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Students ni BY WARREN CIAYTON Of The Gamecock staff The USC Housing Services is offering a now option to those students who would like to get out of their housing contract sell it. This option, which went into effect Oct. 1, allows the student who desires to leave campus housing and is left with the prospect of losing his $50 advance room fee for spring semester, his entire fee to sell his contract to any student who has not" previously been in contact with Housing Services. There were previously only three situations where a student could be released from his contract and still retain the $50 fee. If a student left school for any reason whether it be graduation or with drawal, then he had a legitimate excuse for being released from his contract. Secondly, if the student is married or plans to get married and shows proof of the fact, then he can be released from his contract. The third reason covers any area of hardship. This can be anything from Money problen for UT con From Page One fection, Stewar is no other place for the money to Inste, come from" except the residents, the pro Stewart added. crews I The infection area of the The gr University Terrace playground is a scrape problem where there seems to be replace no solution Stewart said. "We grass v don't seem to get any action," he "The said, and, "at this point, we have done a given up." Failure to catch stray mean n cats, which were causing the in- added. Green Street closing plan modified From Pa*e One Leventis, the cultural center and Green Street are two separate issues. In SGA's opinion, the Green Street closing did not effect the flow of traffic. Traffic was observed during the closing period and no major troubles arose, Leventis said. The detoured traffic used Pickens and Blossom Streets. Leventis said. The detoured traffic used Pickens and Blossom Streets. Leventis reported that there were no complaints received from any Pendleton Street 'residents... GAMEC T he Gamecechi te et. fflial stadeat me, of South Careilba ad is puMlheod twice T6msdays. idag the .hi and spiag set d-in the-semmer by the USC Beard y Opimloms expressed Ic The Geamecesae th those of She Unilversity of South Careba. Change of address ferms. suberlpeo earnespoudeaee should be seat I. The Gain Cohabba. 2USS. Suberistih rates are $3 the summser susslous. gcad esses pOstage aid a Crb.ma... >w allowed A medical hardship to financial hardship. According to Director of Housing Ser vices Robert Stewart, out of the 414 per sons who have terminated their contract for spring semester, 30 have been for financial hardship. Stewart says this is up from previous semesters and that a great many of those who were released for this reason had fatheks who had lost their jobs because of the current financial situation. A person with a medical hardship has a few more channels to go through than the persons with any of the other situations. He must first present an explanation written by his doctor as to why it would be harmful for him to continue staying in a dorm. Housing Services will then send the person to a doctor, usually with the University Health Services, who verifies whether or not the reason given is legitimate. "The reason we do this," says Stewart, "isthat many people will get their doctor, who is usually a good friend of the family, to write out an excuse, which usually says something to the effect that if the student feels like he shouldn't be in a dorm, then it is blamed ditions led to this lack of action, I said. id, he said, "We will turn blem over to the grounds o get rid of the problem." ound crew will probably the sand out of the area and it with dirt. Then, he said, rould be planted. fact that nothing is being bout a problem, doesn't the ye o one is working on it," he adverti despera supporl the laro the nat merry hope t Chageesloingpla spspw .1 ttheaIlarM merryisusa e Puese temis andcoret m~teedwsadmgSENI I regnsests and ther ececk, Drawer A. U1W, per semester and 2 for .o sell housi would probably be best if he weren't." "The way wp -gonroach a hardship case," says Stewart , "is by asking question, 'Is it unreasonable to expect this student to live up to his contract.' If the answer is yes, then he is released from the contract." Up until this time, if the answer was no, then the only recourse a person could take would be to appeal the decision to the Housing Appeals committee. The com mittee is composed of faculty and students who have no connection with Housing Services. Now a student who does not fUll into any one of the previous three categories of the student who may have been in one of the categories but failed to let the housing office know before Nov. 15 of his decision to leave, has the option of selling his contract to any student who Is not already on campus and who has not made application for housing. Only eight contracts have been sold this semester. Most students who attempt to sell their contracts do so in order to live off campus. One student, who is trying to sell her room contract in Wade Hampton, said ) THE ADVI his is the last issue of TI ar, 1974. Again, we wc sers for giving us your t4 tely needed. We hope yo t in helpingTHE GAMEC4 lest and most prestigious ion. THE GAMECOCK staff Christmas and a happy ai ) hear from you in Janun ADV. MGR. OR SALESMAN rig contract she "hated living in a dorm." She had found a place off-campus with three of her sorority sisters which was somewhat cheaper than dorm expenses. Most students interviewed said they had received nothing but cooperation with the housing office. However, one student had expressed a somewhat different opinion. Lance Griffin, a freshman, had ap proached Associate Director of Housing, Joseph Barnes, with a note from his doctor saying he had a virus which was affected by dust in the dorm. Griffin said Barnes told him, "We've had several people come in with this excuse. This isn't good enough. He practically called me a liar," said Griffin. Griffin put*his contract up for sale and at the same time went to seek student - legal aid at the law school. He said a third year law student wrote up the case and then sent a letter to Stewart, explaining the treatment Griffin had received and asked that housing services reconsider the request. Griffin then went to see Stewart and was immediately released from his contract. RTISERS, RE GAMECOCK for >uld like to thank the 3tal support which is so u will continue your )CK remain one of the college newspapers in wishes all of you a very id safe New Year. We ry. lincerely yours, SALESMAN SA LESM AN