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Inflation is still a pre
the highest it's been sin
and college tuition is con
No one ever said atfa
easy. Think of all th
statesmen who struggle
their ways through colle
that remind us of how ea
it really easy?
The economy aff
preschoolers to senior
have been forced to ci
portant areas. And stat<
not escaped the swing of
S.C. colleges and unr
percent budget cut.
deduction may mean th<
programs in the College
Sciences (formerly G
major cut in the medica
supplies.
The budget cuts have
that have tried to hire
equipment. Consequent
the consequences.
The university's coll
pensating for slack crea
major tuition increase if
1983-84 school year. Alt]
for this spring isn't likely
James Holderman, the f
will be substantial.
For students gradual
isn't that bad. But for st
next year, the news of a
hit their pocketbooks lik
In the past, students h
the rising costs of a coll
on financial aid. This
severely limited. Pell
work-study funds and s
far between because of g
The student with ar
average grades must <
income is too high to re
average grades are 1
scholarship. In the pa:
might have depended on
but with the unemploym
finding a job is less likelj
The Social Security
vivor's benefits have bee
will eventually be phase<
these Social Security bf
decrease in the October
previous check receive
who receives survivor's
to withdraw from schc
backs.
One of S.C. governm
educate its citizens, bi
stantly throws stumbli
pathways.
Higher education i
students, but it indire
state.
College-educated citiz
for the state. Technolog
that can increase the po;
thus creating more jobs.
The list of higher ed
endless. Education is tri
Although govemmenl
somehow must be curtai
college and university
solution to the state's
haup nnf haH a an<
economy are forced to p
Higher education is v
nation. There must be
balancing the budget tl
son's right to a college ec
;e, inflation
oniiratinn
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?ht for college students.
>blem , unemployment is
ce the Great Depression
isistently skyrocketing.
ending college would be
e heroic tales of U.S.
id day and night to work
ge. We hear these stories
isy we have it now. But is
ects everyone from
citizens. Governments
it back spending in im^
1 1 1- 1
e-suppuneu scnoois nave
the budget-cutting axe.
^ersities must face a 4.6
For USC, this budget
e elimination of two-year
i of Applied Professional
eneral Studies) and a
1 school's equipment and
hurt other USC colleges
new faculty or buy newly,
students must suffer
eges will not be comted
by the budget cuts. A
> being requested for the
hough a tuition increase
/, according to President
ollowing year's increase
ing this year, this news
udents returning to USC
possible tuition increase
e a ton of bricks.
taving difficulty meeting
lege education depended
i alternative has been
grants, student loans,
cholarships are few and
Government cuts.
i average income and
>ink or swim. Average
ceive financial aid, and
Loo low to receive a
st the average student
a job to finance college,
lent rate at 10.1 percent,
r.
administration's surin
cut drastically cut and
d out. Students receiving
f' A
jnenis saw a Zd percent
check, compared to the
d in April. The student
benefits may be forced
>ol because of the cutent's
major tasks is to
it the government coning
blocks in students'
nost directly benefits
Ctlv b^nftfits th*? entire.
ens provide brain power
,ical advances are made
ssibility of new industry,
lucation's advantages is
lly the state's backbone.
t spending and inflation
iled, budget reductions of
budgets seem an unjust
problems. Students who
:e to contribute to the
ay the price.
ital to our state and our
another alternative to
ian the denial of a periucation.
_Jetters
Wise lam
By Deagtas
Most persons are aware of ti
On the real estate market, prii
front foot Tajces paid by land <
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governments.
The greatest value of our
recreational use. The state's
provides enjoyment and relaxa
loss of beaches to erosion is a
Carolinians, but understanding
considering corrective action.
Simple solutions elude the
several causes intricately ir
changing climate.
OLD-TIMERS will tell you til
most beaches. Two long-term
away at the shoreline.
Over this century the level of
inches. This results in an em
places. The blame for this ?
glacial ice in polar regions.
The second long-term cause
beach sand in the estuaries a
coast. Until these coastal emb?
deltas, they will continue as tr;
sources.
The most dramatic beach er
its flirv thp c?9 JonHc fn floHil
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from the upper parts and mo
hours are necessary to devas
nature is not without its own pi
the size of the storm, though,
more gentle waves can push th
onto the beach.
IN THE MYRTLE BEACH a
beach, there is a seasonal pat
building up of the beaches. 1
noticed in the fall. This is bee;
level reaches its highest annual
sea is at its lowest mark, the foi
on the shore.
This seasonal cycle, of course
by storms. Changes observed
rather mild comnarpd t.n manu
The beaches most subject t<
adjacent to inlets. The progrei
changes the wave patterns an
buildup and erosion.
Often landowners on one s
watching their lots grow bigg
side are looking for ways to re
Neptune's impending grasp. I
property owners have tried m
rate of beach erosion, all with v
A PERMANENT solution is ]
a big job that economically
erosion is the removal of sar
stopped simply by replacing th<
The problem is that to be
measured in miles must be co
tion of the beach is built up, th<
that new sand far along the
yards have been moved in plac
the beach with success.
In addition to the large an
i use solv
le value of our ocean beaches.
:es are thousands of dollars a
Dwners and beach visitors are
e for our state and local
beaches, however, is their
unique coastal environment
tion for many. This is why the
significant concern to South
its causes is necessary before
experts because there are
iterwoven with the earth's
ley have seen a slow erosion of
factors are at work nibbling
the oceans has risen some six
:roachment evident in many
ipparently lies with melting
?i? ? * 1 ?* * <
is uie iidiui cu entrapment 01
nd inlets that punctuate our
lyments are turned into river
aps of beach sand rather than
osion is caused by storms. In
;n beaches by removing sand
ving it offshore. Only a few
>tate the face of dunes. But
an for renewal. Depending on
decades may pass before the
le storm-eroded sand back up
u e?i, wnere?i nave smo^ea jne
tern to the tearing down and
Erosion is most likely to be
ause during the early fall sea '
I point. Early spring, when the
*merly eroded sand reappears
can be disrupted at any time
along the Grand Strand are
other areas.
) radical sudden changes are
isive shifting of offshore bars
d sources of sand, leading to
ide of an inlet are enjoying
er while owners on the other
scue their beach houses from
n their search for a solution,
any ways to stop or slow the
aried success.
passible, but fight' ig nature is
may be impractical. Since
id from the beach, it can be
e sand that has been removed.
effective, sections of beach
nsidered. If only a small sec;
waves quickly will distribute
shore face. Millions of cubic
es like Miami
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nount of sand that must be I
ehs smm 1
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~U"<)
es beach i
guest ed
moved, the source of that sand m
sand must be rather clean and <
where the wave transport of sai
active zone extends from behin
where the water is 35 to 40 feet de
These restrictions on the sourc
usually mean transporting the s
thus increasing the cost of such p
IN A FEW locations around
programs have been installed,
places where the coast is like Soi
be seen if an affordable long-tt
many of our beaches that are thr<
Short-term solutions abound. I
term. Most solutions cimv fVio
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become ineffective. The end re;
beach littered with the remnant
The tires, broken slabs of sea
pilings don't possess much eye ap
The answer to the problem lies
beach erosion does not directly
vestments, few individuals care i
feet of the shore line. The eros
Island near Charleston goes ui
beach house owners on nearl
something be done about the prob
IF IT WERE possible to set as
for the ocean's future use, beac
academic concern rather than a s
cunairutuun seiDacK standards c
they prevent valuable structures
of greatest peril. Moreover, widi
behind the dunes would be more i
recreational appeal than when s
dunes.
The author is an associate prof
science at the University of
Carolina campus.
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lust be chosen carefully. The
come from outside the zone
id affects the beaches. This
id the present dunes out to
eD.
e of renourishment material
and considerable distances,
rejects.
the world, good, workable
However, these are not in
nth Carolina's. It remains to
srm solution is possible for
eatened.
iut they are just that: shortrosion
for a while and then
suit is usually an unsightly
;s of the protective devices,
wall, rip-rap and decaying
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> with wise land use. Where
affect people's private inf
the sea is reclaiming a few
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inoticed, whereas stricken
jy Folly Island ask that
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ide a certain margin of land
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attractive and have a higher
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