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*** ; ^QBHBB92^?B V H ^J^g^pP ^W& 0*"^ ? jgff . v\xN^ la. JB% South Carolina's Best College Newspaper "d0"" " ^?s Monday Volume LXX No. 23 University of South Carolina Columbit Qct.20,1980 USC may That's how Holdermar would meet budget cm oy i om uoyne Staff Writer To meet the $4.7 million budget cut recommended by the state Budget and Control Board, USC would have to reduce its faculty by 300 and cut systemwide enrollment by 25 percent, 7,121 students, according to USC President James Holderman. Holderman said the 7 percent budget cut would have "serious implications" for the future of the university. He said cuts would have to be made in instruction, research, academic support, operations and maintenance. The Commission on Higher Education recommended that USC's Columbia campus be appropriated $81.7 million for the 1QR1 -R9 ficml UOOr Thn Dnrlrtftf ?4?1 ?w . ut.ui j . j.uv uuugui auu v^uiiLiui DUctl ll bll^^CSlCQ only $71.9 million, 88 percent of the commission's recommendation. With the additional 7 percent reduction, the board is recommending a $68.2 million appropriation, $13.5 million less than the commission's recommendation. To meet the reduction, enrollment on the Columbia campus would have to be cut by 5,335 students. ROBERT DENTON, USC vice president of finance,said the university will not know the outcome of the budget board's proposal until April or May, The admission's office will not know how many students to accept until the outcome is known. urn.:. J - - i ins uoes cause a prooiem, but we will follow the proposal closely as it goes through the General Assembly," Denton said. "From this we will take readings. These readings will give us an idea of how the General Assembly will handle the proposal." Elizabeth Wills, assistant director of admissions, said applicants are usually accepted after their admissions applications meet requirements. "We use a formula based on SAT scores and class rank to predict a 2.0 GPR or above. This year the minimum predicted GPR will be 2.2," Wills said. "This would not account for a decrease of 5,000students though." WILLIAM PUTNAM, executive director of the state Budget and Control Board, said he could not reveal the contents of the proposal because it would cause panic in some departments. 'This is only a proposal. Nothing is set yet," said Putnam. "We will send our recommendations to the General Assembly, but the cut is not definite." In the past fiscal year no new positions were requested for any of the nine campuses. Enrollment was increased, but the university handled the situation by increasing the teaching load. Student Government President Larry Kellner said he hopes there will be no tuition increase. "We already have the third highest tuition in the Southeast," he said. Holderman told the Gamecock there would be no tuition increase. Instead, he said, he would nit nnmhor n( in. ^\7X ill coming freshmen while possibly stopping students on academic suspension from being readmitted to USC. ^&c :-. . I 1^^BbH^S|| m 1^1 JM fi| I 11 m HH " i Br end a Mitchell was crowned USC's Homecoming Queen at the game Saturday. The Association of Afro-American students sponsored her. k.Vy.v. ' ^ 4. - - J. ' " ? " ? cut enrollm "?" ' W v?Wv Members of the Commission on Higher Educatn Doing requestea or an state agencies. USC has dest if the 7 percent cut is enforced. (Photo by Kyle Ho/It USC may buy r By Susan Hand Staff Writer USC is negotiating with the S.C. Aeronautics Commission and the state to trade its Piper Navajo twin-engine airplane for a newer, faster, turbo-prop plane, according to Bernard Daetwyler, USC systems vic'e president for business and finance. But Daetwyler would give no details of the negotiation. use grounded the Navajo July 18 at the request of the Aeronautics Commission. The commission asked USC not to use the airplane while it investigated possible problems with Piper Navajos. TWO PIPER NAVAJO planes crashed in the United States during the past year prompting the grounding of the planes and the ensuing investigation of the planes' safety,according to Bill Goodwin, a commission spokesman. The Aeronautics Commission is a state agency controlled by a seven-member commission. Commission members are Ticket pick-up wo 1 , r i despite take distill Oy TomCoime Dea" staff writer was one of the Despite the circulation of a fake sign-up fake list. "I list, distribution of tickets to the USC- signed a list. Clemson football game ran smoothly, ac- Then I got my cording to Student Government Vice I saw everybi President Jeff Floyd. ended up at th "We've had a few problems, but com- how I manage mirPfl In nthor vr?;?r? thincfc hni/n rnn ifnrt; KoHnt- nnmKor , V?W ?v-. J "U",Utl well," Floyd said. "The only major problem Curt Amire, was a fake list that was put out. There was a said the distr crowd here at eleven, but we didn't start our better. "The list until eleven thirty." been here to c( frustrating sU Steve Fiorentino, a sophomore pharmacy cut ahead." student, showed up at eleven. "There was a MOST STL'I lot of pushing and shoving and said the pick-u disorganization. It didn't bother me too Campus Polic much, but my girlfriend was suffocating in They handled the crowd, so we got out and got at the back. they left. Stut We waited in line for over three and a half line would ha> nours. late said the JOHN BEKiRY, a freshman, got in line at cessful. 3:15 a.m. and had to wait in line for an hour Not all the to receive his number. "I didn't see any waiting for ti< major problems. I just wish I knew when man, was cam they were going to have roll call. My dorm is fun. "I'm goii playing a game tonight, and both teams are friends said I undefeated. I'd like to be able to play." out anyway." i . - " ent 25% ** ?s& "^S - , **#**, | ^ V."...- j -:-H- <astogapMM ;<:zl?"' i m discuss the 7 percent personnel cut that is ignated six areas where cuts will have to be made and) iew airplane appointed by the governor for the planning, development, improvement and repair of airports in South Carolina. Daetwyler said USC grounded the plane because oi the commission's recommendation, but he added that USC did not have its plane inspected while it was grounded. He said USC's plane was not the same model as the two planes that crashed. Goodwin said the commission does not have the power to ground aircraft. He said only the Federal Aviation Ad ministration has that power. USC grounded the plane voluntarily, he said. GOODWIN SAID the commission gave USC clearance to resume using the plane three weeks ago. The commission maintains a fleet of seven airplanes and two helicopters. Daetwyler said USC President James Holderman used the commission's airplanes while USC's ?T 1 1 ??_ j:j * i l 1- * Tr>/~1 -> inavaju wets giuuuucu. ne uiu uui miuw iiuw iiiucii uat paiu to use these aircraft. >ution list today at 5 p.m. lit rdson, an accounting major, Fraser Hall. s many people who signed the got here around eleven and :?i; ?Reai Life I was about ;>00 on that list l?V*ilnw?hin gear and was setting up when ~ ~'"r txly running to gel in line 1 P*"1- ? *v*|l. e end of the line I don't know ICalcoU Social I ed it, but i ended up with a Sciences Center. a computer science major, I RH Film I ibution could have been run ^f|Jn(ler the Roofe Campus Police should have ?* f , l&E >ntrol the lines," he said It 's ; mding in line watching kids P-.I11.14 Fee. >KNTS who arrived at eleven ip could have been run better. e were called a few times ^^ the immediate problem, then ?iaiiiiiM leuus saui a more organized re helped. But those arriving * ? ownriy snws pick-up had been very sue