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Volume LXXNo.25 University of South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 0^.24,1980
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By Tom Coyne
Staff Writer
The Commission on
Higher Education will not
allow USC to include
military full-time equivalent
students taking courses at
the Fort Jackson Army Base
in its 1980-81 appropriation.
But Robert Denton, USC
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Denton
said the Legislature decided
UvSC could count the
mili tary FTE students in
the current fiscal year.
IN THE PAST we have
funded the military FTE
students as a public service,"
Denton said, "but this
year we went to the General
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The annual Giving Progra
started in 1972 by the USC Edu
goal of $100,000 for this year.
Campaign Coordinator D.
program has been successful ir
from state funds or private soui
The campaign started Oct. ]
campaign will end June 30,1981
MARSHALL SAID last year'
through research gifts to varioi
does not expect these gifts ever
The gifts, contributed by fac
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Bookstore managers sa\
hurt their business.
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USC'i
Assembly and asked them to
let us count the military
students, and they approved
it."
The term "full-time
equivalent" refers not to the
number of students, but to
the number of course hours
they take. For example, if
four students take three
hours each, they are counted
as one full-time equivalent
student.
Charles A. Brooks Jr., the
commission's assistant
director of finance, said USC
wants 4o claim these 213
military KTE students to
offset a projected loss of
students.
USC's budget is b ised on a
projected number of
students. USC projected
20,840 students at the
Columbia campus for the fall
semester, but only 20,693 are
enrolled.
THIS DEFICIT of 147
students will cost USC about
$475,000. Brook said USC
wants to count military FTE
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deficit.
"In the past, the commission
took the position
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m, a fund raising campaign
cational Foundation, has set a
Bruce Marshall said the
1 raising money not obtainable
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15 and has raised $39,300. The
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s total of $110,678 was obtained
lis departments, but he said he
y year.
ulty and staff members, may
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that military PTE students
at the base covered the costs
of the courses with their
fees," Brooks said. "In June
the commission decided
that's no longer the case."
In June the commission
decided that starting
in 1981-82, universities
will be allowed to include
military FTE students in
their appropriations. It also
decided to allow three USC
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Carolina, Beaufort, and
Sumter ? to count these
students in their budget
allocation this year.
John Duffy, vice president '
of two-year campuses and
continuing education, said:
"If we are not allowed to
count these students, it could
have an adverse effect on the
program, but we're running
it right now.
"We requested on Sept. 11
that we be allowed to count
these students," Duffy said.
"On Sept . 28 the commission
told us we could not include
these students. Right now
we're taking the posture that
the General Assembly ruled
that we could count them.''
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be designated or undesignated
all or part of their gifts to the
scholarships.
Marshall said the money rais
staff insurance program and
also helps new faculty memh
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conventions.
George C. Rodgers Jr., a 1
years, said he gives automatic
program.
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have to give. It's the only way, <
F.H. Duncan, a graduate stu(
he believes it's a good idea
of the camp
bookstores.
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prices on be
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a number of scholarship
?ers relocate and pays'5
doing research or atter
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ally because he believes i
itherine D. Hurst said,
3r we can't expect others i
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for all faculty and teac
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business will not be
proposed student book
according to directors
us and South Carolina
c exchange will be
by spring 1981, acStudent
Government
.arry Kellner. Kellner
anticipates objections
kstores.
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about the book exOOK
exchange works,
affect the bookstores'
>oks or other supplies,
'I wish them well, but I
>ok business, and I've
w book exchanges that
lid.
Dvernment has tried to
k exchange more than
led each time.
id it five years ago, and
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goal of $100,000
',naie graduate students to contribute. "I know it 's voluntary, but I
;cific believe it's part of your dues."
Nursing administrative assistant Sarah Grayson said she
t and likes knowing-where the money she gives will go. "Of all the
)s. It programs I've heard about, I've heard the least derogatory
some remarks about this one," she said.
iding q David Turpin, last year's foreign language campaign
chairman, said it's a worthy campaign. He said he would like
>r 2.] to give more, but it's difficult on a faculty member's salary,
n the One professor, who asked not to be named, said solicitation
from faculty and staff members is like asking them to accept
"We a voluntary pay decrease.
to." The difficulty of attracting good students prompted Elmer
said Schwartz of the engineering school to contribute. Schwartz
:hing designates his gift for the F.B. Hertv Scholarship.
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ange won t |aCUS^|i
ookstores
presents \M
it didn't work too well," said Pork 0ne-WOHian & playl
Bailey, director of the SC. Hook vot.Al1
Store. "Their biggest problem was "
nocontinuity in management." WOOd.
BAILEY SAID he didn't see stlOW COStS StUdellts!
anything wrong with the students I $2,50 and is |5 for the 1
setting up a book exchange. He nuA
said it might hurt business a little. ;?r^W*1
but he would not get upset about it. JS,?
Jeff Floyd, Student Government
vice president, said the book ex- RH'Fllllli^f/CJiiat ?
change will work.
"Before, they essentially tried to n 1 n ? 1
open a bookstore. That didn't J
work. This system won't deal in
money, but in information," Floyd
said. f-, 38jjra8B
This exchange will help the "918:
students save money by
eliminating the bookstore mark- Today t| Clouify' with
textbook manager of fe1* in
the Campus Bookstore, said the 50s. in 60s.
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ixjoKsiore exisis noi 10 cneat neciienw; jrccnn
students, but to supply them Saturday. Fair and
materials at reasonable prices. cooler Sunday. Lows
"If they can benefit by an ex . - ^_ Uf. ? _
change, then that's fine," Korie J} Highs upper
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