In neither case did I anticipate the decision." >. . n*. ..'"s/! :> Y: 'JP^kV : V- jj0:?&'x--. I Athletic Committee Chairman Leon Parrot addrnx-Cft:e thn cturlftnt cAnAfA VUftHnRsHai/. Thft I senate allocated $27,870 '*n fall funds to seven organizations. (Photo by Kim Newman} may i , ,+l o-if kiuuir/e/ri oiin tfXfJtfCIS but USC on-campus Senate to J cari By Tammy Kilpatrick Staff Writer The student senate allocated all hilt $1 (KH) of the available fall funds to seven organizations Wednesday, including an appropriation to its Finance Committee for operating expenses. Only one organization received a spring allocation, Finance Committee Chairperson Dorothy Stefan said during the meeting. The remaining $1,000 will be allocated to the additional organizations that requested monev ^ . The Waterski Club received $4,80() with $180 designated for insurance. Stefan said most of the money will be spent for pnninmont nnri fnol for thp 30-member club, but insurance is necessary to prevent lawsuits against the university in case of accidents. THE FLYING Club received $1,961, in addition to its spring allocation, to buy insurance. Stefan said allocation amounts do not come solely from the FinanceCommittee. They also include revenue raised by the organizations. The Indian Student's Association was guaranteed $689 from the Finance ' i A 1 A U i I. .. uommm.ee, wun me remainder of its $2,089 allocation coming from selfgenerated funds. Open Door, which was not funded last spring after ncreas ' the state Public Service Cc students won't pay the inc ~11 uiiuluic; rtnuft nro several years on campus, ( was allocated $4,010. The J program does not raise ' revenue. > TIGER BURN was ? awarded $320, while Bacchus received $275 to help finance a program to teach responsible alcohol con- ' sumption on campus. J I The Finance Committee < allocated itself $4,920 to pay for a graduate assistant's i position and some programs. Stefan said the Student Allocations Commission was 1 also awarded money for ? thpse nurnoses. ? In other senate business, I Kathy Czerwonka was 1 elected to the Student Organization Licensing Commission. STEFAN ALSO reported that the AFRO budget, reviewed by the committee after a decision to monitor the organization was announced last week, was approved at $9,495.80. AFRO voluntarily cut $2,386 of its budget. Community Relations Chairperson Jill Mitcheltree said her committee has arranged for absentee ballots to be placed in the Student Government office for interested students. The committee has been organizing a benefit concert for th(> iihticor) r?hilrlr#?n at Palmetto Place. Budweiser and the College of General Studies will sponsor the > >e in fc 1; I mg || tmmission to approve its n rease until next year. (Phot ifallfun anizatic concert. Mitcheliree said Student Government will not lelp finance the concert, vhich will feature the Early Wilds Band, Western Flyer and another band. A MI/ll1 fill (TIT arl?)(V>af<i i Hi t* v a 11 & u\-i ? wuvv kvas elected unanimously after Judicial Committee Chairman Peter Shahid announced that the advocate's office has been reorganized. Third-year law student Cindy Graham will be chief advocate. She'll have an associate advocate and fiveassistant advocates to assist her. Other advocates have not been chosen. The Powers and Responsibility Committee, chaired by George Mineff, recommended - several committee appointments. The senate approve# them unanimously. Janine Kuhn was appointed secretary for residence life. Tom Dudley and Michele M.Cook were appointed to the Amoco Teaching Award Committee. Barbara Derrick was appointed to the Student Aitairs committee, ana Anne Elizabeth Patterson was appointed to the Hor seshoe Com mi ttee. Paul Douglas Gilliam, Karen Bryan and Eric Miller were appointed to the Committee on Minority Student Affairs, and Atwell ill '81 ite increase request, Ki/ //^/tn DarM/>//l U */ Y f Ul ##C7##/ ds >ns Coleman was appointed to the Honorary Degrees Committee. Karen Powers was appointed to the ctiecuuiis *.-UIIIIIIIJ>5>IUII. t > Today at use Students for Anderson meeting, 10:30 a.m., RH Rm. 202. I South Carolina Fellowship meeting, ? __ Wh WW _ r?AA v p.m., nn nm. jto. + KH Film ? "The Jerk'% a Steve Martin comedy. Shows at 7 and 9:30 p.m., $1.50. Midnight show $1. Weather Today: Partly cloudy and warm. Highs in the upper fin* Oifv,?i7UU,; uiuuuy with scattered showers. Highs in the 80s, Lows in the 60s.