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Univer, BY EILEEN BERLIN, LEIGH LEVENTIS AND RITA McKINNEY Editor's Note: The authors are officials of the USC Student Government Association (SGA). Once again University priorities have to be called into question, specifically in the area of University dormitories. Other than Bates House, what decent dorms are there for the men to live in? And in the women's "low-rent" dorms the conditions are as bad. A justification of these poor living conditions, by several ad ministrators, seems to end up in the cliche, "you get what you pay for." In reality, you're getting much less than you're paying for. For example, two people sharing a room in the Towers are paying $100. a month and look at what the benefits are: a tiny room, very poor lighting, no weather stripping, and constant battles with room temperature. These conditions can be generalized to all of the so-called "low-rent" dorms. And now we are faced with another dilemma--that of rising housing fees and a decrease in maid service. What justification is there for these two major changes? More importantly, what benefits will the students be getting for paying this extra money ? We can understand, but do not condone, the decrease in maid service. We have been told that students, as mature adults, EL] ;ity Housi Leigh Leventis are capable of taking care of their own rooms, to which we agree. So why can't we, as mature, responsible adults, also regulate ourselves -in matters such as open house policies? Along these same lines why doesn't the administration allow all dorm violations to be tried in the Student Courts by the peers of the violators? The answer seems to be that the ad ministration is using our "maturity" arbitrarily, for their own benefit. A final point which we take issue with at this time is the housing contract. You've probably noticed that in the contract the Housing Office is completely covered by you, as the leasee, are virtually stuck to Studen " Sprir - Feb. 18-19, - Feb. 25, Cai CTIONS -*March 4, El * March 6, 1s\ - March 8, 2i - April 1, na ng Prioriti the contract. A student, in most cases of housing violations, is presumed guilty until proven innocent. As a result, you can get thrown out of the dorm much easier than you can get out on your own initiative. A student who wants to get out of the contract is fortunate if he owes no more than his $50. deposit. The idea of changing the contract from yearly to a semester basis has been discussed and has caused some University officials to shudder. Could they realize what we know? That after one semester of dorm life a large number of students would like to move off campus! So once again the University doesn't have to deal with the real problem--what is it about the dorms that makes the students want to move off campus? Instead, they simply bind us to a year contract, making it nearly impossible to get out of and the real problem remains unsolved. Thank the Lord for the poor, innocent Freshmen. Without them the dorms would be just about emntv! .Alpha Phi Alphas To Crown Queen The USC Theta Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity an nounces the First Annual Coronation Ceremonies of Miss Alpha Phi Alpha and her court 7:30 p.m., Friday, in the Belk Audi torium of the New Business Ad ministration building. The public i s i n v it e d. Lt Gove ig Elec Filing Date (Ru npaign Starts ect ion i Run-Off ed Run-Off nuuratwin es Questii PA( Thursday USC Men Co Seven men were com missioned as officers in the U. S. Navy and the Marine Corps Saturday, Dec. 22, in ceremonies at USC. Commissioned as ensigns in the Navy were Steven Ray Burnette of Charleston; Peter S. Eltringham of Newport News, Va.; Robert Alton Mobley, Jr. of Kershaw; and Joseph Earl Yarborough, Jr. of Columbia. Jacob Feaster Stone, Jr. of Chester was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U. S. rnmeni Lions ssell House Lobby 9-. DnabIe iE 4 Jan. 31 mm iss ioned Marine Corps and Cecil M. Amick, Jr. of Spartanburg and William M. Barnes, Jr. of Randolph, Mass. were com missioned as ensigns in the U. S. Naval Reserves. Capt. John H. Fitzgerel, commander of the USC Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps detachment, com missioned the new officers, all of whom completed bachelor"s degree requirements this month at the University. i)