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Housing Feei
BY BILL OUTLAW
The bite is being placed on the maintenance, according to
students empty wallets as the cost university housing officials.
of living in on-campus dormitories The housing office has an
has risen once again. The reason nounced a deficit for last years
for the increase is the rising cost of operations of approximately
utilities and an increase in the pay $471,000. That is a lot of hot water,
for people who are responsible for which we seem to be getting less of
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publicity, said Hennit. Another time in USC history, off -campus
potentially high amount may have senate seats will be elected out of
to be allocated for staffing the 14 academic schools instead of the
polling places, which may need to former geographical system. Also
be utilized on as many as three for the first time, off-campus
occasions if run-offs are needed. senate seats will outnumber
This year marks several firsts campus seats 39 to 23.
for the SGA elections. For the first
Ffr tresident ForVice President
Wayne Adams Daniel Johnston
"Budman"
m mT . i Marilyn Johnston
Jimmy T. Efird
Mike Honeycutt Allen Lawhead
Leigh Leventis Phillip Newsome
Richard M. Reed
Walter Metz
John Middleton Ron Smith
James Starnes Paul Allen Ward
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The increase breaks down some
thing like this: All tene ment area
will be increased from $170 to $180
Maxcy and Preston will be in
creased from $180 to $195, Mc
Bryde Quadrangle will go fron
$185 to $195 and all dorms in thi
Towers Area will go from $190 t<
$205.
Bates House will increase fron
$510 to $560 (including the cost o
the food plan), Bates-West will g<
from $245 to $270, McClintock wil
increase from $192.50 to $200, Sim;
will increase from $197.50 to $210
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Tower will be increased from $211
to $235, Capstone suites will in,
crease from $220 to $245 and
private baths will increase from
$230 to $255 and Columbia Hall will
increase from $230 to $255.
This total will bring in about
$260,000 for next year, which still
leaves a deficit of about $211,000.
This remaining deficit will be
made up by the reduction of the
maintenance staff, according to
housing officials. It would be
unfair to accuse housing for
making unjust raises as the cost of
living, utilities in articular, has
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alarmingly mncrease mn the past
year for everyone, not jusi
students.
The increase in room cost per
semester may well be warranted,
but the administrative services
offered to students could use some
improvements. The $10 room
change fee is unnecessary and self.
defeating in its purpose. It en
courages illegal room switching as
it is primarily used to discourage
students from changing rooms, but
the result is usually one of students
switching rooms without telling the
housing office.
The housing office maintains
that room switching costs them
roughly $3,000 per year and the $10
is to help pay for administrative
costs involved in room switching.
They list about six or seven places
that must be contacted per room
switch including the use of a
computer update service. It is still
hard to conceive of this cost
amountin to $10 per person.
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A plan that has been mentioned
and is very commendable is one
that would allow each student one
room switch free per year and each
additional switch would cost $25.
This would give the student a fair
opportunity to relocate if he deems
it necessary while discouraging
constant change on the part of the
student at the mere drop of a hat.
The housing oftice has received
much criticism for their refusal to
refund money to people desiring to
be released from their contract
commitment of one year. Housing
is justified in its policy on this
matter. Special cases may be
appealed to the housing office and
students are given the opportunity
to move if they have a valid reason
for doing so.
Students making commitments
for one year should realize they are
taking up space that could be used
by someone else who, if he cannot
get in must either find another
place to live or go home. Housing,
like any othet business, has a
budget to meet and must make the
necessary provisions to keep
themselves out of debt and this
results in the one year contract
commitment on the part of the
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