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Smith discusse By The Associated Press USC Interim President Arthur Smith said he would revise salaries if he is selected as permanent president. "I do believe the next president should reorganize the administration, change a number of titles, reporting relationships and position descriptions," Smith said. "I also believe that once that reorganization is carried out, the next permanent president should invite the state personnel division to carry out another management review of position responsibilities and salary ranges." Smith discussed university salaries during a 20-minute speech to about 250 faculty members Wednesday Hp. said hp wnnld dprrpacp. raispc aivpn tn nni versity administrators, eliminate extra compensation and be more judicious with salary supplements from private sources. Smith called earlier media reports about the salaries, "university bashing" that "have propagated a variety of misinformation and I believe this ... ought to be exposed as such." "I don't think he was referring to any specific report," spokesman Christopher Simpson said of Smith's reference to misinformation. Simpson said that Smith was discussing general reporting about administration salaries. Under former President James Holderman's admiFederal cuts to af By CHRISTOPHER DAVIS Staff Writer As many as 300,000 college students might be denied loans because of a $1.7 billion cut in the most popular federal student loan program. inis cut is a result ot tne tive-year federal deticit reduction package passed by Congress in late October, which has forced Congress to greatly reduce expenditures. The cut in loans will affect about 50,000 students attending community colleges and four-year campuses whose loan default rates are more than 35 percent. The majority of students affected, however, will be those attending technical and trade schools. Students who rely on federal loans to attend USC have little to worry about, according to Bob Godfrey, the associate director of financial aid at USC. "Our default rate is excellent," Godfrey said. "Because our student loan default rate is very low, our students should not be affected by the change in policy." |9H| Get Involve 1*11 Join a Stuc HHPS EH IHIBflU DI/& I At Nil Embassy S 1-126 & Gre^ s USC salaries nistration, top assistants were able to earn between $5,000 and $ 16,000 in extra pay through supplements provided by university foundations. When Smith was hired as provost in 1988, he was offered supplements as an enticement to take a job he said paid less than what he could have made as a professor at the State University of New York. "I have somewhat mixed emotions about salary supplements, and I think we need that flexibility, and our foundations can help us when that flexibility must be called into play," he said. n .? i r J? 1 ? _ .1 5 mi in saia a series or siuaies ana reports oy outer colleges, the state Commission on Higher Education and a university-sponsored committee show the university's administrative salaries are in line with what other state institutions pay their executives. On the other hand, Smith said salaries of most faculty members are below national and regional averages. More than 300 faculty members have signed a petition calling on the university's leadership to freeze administrative salaries indefinitely until professors' average pay increases to regional averages. Smith said faculty salaries "should be augmented." Smith said "the solution described in that petition ... is not the way to deal with those frustrations. That solution is clearly not in the university's best interest. In all honesty, I can neither support nor accept this kind of prescription." feet student loans In addition to limiting federal loan funding to schools with high loan default rates, Congress has taken another step to keep people from using loans for personal reasons. First-time borrowers will be required to wait 30 days after classes have started before they will be allowed to receive their student loans. "Too many people had taken loans out who shouldn't have," Snead State Junior College aid officer Betty Perry said. Godfrey said the 30 day rule would have a greater affect on USC students seeking loans than the loan cuts. Normally after USC students apply, the loan check is sent to the school, and they can pay their fees if they meet the deadline, Godfrey said. "Now we won't be able to give them to students until 30 days into classes," he said. The new laws might affect some students in the spring semester, but probably will not affect most students until the fall of next school year, according to Godfrey. id... dvl 11 VI^UIIILVIIIVII.I IVE ( 'ES97\ \ /y% ^ rv^k iH/ CLUB / :elites Suites Hotel fstone Blvd. CHE Continued from pa; currently unused heating plant to I prepare it for use as displacement t space and temporary faculty re- r search areas. The estimated cost is \ $850,000. a 1 Calcott HVAC/Electrical. The I plan calls for the replacement of 5 the 30-year-old HVAC and electri- p cal systems. The estimated cost is t $500,000. a Hamilton College Renovations. The plan calls for the general rehabilitation of Hamilton College, 1 which houses portions of psychol- i ogy, archaelogy and anthropology I departments. The estimated- cost is < $1.57 million. 1 Recycling Continued from page 1 cling awareness program for a future date. "There is a need to publicize the importance of recycling," Newman said. "Though we have had very good response so far, there is still a lot of room for these boxes to be placed all over campus. We encourage anyone to participate," he said. Anvnnp whn ic intpn?ct*?H in * > J \/??V T? ??W ?kl IIHV1VJIVU All adopting a box or simply making a contribution to the program can contact the USC recycling office located in Snowden, or call 777-USED. Meetings Continued from page 1 whether the illegal parking was a legitimate press assignment. The Senate meeting on Wednesday and the Parking Committee meeting on Thursday ended the fall semester for the two groups. They will not meet again until the beginning of January. GAMECOCK I ADVERTISING 777-4249 \ ATTEN The Stude is (Thom FOR YOUR HEA SELECTION OF 0 We wil your i Pharmacy Hour (Hours m The BIG DEAi Shi i I Office Hours: M-F 9:30-5:30 211 Main St. TT ?e 1 I Legare Center Section Renovaion. 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