Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The J BY DOUG WILLIAMS One of the major bones of con tention this university has had to cope with in recent years has been residence conditions. Many in dividuals have an extraordinarily difficult time understanding how, in the light of some seemingly unjustified housing cost increases, the prices can go up while the conditions continually deteriorate. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the Mcbryde Quadrangle area. The list of problems is virtually endless: poor maintenance, poor security, poor lighting, dangerous conditions (when it rains, the loose clay surrounding the potential library addition becomes slicker than ice), etc. Worst of all, despite repeated pleas to the housing hierarchy, nothing seems to be getting ac complished. Example: President Thomas F. Jones' answer to the problem of discharged fire extinguishers in rooms ruining stereo equipment was to place the equipment in plastic garbage bags. Example: After a discussion in which McBryde residents were assured better security on the part of the university, a number of items strangely disappeared from the various fraternity lounges. Example: One of the rooms in the McBryde B east area has so much mold on the wall that it smells like an antique shop. Pile on top of this the fact that presently the fraternities oc cupying McBryde are paying rent T Ut TRIP COLTI ~ ~Juesdag X BOILER ROOM sur Famouw Bodler Rcoom Steak Covered WI French Fried Omoicn R inycs Haked Potate Beverage C$2 '/ r ronn oys Of M Despite repeated pleas to the housing hierarchy, nothing seems to be getting accomplished. for their. respective lounges based on the number of members living in each residence area. If less than 14 members live in the area, the lounge is closed. But realistically speaking, what does McBryde have to offer to a person torn between on-and-off campus living? Not only does a McBryde resident have to face all the aforementioned terrors, but has construction facing him in USC's longest-running premier, the library extension. And now, with the recent acquisition of the Booker T. Washington high school area, residents are faced with more of VAll til ['IA II QOMO eBryde the same: dust, noise at? all hou of the morning, ;workmen wa dering around, etc. How does this school honest believe that it can actually contnn placing McBryde lower than i lowest priorities? How can justify the rate increases in light this? How can it consciously allo the area to degenerate at f alarmingly rapid pace? Since the advent of constructic on the library addition, the re. future of McBryde has been hazl to say the least. At best, residenl are told that it will stand at lea: one more year. However, a conscious as this school is, it i very difficult to believe that th ghetto would be allowed to stan and block a beautiful view of th new structure. In any event, it is hoped that th university will take notice of th McBryde situation and realize the it might be asking a bit much c students to live there under th present conditions. With th present housing restrictions o fraternities, it is almost impossibl to simply suggest a massiv exodus to any of the over-price apartment havens in Columbia. But the least the school can do i make it a little more than hall livable. After all, massive sums c money are going elsewhere, i disregard of student needs. Wh not apply some of the millions t student needs? In spite of the fac that the University might call ou the bulldozers at any given time without any notice, and bur: McBryde into oblivion. ur'(dav 12:00) - JA.sl SJ:SSION LLEY PAVI U)- Nialil Sil bFudent dpecialI ednesdayj jig P1/%ANOS All You an~ E rs ly ue ts it w In Mitchell A t s BYMERRYBATEMAN s e Media authorities say curren d artists create not so much, object, e to behold as experiences in whici to participate. If this appears to bE e a reasonable thesis, it was sup e ported Saturday night at the t Coliseum when Joni Mitchel f performed. e The evening opened with 3( e minutes of the LA Express, Mit n chell's backup band. The audienc( e quietly listened to the group bu e impatiently waited for the ap I pearance of Joni Mitchell. Sh( presented a two hour show o s herself singing songs from all o her work, including her nev f album, "Court and Spark." I Joni is a gifted artist who car y express herself through man: 3 diverse crafts. During the concer t she played various guitars, the t piano , the dulcimer. Sh( presented her music, vocally an< instrumentally, through her owr creative manner - singing an< 1 (1F111 rL IO"S GlYS S8.00 DOWNI COLI TROLL,EY P 11.1 fUIp .||iur .j e'd h es Entert[ai INightdy Lt Her Best playing unlike any of the folksingers who are so often ad t mired and imitated. Her voice is like a third instrument. She has i such incredible range. Joni Mitchell expresses herself - through being extremely recep tive. Her skills have developed I through an ability to assimilate and refine the impressions which pass by her and the experiences by - which she passes. The concert was a real gathering of folk music enthusiasts. Mit chell's songs evolved around the themes of many lovers, cities and . seashores, roses, blueness, the big yellow tractors and ladies of the canyons. This was a common ground for so many because there was a transparency in the material of the sogs where these enthusiasts could see one another. At the end of the concert, she received a ten minute ovation with shouts of more and finally returned to the stage for another number. FUN TRXP JIDER JMBIA AVIION nfnnnn n men t