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i eaFatHftOJWdliniitoifflaLibr'ary ioreeahott . t * f fiAmemrk ^ IWII | jgjg jg| University of South Carolina Increase expected mgm m ^ as Tuitior By John Braun tnn A. 1 -A. * _ A?AA 4. _ ArAA uov/ siuaenis may iace a *iuu 10 *duu tuition increase beginning in fall 1983 if the budget situation does not improve, university President James Holderman said Monday. A 10 fn IS rwrrpnt hnnsinc increase is also " rw- r o ? "probable," he said. Even with the tuition increase, USC would not come close to meeting its more than $13 million projected budget deficit for the 198384 school year. "It would take a $650 tuition increase per student to accomplish that objective. That is out of the question," he said. THE UNIVERSITY'S budget may be cut further next year if the Legislature passes *1 1 n 4 ine rumurcu z. peivciu <tv;iuas-uic-waiu budget cut for January, Holderman said. "If we have that on top of what we've already got, we will have even more substantial problems to face. I don't know that we can avoid a tuition increase if they take another 2 percent, which is $2 million, out of our budget." The university has submitted its 1983-84 budget proposal to the state Budget and Control Board. The budget will then be acted upon by the House Ways and Means Committee, the full House, the Senate Finance Committee and the full Senate. Holderman said. "There are a lot of steps to go through before we will know precisely what the outlook is, but I can tell you we'll have to eat some of the projected deficit with a tuition increase. "Unless the economy turns around with miraculous speed and incredible proportions, there's just no way we can avoid it," he said. USC IS THE only public college or university in the state that has not increased Capstone revol it., b _ i r? uy ?iuiiii oraun The Top of Carolina, the reyolving restaurant atop Capstone House, may spin for the final time in the next two weeks, a SAGA official said yesterday. The Capstone restaurant is expected to lose $60,000 this year, and SAGA has no proposals that would allow the facility to break even, Carl Chandler, director of food services at USC, said. The restaurant has never been profitable, he said. ARA (Food services, bAUrA $ predecessor) was never able to make it,' Chandler said, adding that ARA runs several revolving restaurants, including the top of the Hancock Building in Chicago. SAGA operates no other restaurants similar to the Top of Carolina, he said. CHANDLER SAID the restaurant is "cu of place" on the Carolina campus. "If w< have to serve fine dining, the prices woulc be beyond what the university community could support," he said. "There isn't an operation in the country that can compete at $3.25," the price of the lunch buffet, he added. The buffet price would have to be $4.90 foi the restaurant to break even, he said. The restaurant averages 100 customers daily, of whom 30 to 40 are students Chandler said. "I don't think it (the closing inside The Commission on Higher Educatioi approved yesterday a $2.1 million reductioi in funds for USC's budget. Page three. Comedian /hypnotist Tom DeLuca lej ?,i iiinn/inrinn uih/lt hnnnonoi cm luug'iirig uriu truiiuciuiB ?? ??*?? .m^irv.v Wednesday in Russell House Ballroom Page 10. Tomorrow's football game will reunit USC coaches Richard Bell and Jack Flig with Florida State coach Bobby Bowder Page 13. for 1983-84 acad i may. ris tuition during the past two years, Holderman said. USC did impose a fee surcharge last year, but it applied only to one semester. "We've been dealing with it (budget cuts) Ku oufiriO nnf nf aiip m?n h?Ha nnttin<f Ko/-?lr wj VUUUg VUV VI VU4 VTTH UlU^ Cllttlllg Ik/UVIV on programs and expenditures, eliminating positions by not filling spots," he said. USC has lost almost 750 state and federally funded positons, he added. If USC does not meet the projected deficit, Kolderman said, the university will probably cut programs or positions and use one-time funds to help balance the budget. "Hopefully, it (a tuition surcharge for the spring) is not our only real alternative," he - added, v A FACULTY SENATE steering committee is meeting with Provost Frank Borkowski to determine the areas of the university that can best withstand program cuts, Holderman said. "We will have to do away with some programs. I just don't think , i j a. n mere s any way we can avoid 11. Iving restaurant would have much effect on the students," he said. The restaurant profits also suffer because it has no liquor license. "The only thing you can make money on in this business is beverages," he said. "That's the only way 1 we keep the Gamecock (snack bar) going. 1 We don't make much money on the food." I \ HE SAID he felt some university housing 1 officials would oppose the restaurant's having an alcoholic beverage license | because of campus liquor rules and the Golden Spur's exclusiveness. "I'm afraid we're going to run into some politics if we 5 try to get a license," he said. Although the kitchen is equipped for a full5 service restaurant, Chandler said the C??etoiii*a*it ui/M lM hoira trv nharrtD I V/kJ 1<_A U1 Uilt WV/UIU 11U V V/ tV V.1IU1 gV Will t petitive" prices ? $5 for lundh and $10 to $12 j for supper ? and students could not afford j to eat there. f Inability to advertise and lack of parking have hurt the restaurant's business with the j private sector, Chandler said. "We are not ; allowed to advertise because local businesses might complain that we're using P taxpayers money that built the building (to compete with them)," he said. 5 Lack of parking also affects student trade, he added. "We're too far away for most J students to want to walk from the Towers and Bates," he said. "And if they (students) drive here, there's nowhere to park." n CHANDLER SAID he thinks the restaurant would be better suitea lor a Dar or "student hangout. You could have a buffet table, serve beer and wine ? maybe d liquor ? and have a business with almost no overhead. I think it would work out as a social spot." e SAGA has lost about $135,000 on its USC g operation this fall, Chandler said. "We just j. cannot afford to lose money here (on the Top of Carolina) without raising prices all over." m lemic year >e $100 t ~ ! ' ~ i \ 'There are a lot of steps to go through before we will know precisely what the outlook is, but I can tell you we'll have to eat some of the projected deficit with a tuition increase.' ? USC President I LJ-IJ jambs nuiuerman "Hopefully, they will have minimal impact on the comprehensive capacity of the university," he said. Holderman criticized the state government, saying officials view USC as "an easy target to take money out of our hides. Our problem is we are big. We are an easy target ? readily visible," he said. "Wp mav vprv wpII h*? navint* that nrirp We're going to do everything we can to convince the powers that be that the university ought not to be penalized for success." v v... ~ Holderman pointed " out that USC's projected state funding cut, the only projected cut for a regular university for 1983-84, was recommended by the Commission on Higher Education because USC has voluntarily decreased enrollment. "WE DETERMINED, with the encouragement of state officials and the may close, SAG The Top of Carolina. (JSC's revolving restam the naxt two weeks. Commission on Higher Education, to raise our admission standards and bring down the size of our freshman class," he said. "While we were doing it with the support of state officials and the Commission on Higher Education, we have yet to be recognized for that (increased per-student funding)....We would be, I think, foolish to take, on our own volition, fewer and fewer student*; if thp funding kept falling off." CHE has recommended that USC take 200 fewer freshmen next year. Holderman said USC regained almost all of the $1.5 million that was cut from the School of Medicine and the College of Applied Sciences. The state Budget and Control Board recommended $1.4 million for redirection to high technology areas. "It's a classic example of robbing Peter to pay Paul," he said. Nevertheless, Holderman said he is optimistic about USC's future. "I'm not worried about the future of this place. I think we're going to survive the short-term financial (problems)...and I think we're going to emerge as a very strong force in this state." HOLDERMAN SAID the university is trying to increase its endowment from private sources. The endowment is private money, kept in a fund, from which the university spends only the interest. The endowment, which Holderman said provides for "the margin of excellence" for USC, has increased from $4 million to $20 million without a major fund-raising drive. "T think vmi wonlH nlpaspd at our progress," he said of the current drive, the results of which will be announced in the spring. A official says rant located atop Capstona, may closa in