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Formula based on fee p< Committee to By Rachel Waterhouse A reapportionment bill that would rearrange Student Senate seats based on the number of students in a particular district 4^ A.1 r* 1 - w<*c seiu iu me ruues uommutee Wednesday. The committee will decide today whether the bill should come back on the floor next week. All areas of the university are not receiving proper representation under the current plan, said Student Government President Ashley Abw. He said the number of students has increased in some areas and decreased in others. Under the proposed reapportionment formula, one seat will be appointed for every 300 fee-paying students, plus 60 percent of 300 or 180 students, in a district. It is possible for a district to have between one and three seats. For 479 or fewer students there would be one seat, for 480-779 students there would be two seats and so forth. The 60 percent figure was arbitrarily selected from the proportion of on-campus students to those who live off-campus and pay their fees. ?Jj aying i decide Studen' There are about 8,300 on-campus students b to about 6,900 off-campus students who pay u their fees. All on-campus students pay s i r diuueui A problem arose about the difference p between students who pay fees and those who don't. Some senators said it wasn't fair c that students who do not pay fees do not get n representation in the proposed plan. a The USC computers only have listings for fee-paying students, Abel said. "It's just the ii way they divide them." ii The 4,000 students who do not pay fees and f have the right to vote can't be found, Abel s CaiH Qfll/lon f ? 11 ?4 uuiu. utuu^ui VJUVCllllUCIIL Will ICUlStiriUl according to the computers' figures, he v said. s SG Vice President Mike Sheely said the c students who do not pay fees would not be represented, but would be able to vote on the s plan. s Another problem cited was when the i proposed plan would go into effect if it I passes. Several senators said it is too late to put c the new plan into effect because filing for SG 5 elections has already begun. Some seats 5 would be lost and a few would be added that t wouldn't be filled, they said. "To postpone or delay the elections would \ t Senate reappc e a major mistake," Abel said, "and it fould not be fair to change the rules in mid- wju tream." as Sheely said, "I will do everything in my gen ower not to have one (a new election)." stU( Sheely said he thought it would be best to can ontinue with the elections as planned and to pr0j nake an amendment accounting for the ??] dded and lost seats if the bill passes. initi The amendment would put new senators gco nto the additional seats, but keep senators an(j n the seats proposed to be cut until the q ollowing semester. This would establish a forr urplus of senators, Sheely said. wa^ The senators in the eliminated seats eac] vould be able to hold their seats for one q emester until something could be worked pro kilt. Shfflv said -- ?, 15 is "There would be a double standard," he x ;aid. "Under the old plan there would be the 5^ ;ame number of seats ? none would be cut, gen *nd under the new plan, the new seats would jr >e filled." Con The athletic, community relations and off- gen :ampus committees were deleted from the Ber >G code, and a new committee, the Student coni Services Committee, was added, combining j^es he duties of all three committees. Bi Under the new committee's provisions, it him vill consist of all Senate members and will con< Tkk^k^k^k^k *klk fii ^ m irtionment haired by the president pro tempore It meet at least once a month and be usee a source for subcommittees from th ate. It will be responsible for handling lent ticket distribution and ensuring thai lpus bulletin boards are being usetf ^erly by the Carolina Program Union. Vow we will have a big group who car ate things and carry them out," said tt Conley, Rules Committee chairman* president pro tempore. anley said the new committee was ned "to free up senators." He said this r they will have fewer meetings to go to ti week. onley said it would give the president tempore something more to do. 4 All it a title," he said. tie new Student Services Committee will 3me effective in next fall's Student ate. i other Senate news, Residence Life imittee met ?;;th Residential Life aces this past week. Chairman Barry ostein reported there was "a lack of imunication between students and idential Life." srnstein said the RLS spokesman told there was apathy among students :erning housing maai i ? The GAM!COCK is (he student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university ^ holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK j are those of the editors and not those of I the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an ) equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and p Communications is the publisher of the ! GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. > Change of address forms, subscription ^ 1 reauests and other corresiwinrloiir* ?h .Lrl be sent to the GAMECOCK, Drawer A, University o< South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are V1S.00 for (1) year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester and $3.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. The "Gamecock" is a licensed student organization of the University of South Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. I 90.5? find Rising! Help ? 1* W Celebrate i _ Qur , Frequency Change! Listen To WUSC-FfTl For Details! Awesome In The midlands!