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Money allocated
for conference
By PATRICK VILLEGAS
Assistant News Editor
Questions about priorities are arising after the
Residence Hall Association passed a proposal to
allocate $9,000 to bid for the 1993 national residence
hall conference.
In a 17-5 vote, with nine abstainers, the
RHA, the governing body of 19 residence halls
on campus, agreed to spend $9,000 of an
$11,000 supplemental fund.
RHA trying to bring NACURH here
With this money members would attend the
1992 National Association of College and University
Residence Halls conference, so a bid
could be made to host the 1993 conference at
use.
The $9,000 used from the supplemental fund,
known as the support fund, along with other
funds from the RHA budget and fund raisers,
will send 15 to 20 delegates to the 1992 NACURH
conference in Great Falls, N.D., in May.
' The remaining $2,000 left in the support fund
will be used for the RHA Banquet next
semester.
The $9,000 and additional funding will cover
travel expenses and accommodations for four
days in North Dakota. The funds will also be
used for year-round preparation needed to convince
NACURH that USC should host the con
ference, said Corey Swindler, an RHA chairperson
who sponsored the proposal.
Some senators don't support NACURH
But some RHA senators feel the money
could be used more wisely to help benefit the
student residents on campus.
"It's stupid to blow all that money on one
conference," said Seth Cioffi, a senator at
Douglas.
Cioffi believes the money should be used for
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In the World...
China executed more than 35
drug dealers Saturday after sentencing
rallies attended by thousands of people
as part of a campaign to crack down
on the nation's growing heroin
problem.
The official New China News Agency
reported that 35 drug dealers were sentenced
to death in the city of Kunming
and executed shortly afterward. About
40.000 people attended the sentencing
rally.
Bush administration policymakers
said the core of their strategy
for peace talks in Madrid. Spain, is
simple: keep the Arabs and Israelis talking
long enough to change the environment,
so that impossible breakthroughs
might become possible.
There is no "Bush peace plan' that
the president will pull out of a briefcase
when he arrives in Madrid, said American
officials.
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the immediate concerns of the student, instead
of spending $9,000 on a bid that might or might
not occur.
Fund usually used for equipment
The support fund is normally used for purchasing
equipment for individual residence
halls, such as televisions, microwaves, vacuum
cleaners, repairing equipment and special
programming.
In the past three semesters, $8337 was directly
used to help buy and repair residence hall
equipment from the support fund.
At Douglas, because their original microwave
was stolen over the summer, Cioffi said they
were counting on the support fund to help aid
them in buying a new microwave.
"Now the money (to buy a new microwave)
will come out of our own pockets," he said.
Halls feeling lack of money
Other halls are in the same situation as
Douglas.
Bates House, which has a broken "microwave
and vacuum cleaner, now has to search for
other ways to fund their repairs. At Burney, extra
funding will be needed to fix a broken ice
machine.
Michael Hanna, a former senator at Bates
House, said the halls that voted in favor of the
support fund will, in the future, feel the loss of
the support fund when they need some extra
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Senators rushed into decision
Cioffi also contends the support fund vote
was done too quickly, and the discussion over
the matter did not inform the senators well
enough so they could cast an educated vote.
"It's a big lump of money to have only one
vote on and a 20 minute discussion. It seems
Corey Swindler tried to swindle us (out of the
support fund)," he said.
"It seems like the meetings are just for voting.
There is just not enough discussion or
either it is limited," he said.
RHA limits discussions
Cioffi said RHA decided to limit discussions
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audience.
Dennis Brewer Sr., a board member
for Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, was
quoted Saturday by The TimesPicayune
in New Orleans as saying
some services might be televised but
"as far as an international television ministry,
we're not going to try to keep
that going at this time."
The Environmental Protecton
Agency has ignored repeated recommendations
for eliminating waste, fraud
and abuse by contractors hired to
clean up the nation's most polluted
sites, congressional investigators said.
In its study, the General Accounting
Office found limited follow-through on
suggestions it had made since 1988
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s funds
during the weekly RHA meetings after, early in
the vear. a discussion concerning a SI55 dona
tion for T-shirts lasted over half-an-hour and
caused the meeting to last longer than usual.
Jennifer Fuller, a senator at Burney who abstained
her hall's vote, said, "If I would of
known more about the support fund and NACURH,
I could have made a better decision."
Joelle Lastica, president of RHA, said the senators
had a discussion of the support fund at
the RHA meeting, and the senators knew if any
question needed to come forward, they had a
full week to come to speak with their Resident
Hall Director, the RHA or Corey Swindler.
"When they voted, they knew what they
voted for," she said. "If they voted on it, they
should have known what the support fund was
used for."
A large number of abstainers
Cioffi also brought up the point that the support
fund vote had a large number of abstainers.
"With nine abstentions, you shouldn't pass
anything, not even with majority of the vote."
Lastica said she would have no qualms if a
senator wishes to make a motion on a re-vote at
the next meeting.
Conferences help RHA Conferences
play an important part in the
RHA every year. In the course of a school year,
the RHA attends about five different conferences.
This past weekend, the RHA attended
the 1991 SAACURH conference in Charlotte.
Don Kenny, the RHA advisor, said the conferences
help in educating in leadership skills
and help RHA senators become better leaders.
"It's a lot of fun, but it's a lot of hard work,"
he said. "Conferences are a learning experience,
and they help every year because of the student
turnover ration in and out of the residence
halls."
NACURH "worth the effort"
Clint Berry, a senator for the Horseshoe, said
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Students to help
produce college
By GORDON MANTLER
Assistant News Editor
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U.S. Rep. Robin Tallon is trying to
join the Republican Party in a lawsuit
against state legislative leaders, the
governor and the state Election
Commission.
Tallon, D-S.C., filed a motion this week
in U.S. District Court in Columbia asking
to join in suing over the lack of progress
on redrawing congressional, House and
Senate distriats.
Tax exemptions granted by the
state Legislature are taking away more
than $1 billion in potential revenue for
education each year, state Tax Commission
records show.
All of the 5 percent sales tax in South
Carolina goes toward education.
For the fiscal year beginning in July,
state officials estimated they will collect
$1.4 billion in sales tax and exempt
another $1.04 billion.
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Kirk Tatge (in the white shirt) tries to block Phillip Hill from a
pass in Sunday afternoon's "Hoop it Up" Men's Final. The festival
pitted three-man teams against one another Saturday and Sunday.
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rately on the contest, but eventually fused the groups
SPIN together.
"We pretty much did it in four or five days," She1QQIIP
aly said. "I think it's amazing that when faced with a
challenge, people can get together and get a job done
and win."
Spin produced its college issue last year at the Uni
versity of Missouri ? Columbia.
me Spin said Fri- "I think winning was a reflection of the education
jmber to produce we're getting here at USC," Shealy said.
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WUSC and The "Spin is to music and youth culture today as Rolling
st for the college Stone was in the '60s and early '70s," Shealy said,
"forth Carolina at To participate in the contest, each school must answer
five essay-type questions, such as discussing a
e worked hard," controversial issue for an article and who the five best
lb. "It was even people to interview would be.
TTie USC entry was a four- or five-page magazine
ly calm at first" a cover an^ essay question annior
"But then ! swered within the magazine in column form,
nd down in the m glad the journalism school is getting some of
the recognition it deserves," Shives said. "USC has
the possibility to be a really great university, and these
possibly assist in types of tilings really help.
he magazine. "I'm interested in the music industry for a career,
ew ideas of my but I'm not sure what part," he said. "I'm hoping this
e Kipp Shives. will help. I know some people worked on this contest
input into it." because of their resume, but I entered it n ore because
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