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Class On Saturday? Dorothy And Toto Come To Columbia Page 3 Page 7 GAMECOCK No. LXXII, No. 2 University of South Carolina Wednesday, June 17,1981 s^l^E ^T% <* 1^5 ^ v ^ '" Ilk Mil :v:'"'^lr* ';v. <:" ' .^' 'Bir^ ^ -^IW^Jp^r ^gBI The General Assembly will I m mm av r By DONALI) WEATHER1 Unless the South Carolina General Ai additional $3 million for USC, students at campus may face a 20 percent tuition increa to a USC finance official. According to Pete Denton, IJSC vice presi needs about $f> million to maintain last year Denton said the General Assembly may supj USC would still be about $8 million short of ?- J ' 1 m % The propose^,tuition increase oi $iuu lor 9200 for out<oif-8Ut? atudenta woAitd g?n? million, but another $1 million would be neei Students can not be expected to pay a tuiti raise $3 million, Denton said. "These are tough financial times," Dent these tight times is because we're not fully formula." kThe State Commission on Higher Edu similiar institutions at IK) percent, I)ent< percent is what is causing the severe finan Thp measures under consideration in tY Z^W&SSBKL A ^^BPPwx^^r-x ss;T ^ adBSSSB&jp flB^v ^ ^MBB^lit . Jr ^oEHBHrW^ le reviewing the budget wit JKK raise $2 million 1 proposed $1 mill university anothc jsembly approves an from July 1 to Jai tending the Columbia ,se next fall, according ident for finance, USC '8 operating cost level. )ly about $2 million hut the necessary funds. : g in-state students and art Mdittonul :3f tied to mwst the coatf*. ion increase that would le General Assembly to BHBHH * ohjha M ?MKjtfU&ttaa W&EcfWJZ ^:-:. -*^*3 -?vi'.~-"jrJ/B^^* jT1-'' JHK jhin the next few weeks whic x) cover part of USC's operating costs incl ion allocation and a proposal that would sa ;r $1 million by moving the deadline for pay nuary 1, Denton said. "'" X , '/: sS: <v. Pete Denton ^90t r jfi ^ / '' ' h will determine whether (ISC Phc lude a If pay raises are effective July 1,1 ve the in raises by the end of the fiscal year raises pay raises become effective .Ian. 1, only during the last six months of million, Denton said. Most of USC's operating budget and if USC does raise the $5 millioi still be in "tough finacial times" enforce USC, s purchasing power wi lit lISC's ability to buy equipment ,%nce, travel and printing, student v a>verely limited unlenn more mone op?rat? under for a wit, I said. Results of the General Assembly*! late July. If the General Assembly c million, the tuition increase is expec "We don't like to raise tuition," I what comes through the General As j||si] "In conclusion, what we're talki higher education," he added. tuition will increaso. >to by John Parnell. LISC will have spent $2 million , but if the proposal passes and USC would increase salaries next fiscal year - saving $1 pays salaries and utility bills, n needed, the university would because additional funds to ill he needed, Denton said , pay for repairs and mainten/agen and other expenacs wi\\ be y i? rained.. ::w, t confederations are expected in an not provide an additional $3 ;ted to pass. )enton said. "We'll have to see sombly." ncr nhnnt is a commitment to