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[email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 VOL. 108, NO. 34 ● SINCE 1908 USC prepares for federal cuts Carolina Cab sees University spends $280k USC spent $260,000. now, he asks them “to make increased ridership for national lobbying In recent years, the face of strategic cuts, rather than basic, that lobbying has also changed, across-the-board cuts,” he said. High demand leaves some Thad Moore according to Steven Beckham, Regardless, he expects that
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