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USC's Flying Club has a 1971
Cessena 150 single-engine plane,
and interested students may now
fly at reduced rates.
With this $6,100 plane a club
member can be taught to fly at one
half the cost of local flight schools,
said Robert Sumwalt, club
president. The teachers are
qualified instructors, said Sumwalt
who has a ground instructor's
license.
The USC Flying Club was begun
this year by Sumwalt. He got the
idea from other schools .with
similar programs.
The freshman engineering
student has been working since
September to get funding from the
Student Allocations Committee
and the State Budget and Control
Board.
Sumwalt said the club attempts
to interest students in flying ,and
make low cost flying lessons
available. The club will allow
persons with flying licenses to fly
at reduced rates.
The flying club is open to all full
time students, faculty and staff.
The organization's next meeting
will be March 24 at 8 p.m. in 310
Russell House.
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Construction crews are expected
to begin work inside Russell House
at the end of this semester, ac
cording to Robert Todd, Russell
House Director.
Tandy Construction Company of
Charlotte is 15 days behind
schedule on the $3.7 million ad
dition, campus planning official
Gilbert Perry said.
The building, begun Oct. 15, 1974,
is expected to be completed in
August, 1976.
"It's too early to tell whether or
not the job will be completed on
time," Perry said. "Changes in
the plans and the weather have
been factors leaving the crews 15
days behind at this point. But that
can all be made up in no time at all.
Every job needs extensions."
The first major change that will
take place once the work crews
move inside will be the moving of
the post office.
"As soon as this semester is
over, we plan to move the post
office into the T.V. Lounge where it
will remain after the new addition
is completed," Todd said.
Todd also went on to say that
there will be a lot of noise and
confusion when the students come
for summer orientation and the
fall semester.
"Sure there will be a lot of noise
and dust but we'll just have to put
up with it while the renovation goes
on," he said. "We may have to
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The main purpose of the new
addition will be the multi-purpose
room. It will be on the second floor
f the three-story addition and will
:e 111 ft. by 62 ft. The room can
also be divided into three separate
rooms by use of two portable walls.
"We really pushed for that multi
purpose room," Todd said. "It
:ould be used for a banquet,. a
small concert, a lecture or a small
me-act play."
Since there are no plans to
enlarge the Russell House 'Meater,
be multi-purpose room will also be
equipped to handle movies. "If we
know the movie will have a large
draw, we can show it in the multi
purpose room," Todd said. "That
way we could handle about 1400
people a night."
Among other remodelling plans
will be the expension of the second
rloor gameroom. Plans outlined by
Todd include a large, L-shaped
area. A new entrance also will be
built.
The SGA office will be tem
porarily moved to the food services
Dffice while second floor
renovations take place.
Todd is unsure how long the
construction campany will stay
inside Russell House. "Once
they're in we'll just have to wait
and see how long it takes. We will
have to put up with the minor in
conveniences while they're in
here," Todd said.
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