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Stl By $COTT DERKS The cost of going to USC will rise in the fall -- for some as mUeh, as $25. The Board of Tristees ha s approved fee hikes affecting housing, parking and regular student fees. Harold. Brunton, vice president for student affairs, defended the hikes as necessary, ex olaihing that the rapid expansion, new con struction and services and inflation have forced the changes. This fall all students, resident and non resident, will experience a $10 lump in academic fees to help cover the cost of the soon to-be opened health center. "By law the Health Center must operate on a break even basis," Brunton said. "It is no secret that students didn't use the infirmary except for certain things, but with the new facility and a completely new staff the cost must go up. There has been a 300 per cent in crease in personnel alone," Brunton said. Each student will now pay $20 per semester for Health Center services. Part-time students will also be asked to carry a heavier financial load, while the definition of a full-time student has been altered from nine hours to 12 hours. In-state undergraduates will be charged $22 per hour and graduate students, perpetually the most undernourished group on campus, w'll Baruch In stuffy Ky DER STIRLING the few un The Haruch Institute. remainng on A very stuffy-sounding name for hinancier ecological research. taruch bough Research. mind you. that not ovate tin the only involves a microscope or two, was to hisw but a practical lesson in learning was belle i w the ways of the ocean. un- suitability of derstand?ng the tides and servation edu creatures that call the water home. thele tW. It's learning to keep a small boat facilitate that afloat in high wind or straining to pull in a net full of mullusks and occassionally a sunburn. All this just to gather research for one of the many Baruch research projects. )r. John Vernberg, Institute I)irecto;. and his wife Dr. Winona Vernberg left Duke University three years ago to begin work at US('. They said they thought there was too little activity in ecological marine research. It was a challenge to come here. There has been little research activity in this part icular area. That, coupled with a yet unspoiled estuarine system to be studied at the coastal facility, and the opportunity to develop an educational program in con junction with estuarine and marshland programs." the in stitute's director said. USC almost did not have the Institute. Over three years ago Clemson was originally slated to receive the facility and had even received a grant for that purpose. But USC approached the Baruch F-oundation with a proposal to study the marine environment nonetheless. Through some bungling by Clemson and some good timing on the part of USC officials the Institute was set up in Columbia. The famed Hobcaw Barony, a 17.500 acre plantation outside Georgetown where the Institute's field station lies, represents one of -I. N. Buer. Off QThm Mu WA. Cmage CAPITOL NEWSSTAND 120W mi, Sereet And Nmenptaun St. Newsstand 1110 Hampsem a. VIBRATIONS See what's Po-E happeningFlu at the 1/2 Lb. Fre of Flou CRICREI'E Tate,*'Tot saHi We've got it all12 togetherl DUTCH SOUARE rident fee. have a rate change from $20 per hour to $25. Non-resident part-time fees have been jackec up to $40 (undergraduates) and $50 (graduates per semester hour. Transcripts will even cost more -- $3. The fee schedule for parking has bee drastically changed in some areas to "mak parking available close to the campus and gi maximum usage, maintain rates lower tha comparable commercial rates and maximiz income to finance Parking Revenue Bonds, according to Brunton's list of objectives for th Trustees. The one-year-old parking garage on Blossor Street will experience a 200 per cent hike il semester rates. It will now cost $40 pe semester to park in the garage -- doubling las year's fee -- while the per year fee (includin summer) will move from $50 to $75. Brunton explains that the garages in the cit' charge $144 a year hinting that $75 is a bargain Student decals, which Brunton refers to as < "hunting license" because about 3,000 of thq stickers were sold last year for 1,000 studen registered parking spots, will cost $15 a year instead of $10 or $10 a semester rather than $5 The parking meters on Bull Street and in the Russell House lot will all cost five cents more per hour this fall, but some parking fines ar( slated to be reduced. "The decals, meters and the garage will bf going up because this is the only wal to raise money to provide more parking,' Brunton said. "The trustees felt we had held ou1 stitute: name for ecologi polluted estuaries With 30 faculty members i the East coast. volved in research, the Baru nillionaire Bernard Institute is attempting to ful the land in his home analyze the estuarine system. 900's and turned it definite attempt is being made st daughter Belle. It find the common ground necessat o recognized the to translate the findings in1 Hobcaw for con- terms--such as food energy leve ration and formed and dollar values --that the pub] end. and its lawmakers can understanc e "1ryOu'o '%. Po-Boy Fresh Shrimp Box $1.75 Genetous Serving of Fresh Shrimp 00oy Slaw - French Fries -Tater Tots r Box Puppies - Tarter Sauce. sh Filet 0 % Ider Combination Box F. Frees $1.90 ish Puppies Fresh Filet ot Flounder Shrimp & Oysters Cole Slaw - F Fries l ater Togs Hush Puppies -Tarter Sauce )8 Knox Abbc TELEPHONE ORDERS 796-1654 OPEN 11 A.M. -7 DAYS. going up, on raising parking rates too long and they thought we should go further than we did.' Brunton said that with increased fees the University will be able to add more decks to the garage and add more parking. "There is no other way to get money for n parking. It is a self-supporting activity," e Brunton explained. Housing rates -- affecting about 7,000 students -- will also be going up five or ten dollars. New e rent rates have already gone into effect in married student housing. eBrunton explains that student opposition of a $10 hike in Woodland Terrace, UT and Carolina Gardens has already brought about a com r promise. "We modified our approach because of student concerns." Rates at Carolina Gardens and Woodland Terrace will go up $5 per month now and $5 more effective January 1. University Terrace students will have a $10 raise but will be given a free parking decal in the parking garage since Health Center construction has eliminated much of the UT parking. Taking it easy At one of the University Union's free blanket concerts this woman relaxes on the Horseshoe to the gentle strains of a guitar. cal research n- The economic system and the ecosystem. for instance, are not 1 dissimilar conceptually; ac cording to Dr. Vernberg. The Institute is combining economists with biologists, r 1, 0 lawyers with geologists, engineers with political scientists, chemists ie and physicists. The staff is in - volved in studying some of the environmental problems in the state, such as pollution in Charleston Harbor. Others are working privately with legislators to derive fair and equitable Tidelands Legislation. But in general the Institute has rarely been approached directly by the state for consultation in Marine Science. The state prefers to duplicate efforts by appointing its "own" study groups from the Wildlife Resources Commission, a department whose involvement in politics makes its recom mendations and findings questionable at best. Students can be easily in tergrated into this working, learning environment through its undergraduate and graduate students can be trained in some eight different departments and {i five colleges with 30o faculty members. It is the first of its kind in the South Atlantic states. IDD NE +.1.I.S. COR. *CORDl ling In ~+W OO L Cole+EN H ush P0-oy.E R Fried Oyster, Box $1.75 ysrersServing of Frsh ++BRITJ French Fries - Taler Tots Hush Puppies - Tarter Sauce. NE') Mt Drive SHI A WEEK up, up The liiernailonei House will be the only dormitory that will not have the rates changed. The room rental costs will lump from $5 in McBryde Quadrangle, Maxcy, Preston, Towers, McClintock, Sims, Wade Hampton, South and South Tower; $10 in the Horseshoe, Thornwell and Woodrow and the Roost while Bates House and the American plan will go up a whopping $28 per semester. Brunton said that by state law, funds can not be allocated from the state for housing. "Housing must operate on a break even basis and we had to either change the rates or cut down on what we are doing," Brunton said. He was quick to add, "and I know that we can't do much below what we are doing now." The Housing office did finish in the black this past year but a 12 per cent wage increase for custodial workers went into effect July 1 and4 coupled with inflation is expected to increase housing costs next year. 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