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/\i ? r ? ? ? w?/\ i i + % % w% 4 % ? i ? . /> w% . ? Allocations chart p. 3 -flfffilt- jtG?& nlfT H j? WGdIICSdciy Dance concert today p. 8 fit ftn^ March 28, 1984 Tech dumps USC p. 10 B il University of South Carolina Allocations before Stud By Kathleen Earlus A bill allocating $666,000 of student activity fee* to 94 USC organizations will go before the Student Senate for approval today, the Finance Committee chairman said. SeVi. Connor Baker said the finance bill includes a total allocation of $1,246,662. But because $580,662 is expected in total revenue generated by organizations, the net allocation for approval is $666,000. The total figures listed on the bill represent a total allocation amount, while the revenue figure is the amount an organization expects to generate as a group. The allocation figure represents the actual amount of funds an organization receives. Baker said 64 percent of the available funds were absorbed by five areas of the university eligible for percentage funding. These areas and their respective percentages are: student media ? 25 percent; the Sports Club Council ? 6 percent; Student Government ? 8 percent; Carolina Program Union i H nnr ^ ^ t n rwl Ct n/^nnt lior auvj oiuuv~iu uai Association ? 3 percent. The Student Bar Association was added this year as a group to receive percentage funding. In order to qualify for this type of funding, an organization must participate in specialized programming, govern other organizations and perform services for the university. "THE PERCENTAGES for these groups were decided two years ago based on a threeto five-year average of individual alioca? I r ' ' l) m L ?* r n ir\ I'lin f 11 n /I i n n o liwin, ticirvti ^aiu, i nv. i unuiiig pv.i vv.iuu^v.3 for these organizations can be altered through an amendment to the SG Codes. About 60 other licensed student organizations will receive the remaining 36 percent of the funds "based on merit," Baker said. These organizations include Bell Camp, the intramural office, Campus Alcohol Project and the CPU office. "We look at all the programs we want to fund," he said. Baker said this year's Finance Committee developed a more sophisticated, standardized method of fundinc. Fundinc for ? honorariums was handled differently this year. A contingency fund of approximately 1 percent of the available money has been designated specifically for honorariums and is not included in the current allocation bill. "PEOPLE WILL have the opportunity to re-submit by the end of this year or early next year a request to fund honorariums," Baker said. Less money was available for allocation compared to this past year's net allocation ot $704,050. Baker said approximately $12,000 of this past year's allocations remain unused ^ and will be available for general re-allocation w next fall. "We took a 5 percent decrease in student Open Studem Cm W **** 4% alga Shifting o ; ? * W position of d director Jerr so Jerry Brc i1 vines in jt Friday by L. _ of Russell F Jerry Brewer Rather ? Acting SA director away, Pruit I r bill to go ent Senate i activity fee money since the amount available \ is proportionate to the number of students h enrolled," Baker said. L Student Government receives $25 of every L_J student's $89.50 activity fee in order to com- j Impose an activity fee to be allocated to various { USC organizations. To qualify for student : activity funding, a USC organization must be licensed for one academic year, have an open membership nolicv and be nonfraternal. nonreligious and nonpolitical. ELIGIBLE GROUPS were asked to submit a funding request to the nine-member Finance Committee before Feb. 2. Baker said ^ the first step was to review all requests at a retreat involving the Finance Committee. Next, he said there was a three-step process to complete before the Senate could approve the bill. "First of all, we authorize the programs. We go through and pick out programs we'd like to fund," he said. 0$ The next step is to appropriate tunds tor organizations. Baker said the committee uses the requested amount as a scale for ap propriations but decides the actual amount ail organization will receive. This process differs from this past year's, as fixed amounts are now allocated for frequently requested expenses. These amounts were based on the size and nature of a program. Baker cited advertising as an example, saying that $50 was allocated for groups adver- q? tising one specific program, while $75 was allocated for organizations that continually 8| program. Another fixed amount concerned office supplies, with $30 allocated to small organizations (30 members or less) and $60 for large organizations (more than 30). II BAKFR SAID the third step was a E budgetary process that involved tabulating the total amount allocated by the Finance se Committee and cutting this amount to match the available funds. "We made three sets of budgetary cuts," he said. "Most groups took ^ a 60 to 75 percent cut." He said the commit- ^ tee first cut nonessential areas or "fringes. " "It's very easy to detect when a group has padded their budget. Sometimes ridiculously By high amounts are requested, like for travel," I Baker said. at Following these cuts, hearings for each in- stu dividual organization were held Feb. 21 we thrmioh March 1\ ' "Wc have hearings to make sure we bai understand the intent of their money," he sai said. "If we've crippled their programming, Nc then we'll make amendments. We want the money spent effectively." coi Rc S(i VICE President Jill Main waring said Ec she sees no problems with the allocation bill being approved today. 1 See "Allocations," page 4 - coi t Affairs' positio mbnuuh m ositions in USC's Division of Student Affairs sa ?f careful searches for the best prospective perent Affairs vice president and dean of students A cli f personnel to new positions created the open ni lirector of student activities now held by acting y Brewer. ar became acting vice-president of Student Affairs )le where I had been director of Russell House. * of Student Activities went to graduate school :wer came in as acting director of Student Acar ily," Dennis Fruitt saia. position of director of Russell House was filled cj, arry Zuleba, who had served as acting director w louse since July, Pruitt said. lan hire a director of student activities right jn t decided to design a systematic "management vj vmr***'**w* ^ Ijiiiinii 'v ; .V... /: . y,' , ' . . \ >. v ; . - ' / . *' y ; < V *- ' ^ *??? (A , ' !- > ' ' *' J k Isfe4*>fiJw' ;v.vv..j. latter up Pr\r?L/1/ ctAiinnc hie hin hot at MnnHm/'c IIQP.nonrniri 1 Dfh uuoixy JVVIIIIJJ I NO Uiy UUl Ul IVIUIIUUjr O UUU UOUI tjiu I UOli e story page 10. tudents move out, Becca Mercer pCS1 Discovering termite-infested dorm rooms the University Inn put a damper on some USC dents' return from spring break this past the ek. can 'Termites were swarming all over our An* throom when I returned on Monday," had d Lou Stinson, a biology senior from any >rth Augusta. A Fhe residence hall director immediately spn iitacted Hotel/Motel Area Manager A1 still ss, who called the exterminators for USC, out on-O-Bug of Columbia. sta> PAT VELLA Jr., of Econ-O-Bug, said the and mpany sent their exterminators with a ins yield persoi atrix for Student Affairs over the next five year id. "F irst we would need to see how the Division of S ffairs helps USC accomplish its mission. That miss tides anything we can do to enhance the learning ei ent," Pruitt said. Affaire wrtnM Hpciflp what nositions are I id then find the best people to fill them, Pruitt sa This system "would do more than just fill positi ould accomplish a long-time mission," Pruitt saic Since Novenhber there has been criticism of the ithin Student Affairs because of people working on id doing two jobs, Pruitt said. Student Affairs will take applications for director ?nt Activities until April 30. After that Student . ill review resumes, Pruitt said. A t,<rA/>nino of CtllHpnt^. faiMlltV and St iterview candidates and make recommendations ce president. Pruitt will make the final selection, 1 < WHRf, . Photo by Joseph Garnet! jaseball game. Georgia Tech won 10 3, bugs move in cide spray as soon as they heard about ermite infestation. Alien they finally sprayed two days later, ermites only went away for a day, then 2 back," said Stinson's roommate, ie Castronova of Anderson. "We really to get angry before they would do hing about it, though." It hough Econ-O-Bug has subsequently yed two more times, the termite problem remains and both students have moved of their first floor rooms, preferring to with friends. Fliis has been an inconvenience for us everybody around vis," Stinson said, See "Bugs," page 3 inei search ceded ^slem ertime 1 '".u- WM # A' affairs &? ?* Sr iff ?? ;n to the Dennis Pruitt esaiti. Dean of Students