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Renoir of ho By JANET GIBSON THE Gamecock Staff Writer plained i Three High costs and the age of the plained apartments in University Terrace Angelo I havo i v-*~? ~ ~ a muiv ..uiu^vivu uii|iiuvciiiciii5 oecncor which began in 1974. havealsi Residents of University Terrace, have c< which houses married students, enough | complained of walls painted with McCav lead paint, poor playground areas planted and stray cats. Lead paint is swing se Doisonous and somp philHrpn nf tho s? residents were eating it. planted carefully SINCE THEN, the USC housing service has been working to improve the area, but progress has been slow. According to David McCauley of the USC housing i service "many revisions are im- || possible because of a money I shortage." 1 TliP linnet* loifnl r\f T . . ..v IVIVI Ul uiiivciauy Terrace was built in 1937 by the Columbia Housing Authority and McCauley said ir.ost of the problems stem from the age of the apartments. Lower University Terrace was built a year later and Middle University Terrace was developed in 1962. AT THAT time electrical wiring done in the apartments was not required to be of today's standards and the hazards of lead paint were not known. ...-11- - ' iwe wans in me apartment complex have been scraped and repainted with non-lead paint, but MeCauley said they will have a tendency to "bubble up and peel." MeCauley said wall coverings, paneling and sheetrock have been experimented with, but the high umi iiuo i?ixii an uusiat'ic. /\ngeio U Perri of the housing office said it I costs about $70() per apartment to E install sheetrock. "We're putting sheet rock in eight of the twobedroom apartments, but because of the cost we'll have to work slow and spread it out." Had a^Plece i^W HV FAST FREE DCUUERV 1CX< OftWt using slow RESIDENTS also com- would be blocked off ibout the playground area, mimmnm nf t us/i u/odIto 99 years ago they comof unsafe monkey bars. STRAY CATS were a p 5erri said the problem has three years ago when they rected, but other problems go to the playground san< o been occuring. Residents Parents were concerned tl jmplained there is not were transmitting pinworm grass in the playgrounds, children. The sandboxes jdey said "Grass is not removed and fences wer< because the trees and ?v?/? ui VU1IVI vnv U J. VU, UV-VUl U its in the area would make Perri. lit to grow." If grass were "Many of the major pr it would have to be have been taken care ol ^ fertiliized and the area cording to Perri. Business. Science. Et This semester is the calculator tailored 1 cn er-i n CMVOl-II Professional decision making systi Loaded with statistics function; I . =1 Accountina. Markotinn Frtiira Social Sciences. Life Sciences. H< Statistics plays a major role in.dc - ; i of career fields. Here's a calculatoi Qpj the advanced capability you net Sum handle your projects. Comes Calculating Better Decisions, a $4.95 book v Helps you get the most out of the SR-51-II. ! by-step illustrations show how to use its pow preprogrammed functions. Learn how to g data. Weigh alternatives. Arrive at rapid, acc decisions. 'SuKKvKlt'il n-iMil prut*. ^ Texas < 197/ Itus Insliumtnts tnc?fpo?it?l I THIJ4EVY BROOhLHND for a > * H?PP^ H?U' / ^IBIl 4:00-7:00 pm roble rv^ft- ~r.r\r\ nuuiu * I ft ' ,,Vrfl 1 U^1 V ' I liV-/VJ| ?S? ^SSS mix Drinks - Sl.OO f wSe Wed. Nite Special i?5 fTlich Draft - $.35 lno ?*> . . n L TfO A m-i - I /-V/-/-V H/-> n. - lw^uviuii. rri. no. - /Y4-Y/ 14 obtems 124 State St., W. Cola (in front of Banker's Trust) MMM&. i right time to get a TI to the work youVe doing. IgHE^HR^^EniHRStXBBAi IB IbeSIJ*7995* The MBA" ..... Business calculator 1 i. A business major's dream machine. tion. If you're building a career in business, the MBA | salth. can be ideal. It provides instant answers to com- | >zens plex business problems at the touch of a key. It is | rwith preprogrammed for a wide variety of functions 1 2a to and formulas business professionals face every d with day. Take internal rate of return, for example, a y 'alue. valuable calculation for accurate capital budget- h Step- ing. It's complicated, often difficult, and takes time. p /erful The MBA handles it in seconds, for 12 f~\? 1 ather different cash flows! It also offers pro- ^ tfr) i urate grammability ? up to 32 keystrokes for ? solving repetitive problems easily. ji Instruments j I N< <>U POH A I I I) I 45530 || a! p I