Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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At USC con Volunt By CHUCK KEEFER Staff Writer USC's Volunteer Services program hosted 150 or more delegates to the Southeastern Regional Conference of the National Student Volunteer Program Friday and Saturday. Delegations from several yoI ba Bet your We're only 4 blc Two-hour serv erence eer SerN southern states gathered in the Russelll House for several rounds of meetings each day dealing with varied approaches to stimulating and operating campus volunteer service programs. The conference was conducted by James R. Tanck, director of the National Student Volunteer i r I. sweet bippy! icks away - only 4 blocks I ice 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday %V CLEANERS & LAUI 1908 Blossom ASK ABOUT OUR Cf rices d Program with assistance from Robert Alexander, director of Volunteer Services at USC. Workshops dealt with tutoring, the role of the church, political involvement, mental health, juvenile delinquency, minority groups, day care centers and or a quality job. through Friday. IDRY St. IARGE PLAN. EllA A REWAR LEADI SCHO ATHI CAMF TIES K;FRIAI scussed community resources related to student volunteerism. Alexander said that although it was still too early tP make a valid evaluation, he thought that the conference was a success. "Education only begins in the classroom and as the semester begins this is the time for students to get involved in the community and make their education more relevant and start solving some of the problems of the community at the same time," he said. "The kind of students that at tended this conference were sin cere enough to be willing to make the sacrifices and get involved in the community and begin calling into question that which is taught in the classroom," he added. no. "figr MS_ RSHIP . .. I. -TI CO PEI X' IVOle TERNT ~RSHEB. 4-14 Bill woul to room By MARTIN MOBLEY Staff Writer A bill to allow freshmen and sophomore students to live off campus without parental consent or ,any other restrictions, is scheduled to be introduced in the Student Senate Wednesday by Sen. Jim Pittman of District 14. "The campus student," Pittman said, "spends on the average a total of 93 hours a week within his dormitory. The dormitory is an institution within itself, and it often requires a special type of tran sition phase," he continued. Pittman listed several of the frustrations that a college student faces by living in a dorm: --The student dislikes the size of the dormitory room; --he would rather live alone but the cost of a single room is prohibitive; -he would like to add conveniences tc MGOOD GEM ca NCE .E .M . RUSm A Ib(R E~E~Tis ~ CLAW goo~?? bs SOdd I -THE GAMECOCK-' sophomore, his attemptIg barred." Compulsory n residence is required most men and sophomores unless have parental consent or are 21 or married. Pittman said, "The Univert'WW. acting on the assumption that a person is not mature live outside the dormitory." es UFO n notice conference concerning the martial of Pvt. Mitchell Smith is accused of being AWOL after leave was revoked when commanding officer disco, (Continued on page S) 1 __ w 40ts. Coft N949 46*C0 Y CO 6 OW PeruarY 2, 1971 d allow aj off-campw his room but university policy prohibits it; -he finds often the food distasteful, but feels the in vestment in meal tickets too great to weste; --he fels the rules are antiquated and dislikes the regulations administered by hall counselors and house mothers. According to Pittman, "when the student wishes to flee from such conditions, as a freshmen or Owner serv with evictic Proprietors of the UFO coffee house revealed Friday that the owner of the building which houses the closed coffee house has served an eviction notice. The eviction was noted in a news FLIFI o~ , l e no TAT Ya is t4S cl bI ov,er a here -Ag aO~ * el utieve IV.J C be aFAD a. " TO IAWtu ympenatn Arkye odkins