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The Gamecock Founded 1908 Monday Volume 77, No. 64 University of South Carolina February 18. 1985 1 Students to c against drink By W.C. Dawson A group of students met last night to organize a "last ditch effort" to stop Icgislalion to raise the drinking age to 21. Tony Snell, governor of the S. C. State I OniclaMirn 1 v, .-*aiu me mcciing gave organizers a chance to finalize plans for events prior to voting in the S.C. House of Representatives, which is expected to take place Wednesday. "If students get up and rally against it, ' then it can be defeated," Snell said. A PRESS conference is planned for noon tomorrow at the State House. Snell and ' representatives from other area schools plan to distribute facts and statistics to the press, fk "We want to show the unconstitutional and v.. .v........i..w.j iiuiuii vii 1111>? icgisiauon. Hopefully the public will see our real con- > cerns," Sne!! said. Students owe $693,i Officials support v Cy Larry Slovensky Former USC students who default on student loans may I1QP fino - ? , . r , , . V/UU I IIIU ,9 not get their federal and state . tax refunds, if planned ficisls Say cooperation between the wu i f h h n I r education department and the IRS is extended to the in- refunds is i stitutionai level. t | Former USC students currently owe $693,704 in un- loan defaul paid loans, according to Mrs. I urman Edmonds of the USC accounting services THIS RA otlice. favorably wil This monev is owed bv All Inan inuiiuti. of 4,756 borrowers involved said, as well ^ in repayment, and the default major univers ^ rate is 4.99 percent. John added that the Bannister, of the USC finan- made "great < cial aid office, stressed that lection over 95 percent of the loans are years. paid back without problems, When a stu which he considered a "credit out an educa to our students." USC, a bo I JOE RICKER I I Bill Foster wins 4G ontinue fight ting age rise A student rally and march to the State House is planned for Wednesday as a followup to last Tuesday's rally. Seventy students participated in the first rally. Snell said he is hoping for at least 300 students to march Wednesday. "What we are hoping to do is fill up the balconies in the State House. Then we will be introduced by Rep. Tim Rogers." "If enough people call their representatives, and enough people show up at the rally, then at least the legislators will open their eyes and seethe students' concern. If we show that we really are concerned, then there's a good chance of at least coming up with a compromise that will keep the leRisIa tion from going up until September of 1986," Snell said. BKCAUSK OF a federal law. South See "Fight," page 5 '04 i/ithholding refunds forpnep iv crhpHtlUH Hnrinn which the loan process is ncial aid of- described and the rights and \ responsibilities of the borthey think rower are outlined. ling tax when "J" bo;,o;tr a . prepares to leave school, an BR GTlGCtlVG exit interview is scheduled, combattina w'hen the rights and respon" sibilities of the borrower arc Iters. again stressed, the repayment i schedule is fixed, and provisions for true hardship cases TK compares are made. ih commercial ;)iis. Bannister II the navmentv an* nm as with other made on time, the case is ities. Edmonds turned over to the univerloan office has sity's collection manager. If itrides" in col- this is unsuccessful as well, the past few Bannister said, "we turn them over to the collection dent first takes agencies," which contact the tional loan at borrower, his parents and rrowcr's con- See "Default," page 5 1 Legislator: By Associatod Press South Carolina lawmakers wcr million last year for travel, food, I legislative business, according to state Comptroller General's offic The state paid out $1,069,9 senators, covering expenses assoc General Assembly. The total includes $723,972 fo while legislators were in Columbii paid at 20.5 cents per mile. OUT-OF-STATK travel expei $6.1,216 was paid for conference diem," paid on days when the fu Psion. There also were some other The expense money does not in for postage and an annual $3,60< penses in their districts. Of the top 13 lawmakers who di in expense money, three were se representatives were on the House tee, which works on budget matu Th# G?m?cock The average amount was $6,53 I*-. - for the Senate. In general, lawmal 10 111 higher than their reimbursement. nnnp HI ,r,r- lawmakers claimir " " Reps. T.W. Eidwards, D-Spartant MM dell, D-Beauforl; and Eid Garriso A 'laddera lammre i h ; r> v- >'?* " ? . . j " I * Boo* / Ever. Csmacocks can fadi Book Store on Sumter Str expensi e reimbursed more than $1 odging and time claimed for figures obtained from the e. 43 to representatives and iated with their work in the r meals and hotel expenses a and $208,263 for mileage, tntnloH tAl QIM registration and $35 "per II legislature was not in sesincidental expenses. elude a $10,000 salary, $400 3 for office and clerical exew from $10,666 to $16,063 nators, and nine of the 10 : Ways and Means Cornmit?r<; upiir rnnriH 5 for the House and $5,641 (ers said their expenses were ig the most expenses were: >urg; and Sens. James Wadn, t>-Anderson. r move J^re/ visku nauieiu i inB uametucK b a little after a while. This one on the South Carolina eet got a touch up recently. es top $1 million "The more somebody works, the more reimbursement they're going to get," said Gulledge, who tallied most of his expenses on business for Ways and Means. ...u? 1 . U~ 1- - -* ? - lunuiu^, wiiu nit- iim, N<tiu iic iiKiirreu uie expenses while serving on 11 state panels and eight panels of national legislative organizations. See "Expenses." page 5 1.089,943 Legislative expenses 1723 872 Inj8 * 208,283 Total MmIi & MitM?a Houaa Sanata Hstate average Avara?9