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?-?? Front Page 1 one of us "alternate Terry's" had registered for a course on an add'* card and had subsequently never entered the class, the real Terry would get an "F*\ Drop-add forms require signatures, but most students know that they are infrequently checked and are easily forged. Cooperation between the "real" and "false" individuals could make a fraudulent system work exceptionally well. Switching classes to provide the best GPR-producing combination, or giving a non-enrolled friend the intellectual benefit of an "on paper"overload, are both distinct possibilities. Gilbert. Carson and 1 are not advocating a police-state identity search of all individuals on campus. Our purpose was to demonstrate some of the potential for fraud within a large university system. I do not believe that dishonesty is inherent in USC students, but I am suggesting that the impersonal, social-security-number-oriented approach lends itself to such manipulation. Housing Stewart said weekly inspections of Maxcy dormitory are carried out to guard against future weakenings. Concerning the closing of dormitories during Christmas and spring breaks, Stewart said his office's policy was beneficial for the majority of students. "Most students do not stay at the university during breaks and for this reason we close down the dorms," he said. "In addition, you would have to assess the cost of utilities for the recess periods. For these reasons, we find it necessary to close the majority of the dorms during a vacation," he said. Stewart said security could be made more effective if only two or three dormitores were open. "There are a lot of people who know that the university closes down at certain times so that security increases wnen siuaenis are away, Jtvy oeing aware 01 wnicn living areas are open and which are closed, the security officers can watch for thieves. 44If they were all open, the police wouldn't be able to tell the thieves from the students," he said. One item which Stewart said he had hoped would give students an indication of the housing office's budget is a "pie" graph entitled "Where Your Housing Dollar Goes". However, he said, the graph had caused some problems. 4 it looks like we spend far too little in the area of renovations and iii& vi vc1i1chi3 nviuaiijr, wc a^icnu uic uiuai uiav wc can. a iic uuift. ui Ulc money we spend in areas such as utilities, debt service, supplies and expenses is absolutely required. "We can't change the fact that SCE&G needs its money and the telephone company needs its money. We're currently trying to find ways to cut costs in the purchasing of supplies and expenses, but its getting to the point where we can't cut any more. There are some things which just have to be done. For instance, we now have only one maid for each of the Towers and she has to do all of the hall bathrooms," he said. "What students should keep in mind before criticizing is that we only nave so mucn money to go around ana we nave no control over increasing costs. And anytime things are destroyed or stolen in a dormitory, it comes not out of my pocket but out of the students'. I try to balance the whole situation in the most equitable manner," Stewart said. Library The moving job is scheduled for seven days a week and involves the transportation of 110 boxes per hour, each weighing between 25 and 70 pounds. Eslinger said she was "surprised in 1976 to see members of the university using sex-based discrimination. I thought this went out with the 1964 Civil Rights Act." "I probably employ more women than most departments at the university," Toombs said. "I have no objection to hiring girls, but they have to be realistic. It's difficult to lift boxes and unpack for seven hours straight." usiinger replied, "if tney have the capability, they have the right to the job. The fact that a large number of women don't want to lift boxes affects the minority who do and need the money to get through school." "You can't judge a class of people based on stereotypical views of what women want," Eslinger said. "It's up to each woman to decide." Toombs said he would be "happy to give any girl a test for moving boxes" if she wants the job but that he did not think she would last long. IB Course he By Merry Bateman On college campuses nationally, interest is apparently increasing on the subject of death and dying. This may have been influenced by the research done by psychologist Elizabeth KublerRoss and from the ethical questions arising from the Karen Quinlan case on voluntary piithnnnsifl During the first session of USC summer school, Dr. Harold French, religion professor, is teaching a new course entitled "Awakening to Death." 1 jr V ifi Mviriflr9 i & "The course will logk at comparative strategies from different cultures and religious traditions on coping with death and dying," he said. "Awakening to Death" will be conducted on the premise that each individual can better live his life through coming to terms with his own mortality, he explained. Persons will be invited to confront attitudes toward death, according to French. Research into other areas will be incorporated. Texts for the course will include a book by Kubler-Ross and several other noted experts on death. 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