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GAMECjOCK MONDAY, APRIL 5, 15)76 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. VOL. LXVII NO. 46 Computer clu ex-student $6 By Neal Smith In his letter he recall coorespondence with Compute.* errors have caused a treasurer's office and felt dispute between a former USC being treated unfairly. Th student and the treasurer's office, account, according to Ro had fallen into disarray, Robert Robinson, an alumnus of because of computer error USC and an employe of a Cocoa, r? rv rl/\n ami A f r?r>r? f 1 *Y? A T} /\Kl nPAn r/V1 r lil., Iicwbpiipci , SCIil d UC&L1 l^llUll ni UIIC unit iiuuiiiouii ivv of his situation to The Gamecock, bill for $65,000. "I couldn' The problem, according to that much if I stayed Robinson, centered around the university for 10 years," 1 repayment 01 a iNanonai aiuaeni , noDinson saiu a wurner Defense Loan (NSDL). treasurer's office had to Vi Election to fi\ By Karen Whitaker City Council elections will be held tomorrow, and many of ( Carolina's 20,000 students could have voted had they known 1 they were eligible to register. t Anyone 18 or older who has proof of residence in Columbia and who is registered 30 days before the election { can vote. Proof of residence can be a driver's license with a > Columbia address or other proof of residence, according to i i 11 n:?ui??/w<; a spOKt'Mluwi in lilt; rucniaiiu v uumy vuici i cgisu uuuii office. i y ? II, rnnnrll ,i,h ,o,? r,? , By Stephen J. Valk Jlli What goes up doesn't necessarily I have to come down. Anyone who has ever been stuck in an elevator can testify to that; however, the ? . r ^ i f rnn - ? incidence 01 mai Happening ai uat V f is quite rare. <1 Nevertheless, it does happen, as ? c> was the case recently when Betty t Harris and Susan Saxon spent P almost two hours inside a ** motionless Southeastern elevator J* at the student health center. When the elevator stopped S between the first and second floors Lat about 2:30 p.m., health center business manager Woody jrffes 5,000 ed his 4,000 other accounts contain the errors. he was He cited other procedures of t ?e loan treasurer's office which confus binson, him. "I would often receive a 1 chiefly on the 15th of the month telling i s. payment is due by the 10th. I ha :^ ? ?4 ...:n nn.. < pdiu ctiiu win LUiiiiiiuc iu ?jay \ eived a USC account when it is prope t spend billed," he said. at the There was also the problem le said, communication. "It took me a lc i I A 1 1 ai me nine iu gei cuiy pei soiiui icspui Id him from that (treasurer's) office. was difficult to get any answe unless I called," he said. Confusion arose from anotl aspect of the treasurer's off billing procedures. Robinson s hp had hppn rpcpivine hi quarterly but the bills sudde stopped coming in. ,4I didn't get a bill for n months and I didn't notice mistake. I was used to seeing every third month but I waj aware that they had stopj sending them because I v preoccupied with all of my ot bills," he said. "Finally, I was mailed a bill it was for $65,000.1 laughed whe saw it because it had to be computer error. ,4I stopped laughing when tl billed me for $234.60 2 threatened legal action." Dur the nine month period in wh PnKincAn r\iri nnt a Kill A lUMlllOV^il UIU WW ? VVVI TV M Mill! , ^ did not pay every third month, See COMPUTER, Pag 19 . . II two city lidates in competition. Republicans are Na )avid Barron. Democrats are Patton j umbent William Ouzts. Voter registration official Johnston Peep possible to determine how many students a /ote in the election because age and occ pnnirpfl r?n rpoifttratinn fnrms David Wilsford, president elect of the i nent Association (SGA) said former presi< idimuistxatiou had a chancc ioMlUfim&il Carothers called Southeastern Elevator Co. Unfortunately, all of Southeastern's servicemen were out of town at the time, and it was some time before Campus Police were notified. Cr\ut Vi a o a ?* ?-va an nrf /\?* Ct /\im ouuincaoici N niana^^i oicvu Davis was near the health center at the time, checking out a job in the new addition to the Russell House. Davis said if he could have been Urv..^ U A i lv 1\ 11 tiuiiihi lit; wuuiu iitivr iitfii mt* iwu women out in a matter of minutes. "This was the first time that all our servicemen were out of town at the samp hiruv and if I had had the beeper (an electronic pager), I _ would have been there in no time," (fl = i v y of ing lse It XS, ier 1 7,500-fc nly ' the coedpai >n't By Billy Baker ped USC freshman Wendy J. Ra vas parachuting at a Lugoff, S.< ner couniy anerm s aeparuneiu (FAA) officials, but Ramsey, a resident of Sims ;n I Sunday at 7 p.m. in Sims. Ap j a vice, according to Ramsey's A mass for Ramsey is sche< hey More Center on Pickens Stre *nd Funeral arrangements wei ing Ramsey will be buriea in i\ew ?ich According to a sheriff's d i he jumping with instructor Joe i as altitude of 7,500 feet. She d ;e 5 r counci ncy Sloeum and by holding a rej \dams and in- find out about tlr day registration les said it is not ment. ire registered to At a March : upation arc not sponsored by t (LWV). the fou Student Govern- city residents. ient Steve Hill's Issues of conc . ?? he said. However, Davis did not have a "beeper," and a serviceman from ITlnirof/\r nrno / vyuo Liivva iui vu. wao taucu ill around 4 p.m. The Otis man opened the door and unbolted the escape hatch in the elevator, and Harris and Saxon were out at 4:10 p.m. r. ? ^ TfS |U? i iici t' aic iv t'lcvdiuia un uic USC campus, all of them under full service contract, meaning the elevator company inspects them regularly and replaces any worn parts. Of the three companies doing business with USC, Otis has the greatest number of /elevators with 54, while Westingtynise has 20 ?tiH Sniithpnctf>vn fiup taA o Graphics by Jan Price tot fall kills rachutist msey, 18, died Saturday afternoon while jumpsite, accordingto the Kershaw and Federal Aviation Administration dormitory, was given a memorial service proximately 50 people attended the serhall adviser, Cindy Matthews. duled for 5 p.m. today in the St. Thomas tet. re incomplete as of 10 p.m. Sunday. York state, according to Matthews, eoartment report. Ramsey was target Keshlear, a USC law student, from an ied on impact near S C. highway 001 in See PARACHUTIST, Page 12 I seats ?istration drive, but Hill's cabinet did not le April 6 election until a day after the 30i period. Hill was not available for com30 meeting at Finlay House apartments he Columbia League of Women Voters r candidates discussed issues concerning ern to students were brietly mentioned at iWhile it is unlikely that a student \ will get stuck in an elevator in the office and classroom buildings, the odds greatly improve in the men's dormitories, where the wear and tear is much greater. "Somebody built a fire in the floor ot one in Bates West a while back." Westinghouse manager E A. Page said "A few nights ago we had the door torn out of one. Naturally you got to figure that someone got rnad at the elevator." he added Page ' also said the service contract does not cover damage caused b\ vandalism, which costs the Sec Kl.F.V XTOKS. 1'age 2.