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The Gamecock
: The Gamecock Wednesday
Volume 77, No.68 University of South Carolina February 27, 1985
! Kotti,
By W.C. Dawson and Gregg Lasky
If the trend continues, Bill Kotti
and Kelvin Stroble will meet in a
runoff election Monday to decide
who will be the next Student
; Government president.
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At 1 a.m., with almost 70 percent
of the votes counted, Stoble
led with 496 votes, and Kotti was
close behind with 480 of the 2,001
votes counted. About 2,500
| students voted in the two-day
election.
Candidates Nick Smith and
David Hilburn received 269 and 76
votes respectively.
I "IT'S TOO EARLY to tell,"
Stroble said of his early lead.
SG Attorney General Tommy
McGill said the premature count
may or may not be indicative of
the final results because no pattern
of voting has been established.
I In the vice-presidential race,
Amy Houser led with 677 votes,
? followed by Mary Beth Wingate
Minority fu
) causes con
From Staff Reports
A bill passed by Student Senate
last Wednesday that gave percentage
funding to a coalition of
minority groups has caused controversy
in Student Government.
Under the bill, which passed
25-4, the new Association of AfroAmerican
Organizations will
receive ti' je percent of the student
activity fc'nd, to be divided amonn ^
g UiM uiut tttUliV U|.
These Olubs include AFRO,
Society of Black Engineers,
Minority Assistance Association,
NAACP, Kitten Klub and Society
of Black Journalists.
TROUBLES STARTED when
SG officials realized the coalition
and at least one of the minority
groups involved had not been
licensed by the Student Organization
Licensing Commission. Under '
the Student Code, only licensed
groups may apply for funds from
the student activity fee.
Also, information provided by i
some sponsors of the bill turned
out to be inaccurate. Supporters
claimed AFRO's funds had been i
cut 70 percent in the past five 1
L years, when SG figures show the I
group received a 43 percent. I
And one senator, who asked to :
remain anonvmous. said he h?H
I received abusive phone calls after !
opposing the bill. s
The Senate held a special session i
last night to try to amend the bill
so that it would not violate the student
code. But too few senators at- i
tended, and no votes could be 1
taken. The Senate plans to try I
again today. The meeting begins at |
5:30 p.m. in Room 015 of Callcott
Building. i
IrKuruniL[>ia?ur I HK BILL, I
including Sen. Kelvin Stroble, say i
Finance Com
By Betsy Huggins
The Student Government Finance G
mittee is making recommendations
next year's budget, which involves
allocation of student activities fees.
The committee will only decide 1
much money each organization
receive, not >how the organization
spend its money.
From the budget, the committee will
portion tenative and percentage all<
tions. The percentage allocations are
student media, 25 percent; Carolina I
gramming Union, 22 percent; Sp<
Club, 6 percent; Student Bar Associati
3 percent; and Student Government
percent. The remaining money will
divided among organizations alloi
tenative allocations, such as Intramur
Open Door, Cockfest and other cam
clubs.
THE PROJECTED funds for the r
year are about $618,500, Student C>ov<
ment advisor Rob Chiles said.
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Strobli
with 396 and Tim Washington with
236.
Karl Houston led the race for
secretary with 1,051 votes. Martin
Ritchie followed with 368.
IN THE TREASURER'S
RACE, William Sloan led with 424
votes to 400 for Robin Nelson and
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Election Commission Chairman
Eric Eppes said he was disappointed
with what he called a small
voter turnout.
"More people voted in one day
last year than in two days this
year," he said, referring to this
year's newly implemented two-day
voting procedure.
"The two-day voting was a good
idea because it allowed off-campus
students a chance to vote that they
might not have had otherwise,"
Kotti said.
POOR SELECTION of polling
jiiwj maj nave UCCII it reason TOT
the low voter turnout, an SG official
said.
nding bill
itroversy
the umbrella organization should
address the problems with programming
for other minority
students and preserve their group
identity, according to Sen. Kelvin
Stroble, the bill's sponsor.
"The (Carolina Program Union)
is there to serve the majority of
students. This spring, many
(mi^riiy students) becam/}
DVftipDe?|? tout Quit. TheyVis?* to . .
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jectrSon tJve basis that they weq?}
blacK programs," he said. ^
Sen. Barry Wall spoke against
the new coalition, saying the existing
ones work for all students,
and if there is a problem, students
should let them know.
"Race is emphasized too
much," Wall said. "The goal here
should be to get an education. For
example, a journalism society
should be associated with the journalism
school whether they're
black or purple, or whatever.
Physical characteristics shouldn't
matter here."
RESEARCH SUPPORTS the
idea that black students need their
own organization and leadership
to succeed, as well as communication
with white students, Stroble
said.
Calling USC a mirror of society,
Stroble said a number of professionals
benefit from membership
in special-interest organizations.
"Student life (of minority
groups) has not progressed since
the '70s. When one segment is left
behind, total student life can't progress,"
he said.
Sen. Ross Toyne disagreed, sayno
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organization would do anything
out "further alienate black
students from the mainstream."
imittee to si
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Ka
w "Kcvcnuc makes up a la
wed budget," said Ron Emler, i
als, dent media. Student m
pus about $251,000 in reven
advertising and subscriptic
to doing outside work.
lext Student Government n
:rn- percentage of the money
, broad range of costs incluc
e take
4,I thought the turnout should
have been better. The polling locations
were poorly chosen. Bates
House should have been used inctnoH
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jtvuu \j> uaK3 ??wi, ami me coliseum
should have been used instead
of the Law Center," Hilburn
said.
SG advisor Rob Chiles said it's
too early to tell why the voter turnout
was so low.
Stroble said, "Apathy played a
major role in the poor turnout. I
think that students tend to feel that
the Student Government is ineffective
and doesn't represent them, so
why should they vote?"
SMITH TOOK an opposing
view. "I do not think it was student
apathy. We the candidates
may have burned it out by starting
the campaign too early."
"I feel like the election was run
competently. Eppes and the commission
did a good job," Smith
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Smith described the clcciion pro- I
cedures as "professional, the best I
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PRELIMINARY fi
President
Bill Kotti
Kelvin Stroble
m:.i. r??'.t
i ixiuk omun
David Hilburn
Vice presi
Amy Houser
Timothy Washington
Mary Beth Wingate
I've seen in three years."
Eppes complimented the Election
Commission for what he said
he considered reforms and improvements
in the election process.
IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION,
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ling are student media and siona
'rogramming Union, each suppl
laving its own separate
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Hall.
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e Gamecock, $45,500 to some
ck, $41,841 to WUSC and said,
folio. The club's revenues
i in these figures. Em,e|
yk spends about $92,000 on nrinri
nci pays 65 percent of the ?u""j
iff and office personnel. ' <
manager, advertising
or and graduate assistant CP
as arc student editors. budg<
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mprisc the remainder of the ex
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496 Martin Richi
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mined by what dorm they lived in
or what their major was. In this
year's flection students could vote
at any one of the four designated
polling piaccs, which were the lobbies
of the BA Building, the
Russell House, (lie Law Center and
Bates West.
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page 11.
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met and Black's maior cost is about
<X) for printing the yearbook. Other
are paying 15 perccnt of the profes1
staff and student editors, photo
ies and maintenance, Emler said.
JSC SPENDS a large portion of its
y on costly transmitting bills, which
from sending out the station's
Is to the antenna on top of Columbia
Equipment costs are also costly for
C. In addition, the station pays
salaries, which are very small, Emler
art folio's budget is bare bones,"
r said. Seventy percent is used for
ng, and the rest is for small office
ics .ana student staff. They do not
or any of the professional staff.
U,which has the second largest
;t percentage, allocates money to its
littees. Each committee works with
;ccutivc committee to set goals accorio
the money they are allocated.
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lercent reported
itary
i 1,051
e 368
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n 424
n 400
m 368
te votes cast: 2,500
The candidates offered ideas for
improving the election process in
the future.
"The Election Commission people
don't know what they are doing.
The commission should be
chosen five months in advance so
See "Election," page 4.
Clemson
School's, athletes
may get alcohol
abuse program
By Associated Press
CLEMSON ? Clemson athletes
will be offered an alcohol abuse
and drug program that will stress
prevention and intervention beein
ning next week, acting Athletic
Director Shabby Robinson said x
Tuesday. *
*
inger and Associates of Madison, ^
Wis. to i^lement the program ^
comes in wake of a State Law Enforcement
Division probe into
alleged drug misuse among Clemson
athletes.
Robinson said the Student
Athletic Assistance Program will
be open to all Clemson athletic
teams and employees, students and
university employees.
"It will provide confidential,
professional and volunteer
assistance and support to students
regarding personal problems that
aHi/prcplu o tKnlf ,4
mutvijvi j uuvvi uiv.li acaucuuc^
and their athletic performance,"
Robinson said.
Educational assistance about
alcohol, drug, health, physical,
financial, legal and emotional problems;
family difficulties; eating
disorders; nutrition; and stress
management will be provided in
the program, Robinson said.
President says
he won't react
to paper's claims
Du AotftpiatoH Draoo
CLEMSON ? Clemson University
President Bill Atchley says he
will "continue to work for the betterment"
of the university, despite
claims that school trustees are increasingly
dissatisfied with his
performance.
Atchley met with reporters briefly
Monday to respond to "a lot of
questions" about a story in The
State newspaper Sunday. The story
quoted unidentified trustees as saying
a move is buildine to fire the
53-year-old president.
"I want to say that Clemson
University and any institution is
not necessarily run by news
releases, and we intend to continue
our mission foward as the institution
has been ? a strong and solid
first-rate institution," Atchley
said.
Atchley said he could not react
directly "to a newspaper article
that didn't necessary mention any
names," but he described himself
as "leading this institution ... to
the betterment of Clemson
University."
"1 continued to work for the
betterment of Clemson University,
and Clemson University comes
before anyone else, and we'll continue
that as we have in the past,"
he said.
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