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Volume 80, No. 8 University of South Carolina August 4, 1987 [?S;
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By PATRICK JEAN m mi
USC's budget of about $295
million for fiscal 1987-88, which ?
university President James
Holderman called the tightest pr^ W
he's ever seen, was unanimously f \^|
approved July 23 by the board of \ v
trustees. i >
Tuition will not increase ^
despite the tight budget, and "" >^
faculty members will receive a ? ujjdf
salary increase of about 4 percent,
Holderman said. ^
But all departments face a
budget cut of 6.6 percent from
the previous fiscal year, and incoming
students who still need to
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register win j inn icwti cwuista w~offered,
he said. V\
The budget crunch was caused
when the South Carolina General
^ Assembly funded USC and other
state-supported schools at only
88 percent of full-formula fun- 1Icr. D
ding for fiscal 1987-88. Gov. Car- . USC Presldenl
roll Campbell trimmed another .5 s,nce he took ove
percent off USC's budget when for the 1988-89 fis
he made 277 line-item vetoes in at 100 percent (sta
the state budget in June. have such a short
USC has raised tuition three with that it may
times over the past five years, and deal with student
its per-semester in-state tuition Holderman borate
of $1,014 is one of the state funding sh<
highest in the Southeast. These current budget ci
two facts prompted USC not to the fiscal year tha
raise tuition this year, Holder- incurred oack-to
man said. cent and .8 perc
But Holderman said he would plus gubernatoria
not make any similar guarantees proximately .5 pe
I * Discretior
By PATRICK JEAN
i F.ditor in Chief
Revisions in the usage policies of a controversial
discretionary fund account controlled by USC
President James Holderman were approved July 23
by the board of trustees.
j Most of the money, which Holderman has used
over the past 10 years to buy gifts for donors and
dignitaries, will now How to academic departments.
It will mnrp rloselv monitored bv the trustees ?
i and by the South Carolina Auditor's office.
" ^ Ihc new policy also gives a clearer picture of
I where money for the discretionary fund comes
from.
Funds for discretionary use are derived from con\
cession sales during events at Carolina Coliseum,
on-campus vending sales, Russell House gameroom
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If! Carolina campaigning
United States Rep. Richard Gephardt, I)-Mo.,
tial campaign stop at USC's Gambrell Hall July 9
tial candidates are expected to visit Columbia as
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James Holderman (center) called the university's 198"
r at Carolina in 1977.
cal year. "Even "Ongoing reductions in an
te) funding, we operating year magnifies our pro
fall to catch up blems dramatically."
be necessary to To cover the deficit, departfee
increases." ments will take a 6.6 percent cut;
imed years of Holderman and other senior adDrtfalls
for the ministrators won't receive a pay
isis. "(During) raise; programs such as the
t just ended, we distinguished lecture series will
-back 2.6 per- receive less money and fewer
ent reductions, courses will be offered, Holderil
vetoes of ap- man said.
rcent," he said. "Students will, 1 expect, pro
lary spenc
profits, trademark licensing and vending sales at the
Solomon Blatt Physical Education Center.
Pete Denton, USC senior vice president for
business and finance, said these income sources
generate about $400,000 per year.
Denton said profits from the University
Bookstore in Russell House have not been used for
thf? dicrrptinnarv fund Arrnrdino to the new nolicv.
they arc used only for academic scholarships.
The policy also states that concession sales during
football games at Williams-Brice Stadium, which
were used in fiscal 1985-86 for the fund, will now be
retained by the USC Athletic Department.
Earlier this year, trustees restricted the type of
gifts Holderman could buy for donors. Holderman
now faces the following further restrictions:
All of the university's retail activity costs will
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When Pope John Paul II visits
J? and USC Sept. 11, his five-hou
focus international attention
Carolina.
About 250,000 to 500,000 peo
/; I pected in downtown to see the
..A; v ,vr visits Columbia, the second stop <
_ tour. About 25,000 to 30,000 US
staff and faculty are expected tc
The Horseshoe to see the pontiff.
f|||??p?Kj^^ The pope will promote a theme
unity as he meets with 27 Christia
VBH|HBEhfl9 the university President's Hou
Horseshoe, worships with 550 Cat
,riH PPinal PI of
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B From Staff and Wire Reports
| Here is a schedule of Pope
ijn^MVi Jo/m Paul II's visit to Columbia
- Sept. 11 (all time listings are
lemuuve/.
The pope's airplane will arrive
at Columbia Metropolitan Airport
at about 3:30 p.m.
At 4:05 p.m., the pontiff will
travel in a motorcade to St.
Peter's Catholic Church at the
scAVAiio/Tht Otmtcock corner of Assembly and Taylor
ctrvntc Hp will mpfl fhprp for 45
minutes with 550 South Carolina
made a pre* den- Catho,ics
^.pr! ?en" The pope will leave a tentel
e ee on covered entrance to St. Peter's ai
4:50 p.m. in the "popcmobile."
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f-88 budget the tightest he's seen I
test vigorously when they come student services tc
back and have not pre-registered money. A $500,(X
or do not have all of their account has also
registration intact," he said. case of fiscal emer
"But we cannot take the kind of USC-Columbia
budgetary lumps we took without $243.8 million of t
either raising tuition dramatically budget, which Ho
or cutting back." "extraordinarily
Holderman said funds were re- tightest budget w
allocated internally to create the I've been at the
calarv inrrf?a*uv anrl to allow nrn- South Carolina.
grams such as the Freshman Year "Unless the
Experience (University 101) and naround happens
ling policy
have to be met before income is made available for
discretionary use.
Portions of the fund must be periodically
distributed to on-campus colleges, departments and
clubs such as residence hall governments, university
libraries and the colleges of applied professional
sciences, business administration, and journalism
and mass communications.
Denton must make an annual report to the
trustees' financial oversight committee listing the
sources of monies in the discretionary fund, and a
USC internal auditor must make a quarterly report
to the committee on the fund's expenditures.
The state auditor's office will also annually audit
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lilt' UI5tl tliuuai ^ 1 U11U IU iiicir\v_ auu luv JWUI wo vi
monies listed in the new policy are the ones being used
for the fund, Denton said.
September v
f, profits am
Peter's Church and participates in
ecumenical service at Williams-B
? Columbia Stadium.
r stop will At USC, there will be no classes the di
on South the papal visit. However, university of
will remain open.
pie are expope
as he For security reasons, students livin
in a 10-citv residence halls on The Horseshoe will be
C students, ed to leave their rooms by 8 a.m. Sept
) gather on Faculty, staff and administrators
Horseshoe offices will not to report to v
of religious Downtown merchants have decided i:
n leaders at be business as usual the day the pontiff c
se on The to town. Some said they expect cash reg
holies at St. to ring in as much profit during his vi
mda in Columt
He will travel a parade route the airport. He
south on Assembly Street. bia shortly aft
The pope will arrive at The chartered flight
Horseshoe at 5:10 p.m. and give La., his next s
a brief greeting to IJSC President tour of the Uni
lames Holderman and other of- Some of the
ficials, students and staff. to meet with th
At 5:15 p.m., he begins a one- The Rev.
hour meeting with 27 religious stated clerk, Ui
leaders at the President's House. Church in the I
At 6:20 p.m., the pope leaves Bennett, presid
USC in the "popemobile" and executive com
travels to Williams-Brice Baptist Conver
i Stadium. There, he will hold an Bohlman, f
ecumenical service titieu "rrayer Lnncran
for Christian Witness." Synod; Rev.
The pontiff leaves the stadium general seen
at 7:55 p.m. in a limousine for Council of Chi
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USC-Columbia ?|
1987-88 Total Funding |?|$
5115 $117,110,662 Bp
3S $37,564,459 I- ...
$2,100,000 tap
$10,500,000 fc
i n rvor* Ar\r\
$ i u,yoj,uuu n
Concessions $6,673,000 fej
tivity Fees $1,381,000 |||j
Services $19,080,302 Ipg
ants $27,429,000 Ip
its $6,823,000 gg
r Scholarships $4,182,000 gjg
one EesH
) receive more fiscal year, I think we are in very
>0 contingency serious qualitative troubeen
set up in ble . . . this state suffers damage regencies.
far beyond this generation and ?
will receive way into the next," Holderman |gf
he $295 million said. pi
lderman called In other business, the trustees pj|
tight. It's the approved changing the name of
e'vc had since the college of journalism to the ||||
University 01 college 01 journalism anu mass pp
communications. They also
(funding) tur- agreed to reinstate the master's Bp
within the next degree program in media arts. pp
/ revised I
Holderman has come under fire this year for pur- B
chasing more than worm 01 guts irom tne h
discretionary fund, which contains public money, B
over the past 10 years. He and other USC officials |p
said in 1986 the gifts were rewards to donors. iv.i
But USC released documents this past February pi
showing that the fund was used to buy gifts, meals H
and airplane trips for hundreds of state and national p
politicians, including President Ronald Reagan, bs
Holderman stopped this practice, and trustees have ||
made restrictions such as the policy approved this |j
past month. m.
USC has also kept secret the identities of gift reci- I
pients from the fund. The Charlotte Observer has jsg
I ilea a lawsuit 10 ooiain most* names, its wen as
documents that would provide further details of
Holderman's discretionary spending.
isit to draw
d protesters
an they normally receive during a two month
irice period.
"We haven't actually calculated how much
ty of new business we're going to have, but we
fices know it's going to be quite an increase," said
Steve Wiggs, manager of Pizza Hut
restaurant on South Main Street,
g in Mary Davis, manager of Wendy's
ask- restaurant on Assembly Street, said she is
. 11. uncertain of what to expect because the
with pope's parade route is on Assembly, which
vork will be closed.
twill "They're going to have all the streets block- I
omes ed around here," she said. "We don't quite |
isters know what to expect, but with 500,(XX) peo- |
sit as See "Pope," page 3 jf
>ia will be busy
will leave Colum- the U.S.; Most Rev. Edmond
er 8 p.m. on a Browning, presiding bishop of
to New Orleans, the Episcopal Church, and Rev.
;top on a 10-city Robert Campbell, general
ted States. secretary, American Baptist
leaders scheduled Churches in the U.S.
e pope are: Also, Bishop Herbert
James 'Andrew, Chilstrom of the Evangelical
lited Presbyterian Lutheran Church in America;
J.S.; Rev. Harold Bishop Philip Cousin, secretary
cnt and treasurer, of the Council of Bishops,
mittee, Southern African Methodist Episcopal
ition; Rev. Ralph Church; Rev. Paul Crowe,
>resident, the ecumenical officer of the
lurch, Missouri Disciples of Christ; Rev. James
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/\HC Drouwci , V-iuiuicy JI unuu); ui nit
jtary, National Episcopal Church; Bishop Clinirches
of Christ in See "Schedule," page 4