The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 18, 1985, Image 1
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
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,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
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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
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lammre i
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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