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J8o?eddh6& -i;"' % i-*l _ ^ S 41 I Di!LK RATE No spri By Jeff Drains No tuition increase is plani crease for next fall will b< President James Holderman a In an announcement mad< luncheon and later at a Facull reviewed the university's and s Holderman said the univer with state leaders to meet th< economic dislocation, growing and indeed, personal hardship South Carolina citizens. Tuitio long as humanly possible." Holderman reminded his at 1982 increase "when virtually state (raided its tuition). "I find it difficult to recon many of the families who se stricken with economic hardsl of trustees meets next week raise tuition this spring," Hold Steve Beckham, executive i it would be "very surprising' with Holderman's stand. The ministration's budget-related said. The S. C. Commission on Hi Carolina's two-year occupatior meeting. lUnf-orl on I1UIUU liU By Toni E. Saddler A speech by noted con IAbagnale, scheduled for 8 p. night in Russell House E canceled Wednesday af Program Union's Ideas an< Imittee requested a sigi verifying Abagnale's story. Abagnale announced he wi colleges in the future and ca engagements for which he and contracted, attorney said Wednesday. "There had been some rumors circulating about t Abagnale's story which ca tention on Tuesday," : Hamilton, Ideas and Issu chairman. "We requested him to give verifying his story," H Abagnale refused and canc about 10 a.m. Wednes< Hamilton said. ABAGNALE, a self-accl I forger, short-change artist without peer, claims to hav checks and cashed them for million. The author of the nc If You Can" said he has pos lawyer, stockbroker, airlim ng tu itii led for this spring, but an in e seriously considered, USC nnounced Wednesday. ; at a University Associates ty Senate meeting, Holderman state's budget picture. sity is committed to working e "challenge of these times of constraints on appropriations, >s being experienced by many n increases will be deferred as idiences that there was no fall ' every other institution in the imend tuition increases when nd us their young people are ? mi_ r 1 11. _ i i up. mereiore, wnen me Doara I will not recommend that we lermansaid. assistant to the president, said ' if the board did not go along board usually follows the adrecommendations, Beckham H Hi Ilm x * **> ? ,r^ * imm 1^ v. gher Education recommended the lal studies programs at their Th n artist c * professor an ??z : escaped fron artist Krank ^ i * m. Wednesday eb ary 10, J lallroom, was He now tel ter Carolina school studei i Issues Com- distributive < led affidavit appeared eig Show," and o 11 not speak at as well as o nceled 10 such according to/ was scheduled Hamilton s; Bob Welbes agent, Mark Agency in H ! unconfirmed ' uesday afte he validity of was no^ able t me to our at- Tuesday nigh! said Richard According I es Committee re(juest for tl: and Abagnalc us a statement Sch<'dlll<'d amilton said. wolbps aj gelled the date client lea'rnec lay morning, affidavit had 1 a routine ca Houston airp aimed master board a fligh and impostor back to his ol e forged 17,000 his (JSC appe; more than $2.5 jvel "Catch Me Abagnale ed as a doctor, agency cance e pilot, college dates, Weibes on incre A telephone poll of the boar dicated the trustees would favc added. Holderman said he "must hon to members of the board my o] S.C. doesn't improve substanti major tuition increase is inevit; year. "We are committed to the tas the best faculty and staff availa furloughs and layoffs," Holdern last resort." Holderman also said that v absolutely necessary positions a Economic hard times and tl have evoked several responses f Freshman enrollment has b< mission on Higher Educatio capping freshman enrollment a USC and Clemson. USC did not raise fall 1982 tu the establishment of internal engineering, business, computei New short-range responses t continued stringency and cuttir Holderman said. svSiiii&MBr i phase-out of ursday morning ancels US r?i ageni. ne auegeaiy i federal prison in Atlanta L971. Is his story to bankers, high nts and other audiences in 3ducation seminars. He has ?ht times on "The Tonight n "The Mike Douglas Show," n other national talk shows, Ibagnale & Associates. aid he telephoned Abagnale's Zinaer oi tne Mark zinaer ouston, Texas, about 2 p.m. rnoon. But Hamilton said he 0 get in touch with Zinder until t. to Hamilton, Zinder said the te affidavit would be handled, ; would deliver the speech as magnate's attorney, said his 1 Wednesday morning that an been requested when he placed 11 to his secretary from the >ort as he was preparing to it to Charlotte, lie then went fice in Houston and cancelled jrance, Welbes said. then issued a letter to his Iling all college and university isaid. ;aser Ho d's executive committee inir the president's position, he estly and forthrightly convey pinion that if the economy of ally in the months ahead, a able for the 1983-84 academic ;k of attracting and retaining ble, and we will seek to avoid lan said. "That is an absolute vhen vacancies occur, only ire filled. tie state's budget tightening rom USC. sen capped. The state Com- < n yesterday recommended i 11981 levels this fall for both s i ition. Instead, it emphasized funding priorities, such as ! p science, math and nursing. I r> hlidfpt rnn^tmink inolnHo < lg and raising private funds, i Higher edi votes to p By Joe Cumbie Budget axes continued to fall the S.C. Commission on High voted to recommend the phas< two-year occupational studies ] Thn /lAmmicriAn nln/\ ? i.ut t uviiiuuooimi f caiou 1 limiting enrollment at four universities and reducing the k state's two medical schools. B measures had been tentatively a work session last week. The recommendations must by the General Assembly bef take effect. The commission's action recommendation by the state Control Board that state ins their respective budgets by $3.1 IN RESPONSE to the action, Francis Borkowski express about how the program cuts wc university. "We have tried, as a univers the cuts and move with thei "Adjustments have been m? continue to be made in accord* (JUIIlIIllsblUIl b 1 cCUI IlIIlt?IlUd llv iC, collegi ABAGNALE'S LETTER, d states, "I have made a decisi tinue doing college dates e mediately. "When the fee I receive engagements is measured aga cost of doing them, it is not wor to be subjected to situations su at University of South Carolina "In the future I will be c solely on my seminar presentat "As of this date, our exclusive the college market is null an letter states. IN THE PAST, Abagnale h such schools as University University of Missouri, University and Clemson Unive the first school to require Welbes said. Abagnale's cancellation at 1 means the possible loss of j ($2,200 ner engagement) from >T~? , O-O $500 agent's comission for each all out-of-pocket supplies, i vertising, that each school h.' far, Welbes said. "Abagnale felt it wasn't < request for an affidavit as it wf in which it was handled," the i Hamilton and Rich Singer, P University Union assistant d Iderma 'I find it difficult to increases when many send us their young ; economic hardship. T! board of trustees mei not recommend that i spring/ non i ? UOU I "The plan for Carolina is creased emphasis in the gi reflect the needs of our time science and business" wl framework, he said. In light of the recent visi Shintaro Abe, Holderman ternational studies as "so vi continues to pour into this si inextricably tied to the ambit state, but of other nations of tl ication ct ihase out concerned, have been si yesterday as Commissi er Education the univers eout of USC's with the cor programs. take the re< ecommendod is, to say thf -year public Borkowsh >udgets of the reviewing Cach of these programs ' approved ?at alterations ' commission be approved ore they can CLEMSOl the commis , budget-cutti followed a recommend i Budget and capped at 1 ititutions cut ciemson ex i million. ,..;n 1UUU1115 VY 111 use Provost Clemson I >ed concern proposal w? >uld affect the jured Clem: stitutions in ^ 'hesaiS' back to "98! ide and wili 'f F >nce with this change of >ns. We are e appear ated Oct. 6, both tactfi on to discon- hearing ab( (ffective im- speech, Wei f "He took a fnr thPQP .. V U u u suit, Welb< inst the high had scryed th the money butitwasa ch as the one "WHY S oncentrating controversy 10ns- r lawyer. 2 contractor / id void," the Hamilton Ideas and Is affidavit cii the Nations as spoken at tivjH an of Georgia, heldSaturd. Kent State i Ten :isiiy. is, an affidavit, ?===== 0 universities insid about $22,000 * Columl each school, v?te on clc 1 contract and Russell Hoi **" '?< ! . tu? rrc >uv-ii no un- - i m' uo as spent thus promises d\ by woll-k >o much the Watanabe. is the manner attorney said. * USC's t lussell House straight sh irector, were College of C n says i recommend tuition r of the families who jeople are stricken with herefore, when the ets next week, I will we raise tuition this President James Holderman now one that will focus on inraduate area, in colleges that such as engineering, computer lile keeping a liberal arts it of Japanese Trade Minister mentioned the issue of intal to us as foreign investment ?, tate. Our economic future is so ions and fortunes not only of our he world." emission programs though, that these programs ngled out." oner Fred Sheheen commended ity for its efforts to cooperate nmission. "USC's willingness to commendations and study them ; least, commendable." :i said (JSC is in the process of all of its undergraduate and making the necessary where needed to cooperate with requests. V UNIVERSITY did not accept sion's action as USC did. In the ng measure, the commission ed Clemson's enrollment be 981 levels, which means that if ceeds that level of enrollment, not be provided. President Bill Atchley said the is "unfair to Clemson" and inson more than it did other inthe state. lir for Clemson University to go I levels," Atchley said. "In the *ars, we've had a net student 79 students. Productivity at See "Commission," page four. ances il, but Abagnale objected to mt the affidavit the day of the bes said. the request as a personal ines said. Abagnale told Welbes he time in jail and broken the law, part of his past. UOULI) I subject myself to r now?" Abagnale asked his said the rumors prompting the sues Committee's request for an rculated during a convention of il Association of Collegiate Acassociation of college unions, ay in Asheville, N.C. See "Abaguale," page four. I? >ia City Council again delays a )sing Greene Street in front of ise. Page Jive. C Donee Company's fall coneert i versify of style and a guest piece Mown choreographer Leslie Page 10. ioccer team recorded its fourth utout with a 7-0 win over the 'harleston. Page 13.