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Drift theorist speaks p. 3 ,, ir .^jji.i_i_. <a?m IS IHOflcfQ^ The Beat goes on p. 10 ffBg March 28,1983 T ennis exhibition set p. 13 ^IjBj II I I University of South Carolina i uition will 'at " Increase to be betv iHolderman sneaks on... 1 Tuition 'There is no way we can avoid the increase. It's the amount we have to figure. I'm trying to keep it as low as I can.' Housing surcharge 'I think we're kidding ourselves unless something changes dramatically...that the surcharne isn't a rornrrinn thinn ' .?. % vu.?wvMnmy tinny. Budget cuts 'I object when the Budget and Control Board orders across-the-board 4 percent cuts.... Across-the-board cuts are singularly uncreative. I (Thev would) DUt some nennle virfnallu mit nf ~..y. VMI? Ml business.' Program cuts . If I published the list (of all the options considered, we would have the greatest cannibalistic fight...l think it would destroy the institution.' Athletic department Marcum is a pro. I don't worry about it. I'm not lying awake at nights wondering what's going to happen next.... We have a superbly administered athletic department.' Four academic dep< to be cut by trustei By Rachel Waterhouse (t The USC board of trustees is expected to approve cuts in tour academic departments proposed by a board committee Thursday, USC Provost Frank Borkowski said. The Academic Affairs and Faculty Liaison Cr imittee proposed cuts in the anthropology, health education and media arts departments and in the College of Applied Professional Sciences. "The board normally approves recommendations of committees," Borkowski said. The board will consider the cuts at its April meeting. BORKOWSKI SAII) the university is restructuring a great deal and is in the stage of doing a lot of planning. He said he couldn't estimate how much money the cuts will save the university, but that they will "hopefully make an H impact on budget savings." Borkowski said that when students enrolled in the master's degree program in anthropology receive their degrees, the program will be phased out. The board committee proposed the undergraduate degree in health education be phased out, with emphasis instead placed on the graduate level. niiiiyt iikiiiii.moiirtr i..I I t _ 41 wir, univr/Uk)!! * Jicia an uuiigctuuw tu t>iuuciiu> in tii? program and no student will be harmed by the board's action, Borkowski said. He added that the university will take the required time to phase out the program. Reduced enrollment is the main reason undergraduate health education will be cut, according to Dean Winona Vernburg. Enrollment has declined from 111 to about 55 students in four years, she said. If approved, four associate degree programs in the College isolutely veen $200 ? By Chris Handal USC students can "absolute! expect a tuition increase for the n? school year, USC President Jan Holderman said. The increase will be between $: and $500 per year for in-state stude; and probably twice that much for o of-state students, Holderman said. "There is no way we can avoid l increase. It's the amount we have figure. I'm trying to keep it as low e can," he said in an interview with I Gamecock Friday. HOWEVER, THE DATE of 1 tuition increase announcem< remains uncertain, as does l amount, for several reasons. "1 intention is to take a tuition incre* . to the board in April. But if th< appears to be relief from 1 Legislature, I will not. "It (the announcement) may not by April 14, and I will regret that." After April, the board of trust< will not meet until June. If the ? nouncement were delayed until th< Holderman said hp wnnlH haup tr? ce a "love letter" to students over I summer telling them of the increas< "But I don't want to negative impact our budget situation by aski for tuition of a certain amount," said. ADDED TO THE tuition increa: Holderman said the 17 perc< housing increase recently approv hv thf? hnarH r?f tructooc mill nrftKol V> ?x/ WMA VB VI uuvvvo YT 111 pi V7MMI last more than one year, although il technically a surcharge. "I think we're kidding ourselv unless something chang dramatically . . .that the surchar isn't a recurring thing." Holderman would not speculate the chances of legislative relief. "P I think they (the legislators) know t problem. It's delicate. A pronoi cement by me of whether we getting a fair shake or not will have impact." But Holderman did criticize I state Budget and Control Boar< budget cutting orders that affect state agencies equally. "I OBJECT when the Budget a Control Board orders across-tl artments lil es, provost of Applied Professional Sciences next two or more years. The board committee proposed Arts undergraduate degree be rei Applied Professioinal Sciences. USC PRESIDENT James Hole began under the general studies transferred to its own department. APS does so much now with me into the program, Holderman sa people (in APS) who have been courses that are now being phased < He said the media arts departme reassigning it will be "a great cost to be happy with it, he said. Borkowski said he had no idea ho cutting these programs. He said t planning now beirfg done because tl if^kui/nuici/i CAin 0/111/ tui: uuucigi board approved in December w< process. The university faces a $10 miJJ costs can be removed by July dep. nsitisw. D?n|r/?..oU: ~:'i cl^LllFll, 1)U1 IVUWDM OCUU. Borkowski said he has no idea ho will help the deficit. "The problem ] He said that, as the areas res outcome will be apparent. In May, firmer figure on these cuts. Whether tuition and other expen on the income USC has to offset futi I * rico IUU md $500, Holdi James Holderman int the board 4 percent cuts." He said he VIv wished the hoard wnnlH nriftpitioc _ _ .. W??*v? WV/V f/l IU1 1V1VO ise rather than cutting everyone. >re Holderman said he does not make the across-the-board cuts at USC when he is faced with a budget reduction, be "Across-the-board cuts are singularly uncreative. (They would) put some ^es people virtually out of business." an- To avoid this, certain programs are en, phased out or restructured to reduce md USC's budget deficit. One such .he decision was made by the board of 3. trustees' Academic Affairs and* ely Faculty Liaison Committee, ng The committee's actions included he recommendations to phase out twoyear associate degree programs in S0 the College of Applied Professional Jnt Sciences and suspend the M.A. degree ed in media arts. They also proposed 5ly transferring the undergraduate l \s meuia arts program to APS. FOR TWO months, controversy es, surrounded the future of APS and the es Department of Media Arts, often with ge conflicting reports among administration officials and the people on involved with their programs. 4o, On two separate occasions, he statements from Dean Chester Bain an- of the College of Humanities and 're Social Sciences and USC Provost an Frank Borkowski directly contradicted each other. he All that apparently ended with the d's committee's decision Thursday, all which Holderman said seemed to satisfy everybody. Despite the controversy, Holderman said he was not nd upset with the way the situation was he- handled. I B Keiy says m will be phased out in the t|j|8K?the Department of Media assigned to the College of ierman said media arts program but was later dia arts that it neatly fits |;. id. "We use some of the | teaching media-oriented Jg \ nt will probably grow, and saver." Everybody seems w many jobs will be lost in ? here is not much specific j ley are proposals. aduate education cuts the ere an extension of this lion budget deficit. What iw much the program cuts remains severe." USC Provost Fran tructure themselves, the departments. Anthr tho nni vorsitv vi/ill hm/P a ~ ? - - th8 i;0nege Appi ses will increase depends board ?f *rust ire cuts, he said. April meeting. jrman says "I'm never happy with budget cuts. It has been handled as well as you can handle any program that deals with budgetary reductions. You've got one basic question to ask and answer ? When do you approach the affected department? Before the decision has hepn muHp or ac tho HD/iicinn Knlnrt V. V.U V*?v V4V.VIOIV11 10 UCIII^ made? THIS TIME. WE asked as the decision was being made and there was great ballyhoo and outcry. It may have produced the solution we arrived at. I am not at all troubled when the university engages in that kind of discussion," Holdermansaid. "I am troubled when faculty members use the classroom to provide misinformation. I think that's unfortunate. I think there was conscious, perhaps not willful, but a conscious effort to confuse the issue." Holderman compared the way the media arts and APS cuts were handled to the way the undergraduate orllir?o fiAn nuf * n vuuv^utivn v^ui til 17CV-C111 UUl W dd handled. Though he said he hopes program cuts are no longer necessary and that he is optimistic about the university's future, he said much can be learned from the two decisions. "In December, we didn't tell anybody in advance and we phased out the undergraduate program in education. There was no lack of clarity to what had happened. It was definitive. "I THINK what we have to do is find _ I A A 1 J * * ? a way ueiween me eaucauon ana media arts discussion. When we Tare in a budgetary situation and have to look at the options, sometimes it's best not to identify all the options. "If I published the list (of all the options considered), we would have the greatest cannibalistic fight . . .1 think it would destroy the institution." While the controversy surrounding the fate of APS and media arts has strained faculty-administration relations, Holderman said the committee's actions have stabilized the situation and brought a relative calm to the camous. "You have to remember the vast majority of the faculty out there is glad I didn't touch them. See "Holderman." page 6 . . . - k Borkowski said cuts are probable in fou opology, health education, media arts am ied Professional Sciences may be cut. Th ees is expected to approve the cuts at it: