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Electric atmosphere fuels win over Florida PAGE 10 dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017 VOL. 109, NO. 04 ● SINCE 1908 Victoria Richman / THE DAILY GAMECOCK USC APPROPRIATIONS STARTING ‘05 - ‘06 THE CONVERSATION $196,375,127 Student Government honors legislators for supporting higher education ‘06 - ‘07 $214,002.847 ‘07 - ‘08 $229,475,741 ‘08 - ‘09 $223,310,213 ‘09 - ‘10 $176,169,279 ‘10 - ‘11 $123,045,606 Larissa Johnson / THE DAILY GAMECOCK ‘11 - ‘12 USC Student Body President Michael Parks and Clemson Student Body President Joey Wilson speak at the Wednesday press conference. $116,978,761 Larissa Johnson the game,” said USC Student student voice” at the state Act and university budgets @LALARISSAJ Body President Michael capital, Parks said. were given fi ve points, while Parks. Giving that voice was bills that had a limited impact ‘12 - ‘13 USC and Clemson student While the honor roll was Secretary of Government were worth fewer points. governments hope to start proposed by USC, Clemson’s Relations Natalie Pita, who Legislators made the honor $129,209,764 a new period of more Student Government was led the USC team working on roll if they got 90 percent or student involvement in state eager to get involved. Both the report. more of available points — government, beginning with universities had teams that “The legislators can’t pass an A grade. The project was ‘13 - ‘14 their Wednesday release collaborated on the project. bills that students like and inspired by a similar effort of the Student Higher “We have to... work they don’t know the opinions last year by LSU. $137,486,275 ‘14 - ‘15 ‘05 - ‘06‘06 - ‘0710 YEARS LATER ‘15 - ‘16 ‘16 - ‘17 $144,162,441 23.7% 22.9% 10.2% 10.5% ‘15 - ‘16 $147,412,101 Education Report and Honor together to have an impact of students if we don’t tell “There’s no higher Roll. The report, an original on the state,” said Clemson them,” Pita said. education report card in part of Parks’ platform, Student Body President Joey Beginning in August, Pita’s South Carolina, so we includes voting records on Wilson. team went through all of the thought it was something that ‘16 - ‘17 higher education bills in the Even though Clemson legislation from the 2015- was really important to start,” past two years and honors University and the University 2016 session and assigned Pita said. $159,814,693 legislators who consistently of South Carolina system point values to each bill About two-thirds of state supported higher education. together include almost based on its impact on higher The report was created “to 70,000 potential voters, education. Bills such as the SEEHONORROLLPAGE2 give students some skin in there’s “no really tangible Tucker Hipps Transparency Med school, lab space comprise bulk of request for new state funding Mike Woodel In its request for fi scal year basic sciences and coordinators @GETTHISDOGGONE 2017-18, USC budget offi cials for Graduate Medical fi led for the following revisions Education and recruitment Revisions to USC’s state to state-funded programs: All measures outlined in funding for fiscal year 2017- Nearly $5.6 million to the request are unconfirmed, 18 show the university is launch the new Undergraduate pending General Assembly looking to stay on par with Information Technology approval. a state economy shifting and Computing Learning The University also seeks File Photo: Anna Walker / THE DAILY GAMECOCK toward medical service and Collaborative a pair of one-time, non- information technology. $5.4 million in additional recurring appropriations worth State law requires agencies to funding for the Health a combined $71.5 million for Student offi cer elections submit budget requests for the Sciences program, including 12 2017-18, among them $50 following fi scal year each Nov. new faculty million to relocate the USC 1. USC’s request for revisions $3.5 million in “Other School of Medicine. Currently, process under way to existing programs and one- Funds” for the School of the School of Medicine leases time appropriations shows the Medicine 329,000 square feet of space The 2017 Student debate Feb. 7. The student University is placing emphasis $2.5 million in “Other on the grounds of the Dorn Government election process body will cast their votes Feb. on investing in its medicine Funds” for the USC School of Veterans Affairs Medical began this week when those 14-15, and the winners will be and technology programs. Medicine Greenville Center on Garners Ferry Road, wishing to run filed for inaugurated March 15. However, a state-requested $2.5 million for the Student fi ve miles from the heart of the candidacy Jan. 17-18. There The full unofficial list of contingency plan reveals that Success Initiative, to go toward USC campus. The University are three executive positions 2017 Student Government cutbacks could be ahead for the new Honors College faculty, estimates that bringing the available — president, vice candidates will be found on quickly-expanding School of advisors, tutors and instructors current medical campus to president and treasurer — as The Daily Gamecock website Medicine if the South Carolina for University 401 courses “modern serviceable condition” well as 50 senate seats. as soon as released. General Assembly looks to $1.75 million for the School would cost $75 million, with There will be a mandatory — Compiled by Brittany shave the state general fund of Medicine to hire new faculty candidate meeting Jan. 31 Franceschina, News Editor in 2017. in biomedical engineering and SEE PAGE2 and an executive candidate FUNDING 2 Thursday, January 19, 2017 About The Daily Gamecock Editor-in-Chief LARISSA JOHNSON Design Directors “I don’t think there’s LOGAN ZAHNER GREER SCHNEIDER Copy Desk Chief DEBBIE CLARK MICAELA WENDELL a whole lot of Assistant Copy Desk Chief ANDREW CROSSAN Photo Editor VICTORIA RICHMAN money to be gained Assistant Photo Editor YANGXING DING News Editors BRITTANY FRANCESCHINA BRI HAMLIN betting against Investigations Editor MIKE WOODEL Arts & Culture Editors DARBY HALLMAN George Bush. 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The Daily Gamecock is supported in part by student activity fees. One free copy per reader. Additional copies may be purchased for $1 each from Student Media. dailygamecock.com EDITOR ARTS & CULTURE [email protected] [email protected] NEWS SPORTS [email protected] [email protected] OPINION PHOTO [email protected] [email protected] Newsroom: Editor’s offi ce: 777-7726 777-3914 Courtesy of Tribune News Service Courtesy of Tribune News Service HONORROLLPAGE1 recession, students have for will be the proposal FUNDINGPAGE1 requirements. faced rising tuition of a higher education If put into action by the General costs and debt. bond bill — now Parks’ projected annual maintenance costs Assembly, the reduction would preempt senators made the “We’re not just “No. 1 priority” for exceeding $8 million in coming years. USC’s hiring of 10 new faculty and honor roll, while only going to allow student government relations. The fi rst phase of relocation involves 12 staff members, saving just over $2 about half of state loans and debt that The bill would be a 130,000-square-foot medical teaching million. Stensland said this would affect representatives made can handicap the the first in 15 years facility worth $80 million, to be the university’s student-faculty ratio, the cut. One senator students of the state and authorize the completed by 2020. The second phase, estimated by U.S. News and World included on the honor of South Carolina sale of state bonds a $120 million facility for basic sciences Report at 18:1.