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VOL. L,XV No. .-,UNIVERSITY OF SOUT H CA ROLINA. COLUMBIA. S.C. 292014 EEPTEMBER1,17 Troubl BY MARK MORROW Gamecock Staff Writer One year late in completion, the $3.2 million coed dormitory, Bates West is still not the dorm promised last year. An interview with some 30 residents of Bates West found the building has problems with leaking windows, missing furniture, broken funiture, air conditioning malfunctions, plumbing problems and missing lamps in the study Three wheeler What with the parking problems Is probably the best means of trat veinent and perhaps more impori space. To say nothing of the pos shortage return again this winter. B sold on the benefits of bicycles, tr; D)icely ----Comn Watch for The Gamecock coming to all the places wh Gamuecock can be obtained. The Gantecock staff, will an well as the njation's top to features on severaul Carol ('arolina 's IppbonenIts are inc Gnmt i-i ek fex as In re m-ew. n part desks. All the residents interviewed complained of missing desk lights in the study desks and said they had trouble studying. The only lights in the rooms provided by the university are ceiling lights. Residents also complained of leaking windows. One law student, Sharon Giraud, said her window leaked so badly in the living room that it had ruined her stereo. She said she and her roommates had complained for two weeks about :1;I 4., . . we have on this campus, a hicycle isportation around. It's fast, con antly, doesn't take up too much sible benefits should the gasoline ut for those of you who are just not a trike. Staff photo by C'ourtne; ing! s special football edition Fae regular isisues of The The edition, prepared by miyze Carolina's hopes as enty teams. In addition Ina. players and all of luded in this largest-ever rdise ...Problems the window and it had not been fixed. However, other students with leaking windows said they had complained and had had their window repaired the same day. Other students complained they could not hang pictures or posters on the wall because they were afraid that they might damage the wall and would have to pay for it. They said any kind of tape would not work andmight take off the paint when they left. They said tape would not hold up a heavy By security o Assaull BY BILL PRATT Gamecock Staff Writer A seven-year-old black male has been arrested in connection with the as:,"ult of a USC coed on Sept. 11, according to campus police reports. Terri Debruhl, the USC coed, was cut on the right arm while 4walking in the 1500 block of Green Street by a black youth as he ran past her. Debruhl was treated by the USC Infirmary and released with 30 s.titches in her arm. The youth, whose name is being withheld, has been taken into custody by Columbia juvenile authorities. The attack was the most recent in a rash of reported assaults on campus since the opening of school, Aug. 26. Three other incidents have been reported to campus security of ficials, according to George Key, director of Campus Security. Three black males robbed a USC student of $30 in front of Bates House dorm on Sept: 3, Key said. Two male students were robbed Sept. 7 of $10, also by three black males. The robbery occurred on the railroad tracks below Bates House. On Sept. 8, a male USC student was robbed of $23 by three black youths. The incident occurred on the pedestrian ramp leading from Bates House. "We have no indication of a conspiracy. It goes without saying that our patrols are -looking ,for black males of the 14-17 age group, the main suspects of the rob beries," Key said. "We are geing to clean-up the ramp," Key added, "whatever- it takes. "Attention is Demng given to the Bates House parking lot." New lights and additional parking have been added to the Bates House parking lot to keep students away from the parking lot on the Bull Street side of Bates House, which has been a pm.blem crop up at US( picture. At least one student, however, seemed to have solved the problem with adhesive hangers and had managed to hang a heavy framed picture over her couch. Several students complained they were missing chairs, and in somecases, sofas. One student said he did not even have a desk chair for his bedroom. Others said their furniture was broken or their beds were broken so that their beds fell on the floor. Howver, other students said they (ficials t suspeci The best way to to give them whi without area in the past, Key said. Marion Street, along the University Terrace, requires additional lighting," Key con tinued, "Problems with a new power system have delayed in stallation of the new lights. We have doubled patrols in this area, until lights can be installed," he said. Key said the common approach, USC Board To study fe A proposal to allow graduate students taking less than 12 semester hours to pay the student activities fee, allowing them student privileges, will be a major issue at the University of South Carolina USC Board of Trustees meeting Saturday, according to Leigh Leventis, president of the Student Government Association. Leventis said in the past, graduate students have not been allowed to pay the activities fee which allows students certain benefits such as ticket allotment for athletic events, infirmary care, if they weretaking under 12 hours. He said he hoped this new proposal to allow them to pay the fee would pass the Board, enabling graduate students the option to obtain such student privileges. lie said the former policy regarding graduate stuntsn -A newest dorm had all their funiture and everything worked. All the residents interviewed had some sort of complaints about the physical building, but one point they all agreed on was that Bates West was still the best place to live on campus. All the students said they would still move into Bates West if they had it to do again. The problems with the con struction of Bates West were many seized prevent trouble is stever they want, -esivtance. George Key in most of the robberies, is asking a favor. The requests range from borrowing cigarettes to small change. To prevent such incidents, Key encourages students to travel in groups of two or more. "The best way to prevent trouble is to give them whatever they want, without resistance," Key said. He urged students to report any criminal acts. of Trustees e questions taking under 12 hours, wishing to obtain the student activities privileges, was full payment of regular tuition of about $290. "This affected a lot of students and we're going to see what we can do," Leventis said. Ieventis said there would also be a resolution to improve 'dormitory facilities. He said emphasis of this plan would be placed on renovation of existing structures with par ticular attention given to dor mitories. Another important issue, Leventis said would be a remission of tuition for children of USC faculty attending the university. There will be a decrease or no tuition at all for children of professors of the university, Leventis stated.