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BY MARK DILLIARD
Of The Gamecock staff
The war on student apathy is
declared yearly atelection time on
campuses across America.
At USC this year, as candidates
for positions in the Student
Government Association (SGA)
propose ways to get students in
volved in university activities, the
new battle front may be the
commuting student.
Research shows off-campus
students tend to be less involved in
univerAity activities and many do
not want any special efforts on
their behalf.
The presidencies of USC's 180
student organizations are held by
on-campus students by a two-to
one margin.
Ombudsman Julianne Thrift,
The Descendents of Mike and F
Afro-American Art Music," will
coming Monday and Tuesday nil
University Union Cultural Series I
group features piano, bass, per
vocals. Their contemporary Afric
the Spur with a USC ID.
More student irl
right ideas will s
AMpUS Stul
last semester's co-ordinator for
off-campus and married students,
said many of the off-campus
presidents may have originally
lived on campus. "It seems that
it's easier to be involved if you live
on campus. But once you get in
volved it doesn't matter where you
live."
Thrift said students living in
dormitories may be more likely to
know about student activities
because of hall advisors and close
contact with students involved in
various organizations.
Often commuting students do not
take part in activities because they
would have to return to campus in
the evening after classes. "That's
a lot of trouble, going home, eating
supper and coming back," Thrift
said.
A telephone survey showed on
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and off-campus students hai
attended basketball games wi
almost equal frequency th
semester. Commuting students 1
to movies in the Russell House,
typical evening activity, much le
often.
The question for the would
SGA officer, however, is wheth
the commuting student
especially interested in becomih
involved in school activities.
A survey for Thrift's offi
showed 61 per cent of off-camp
students felt it was "somewhat"
"very" important th
"educational, cultural and soci
events be planned specifically I
commuters." However, cc
siderably more, 91 per cent, fi
current information on camp
events was important.
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or candidate promising to find ways
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us commuters would be satisfied with
knowing when and where these
is activities are available to them.
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