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t *"'~r -T- W . . .. r ^ ^ I U Monday ^?MIiiiluP Volume LXX, No. 5-4 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Feb. 9, 19B ! Ellis'jail sentence withheld A Richland County magistrate Friday sentenced USC football player Philip A. Ellis Jr. to 48 hours in iail. but after Ellis' attorney became angry about the sentence, the judge decided to temporarily suspend the sentence until Monday. During the hearing in Magistrate Allen F.Sloan's Bly the wood office, Assistant 5th Circuit Court Solicitor Joe McCulloch told Sloan the aggravated assault charge against Ellis had been reduced to simple assault. Ellis was previously charged with two counts of aggravated assault, but one was reduced to simple assault in a preliminary hearing last week and one was reduced to simple assault Friday. Ellis pleaded guilty to the simple assault charges and may have to serve the sen lence given r riaay unless new evidence is presented at today's hearing. Carolina ( By Tony Gambte Staff Writer The Carolina Concerts Series, beginning Carolina Coliseum, will offer such national as Marvin Hamlisch, the Pittsburgh Ballet Norman Luboff Choir. "Our purpose is to provide top quality p? reduced rates," said Chip Gray, director ? UIC 3U1 ica. USC STUDENTS will get in free, while tl will be charged reduced admission prices. U SC athlei i increases By Susan Hand Staff Writer USC's Athletic Department receivec $4,885,880 in 1980-81 to divide between it support services and activity programs? ? 21 percent increase over the 19798 allocation, said John Moore, Athletii Department business manager. Athletics received $885,732 last year. MOORE SAID the Athletic Department' projected revenue for 1980 81 is $4,898,001 The two major sources of revenue ar student athletic fees, which will account fo about $2.2 million, and Gamecock Clu donations, which will total about $1. million. Other sources of revenue are USC athleti ticket sales, profits from athletic event aired on radio and television and cot cessions. "The Athletic Department is self-supporting entity of USC. We get n state money. Most universities have t ? 4 < ir\ U ' ' RA/\/vm/\ r? r* i SUUSllUZt;, uui WCUUII i, muuicaaiu. EACH COACH helps prepare his budge according to Moore. The money allocate pays for equipment, scholarships, Cockfei expenses, most of the (JSC band's trav< expenses, salaries and fringe benefits sue as state employees' insurance and worl men's compensation. Moore said students' athletic fees pay fc littO to 400 athletic scholarships. The Athlet Department receives $16 from eac student's activity fee. "Since 1074 our women's (activitie; budget has increased 1,083 percent up unt 1979," Moore said. "USC has the be fiscally managed Athletic Department I'\ - Br BIT % : i y tn^H nr."?--':i'.\ fcgY MSBff ' ;::::^^Jrjfej S11 Gov. Dick Riley Concert Se According to Gray, seas regular coliseum ucKet oun [ March 4 at tickets will not be sold. All p< lly known artists , , , .. Theater and the "This schedule gives us h season, said Dick Coult Coliseum Advisory Commit! irforming arts at everyone, from the Royal md promoter for finest symphonies in the wo enrich everyone who sees it. le general public THE CONCERT series wil Pittsburgh Ballet Theater IV tics budget 21 percent ever been around. The football program is fiscally managed very well because Coach i (Jim) Carlen watches how he spends the s money," Moore said. J He said the Athletic Department alsc received about $460,000 in unexpectec revenue from the televised USC-University of Georgia football game and from the Gator Bowl. s I A breakdown of the 1970-80 and 1980-81 e USC Athletic Department budgets: r b 1?>7<>-S0 I9K0-81 6 Activities Football 1,1591.9 Ill $I,:II5.8I0 q .Men's liasketball 181,705 511.800 Women's liasketball I l(i.720 165.760 S liaseball i:i0.9?5 116.710 1- Men's Track 97.150 III.K70 ij Soccer 85.140 96,090 Men's Swimming 70.780 76.670 Men's Tennis 61.750 7.1.510 '? Women's Swimming 56.095 64.740 Women's Tennis 47,170 61,640 Women's Softball 44,485 55,580 t. u.n>., / ?i? ? -- ? ??> ? ??|| l l.H.Ci Si.lMW 'd Women's Volleyball 45,965 53.230 5t Women's (iolf 43,870 (new progr Women's Gymnastics 29,420 discontinued h Support Services: )r Administration 7B5.I33 70-1.150 Stadium Grounds 173,500 307.200 Gamecock Club 193.475 287,625 -h Ticket Business Office 275.9H5 Sports Information Office 107.100 197,000 5) Trainers 82.040 150,550 ? Women's Sports Admic 98.700 I25.'?60 St rc Total $-1,030,148 $4,885,880 Riley sa^i within be By Jill Hancock Copy Desk Chief The Commission on Higher Education is acting within its bounds in recommending that USC eliminate two-year degree programs in the College of General Studies said Gov. Dick Riley at a news conference J r nuay. Riley said he believes the commission is "fulfilling its function as required by the master plan? as an offshoot of the master plan." The commission has ruled that seven programs offered by General Studies duplicate programs offered by Midlands Technical College. According to the ruling, the programs must either be eliminated or "upgraded and strengthened through a gradual shifting from two-year occupational associate degree programs to needed fouryear baccalaureate programs." THE UNIVERSITY has appealed the ruling to the House Education Committee and the Senate's appellate body. Rep. Ernest Nunnery, D-Chester, asked Kfi 1 odiclofiifn Aurlit Pniirioi 1 Inn 9ft tn lnr?Lr tUV VV I 1UV4I V VVUIIV11 UUftl. ?UV/ vv 1VVI? into the commission's actions, saying the ries begins ion tickets are available for $15 at Patrick Frants ets and by mail, but single-event The ballet's erformances will begin at 8 p.m. "Nutcracker,' le variety we desired for our first Marvin Han er, chairman of the Carolina March 24. Thi: Lee. "There is something here for of the natioi Regimental Band to one of the Grammy win rid. It is entertainment that will performance,1 i? THE SCHE1 11 begin with performances by the Sept. 11, the 1 larch 4-5. The ballet, directed by Guards Oct. 8; i r~ ... I &w* ; I-. The USC A thletic Department s b< rs plans >unds commission is a "superfluous board" and may have overstepped its bounds in the General Studies decision. U ; 1^. . ,J? * U ; ?: ?_ ?: ivncjr uciciius IIIC UUIIlIIllbblUH b ciCUUriS, saying the commission should look into duplication of existing programs in South Carolina's higher education institutions. Riley said he doesn't have "a direct opinion pro or con,but I expect I'll develop one." THE GOVERNOR also said Friday the "blue ribbon commission," a committee set up by the Commission on Higher Education to respond to a U.S. Department of Education ruling requiring USC and eight other state-supported schools to submit desgregation plans by March 8, is "making every effort to meet the 60-day deadline set by the Department of Education." Parts of the plan being developed by the committee are to be implemented on a longterm basis, Riley said. 'There is no quick fix. We're looking at some long-term beneficial, in-depth kind of implementation, '' he said. ; in March i. is exoected to perform "Swan Lake." repertoire includes "Coppelia," "Gisselle." ' "Komeo and Juliet" and "La Sylphide." nlisch and the Atlanta Symphony will perform s concert matching the Atlanta Symphony, one n's top r: orchestras, with four-time ner Marvin Hamlisch should fx- a "first-rate " according to Gra> . DL'LE also includes the Cleveland Orchestra Coldstream Guard and Royal Scots Dragoon and the Norman Luboff Choir Nov. 2:3. ..^0? jiliif M# ** mRmBBBSK j^Hf - : <s udget is spread among many sports.