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Dorn: Russe By BARBARA ST1ENH0FF ceming tl Gamecock Staff Writer But, v iron men! THp RiMiarH R RiiccaII nam ka ik.ni.o v ?-?. ??u?jwa< vain ut lllllliva would cost the taxpayers nothing if built until it's built, former congressman Once it William Jennings Bryan Dora said dam woul Thursday night in a debate con- producing THIS ON MEN'S 1 SILAD UWL1 Regularly |mf| Y -J* 7IRJQ1I That's when the Ai to help you select It's also the da^ college jewelry or place: USC Books nusseii ho ?ll Dam woi ie dam. rates are too his opponent, en- added to your talist Allen Stocks, said added by your the dam shouldn't be he said. "I thi it's shown to be needed, wish someone 's built, Dorn said, the Supreme Coui Id pay its own way by electric com) electricity. "Power additional fee; iWEEl JLY!!! "RADITIONAL IUM? RING { $59.95 $71.00 RVED RING DAY rtCarved representative will be here your custom-made college iewelrv. i you can charge your ArtCarvcd 1 Master Charge or BankAmericard. time: (tore 9-4 ff ??? J uld pay its ow high and you have HE SAID he did not know power bill a fuel bill this extra money is used for electric company," If the Richard B. Russell D nk this is illegal and built, power rates will be s would take it to the stead of being controlled b] t." Dorn said the designated electric company! pany always adds said. > to the electric bill. "This is one of the few proje It .jp I ivnuce painters) do a lousy job. Housing Office doesn't gi damn." However, tenants need or submit requests for painting Robert A. Stewart, direct ' business affairs for Resi Life. Apartments arc painte needed, Stewart said. The n established by resi requesting painting. Several tenants said that d rxtermination, their aparti continue to be infested roaches. Housing hires an o firm to spray the complex every other month. The same firm does al! h< facilities and is selected b; ding. One tenant said, "They dt fast. They spray only in th ners and even if you insist tha do the cabinets, they won't Another said, "I thinl university is wasting a lot of i on these exterminators." i 1.: ? f i\u,n.ni-a iui'MII^ III t shrubbery migrate to the level apartments, one tenant [ "The upper level doesn't hi [ many problems with roai r another said. If tenants have roaches, St said, "all they need to do is t a request. But there is no v keep roaches away from ar with food." Univorsitv TVrr.nro l< ! parallel to the USC Oonvei Store. Tenants said this cai litter problem. A storage room for IT res and foreign students isloca the same building with the : The accumulation of matt and other debris poses ; i hazard, tenants said. "I think it's a fire trap and unsanitary," said one tenar worry about the kids play there." i The storage room is suppo be locked and is a temj i lunuiy. OIC*V%UI I ?<iiu. IRSSOCIAT worn EN STUDENT! ! /monday\ [Oct. 3,1977] \ Room 319 J \^7:00/ + _ . mEETING FOl Fri. CONCERNED 1 WOmEN , -- - ? 'ii way what which taxpayers will loan the money to construct the dam and am is then get every cent back with inet in- terest," Dorn said. "I was coy any author of the Clean Water Act. Dorn which provides clean water to cities. I don't know of a person who ?ts in From page 1 The Residents also complain thai no ve a fire escapes exist in the upper level. lly to One tenant explained. " We just , said have the entrance and exit doors, or of We'd get killed if a fire broke out ." dence Stewart said UT met whatever fire and safety code was in effect d as when they were built. eed is Rent for the 182-apartment dents complex averages $140 per month per aparimem. according to espite Stewart and this is sufficient to pay ments the cost t?f (iperating the area Any with surplus is used for improvements, utside Erosion of dirt on playground once facilities is a persistent complaint. There is no grass in the play area )using However. Stewart said that to y hid- plant grass would entail closing the play area until the seeds grew and ) it so thai he doubted the grass would e cor- live long. There were too many t they persons using the area, he said. Residents contend that non< the residents are using IT parking noney spaces. "One Sunday I counted eighteen cars in our parking lot mt idy without I'T stickers. When I railed lower campus police, they said no one said. could come oul and give tickets ive as because it was a weekend," one hes." tenant said Included with their rent is a ewart parking place in the Blossom urn in Street garage. Stewart said, vay to' Several of the students living in i area I'T are upset by letters they have received from the Housing Office. K-ated These letters urged the students to im-iid- ciumy meir siuaeni siaius. one uses a student even found it necessary to have his professor testify for him idents Another student referred to these ted in letters as "unnecessary store harrassment " He said. "Housing resses is leading us to believe that we are \ fire not taking the required amount of hours. This is not true, we are it is so taking enough hours." Another it. "I graduate student said. "If they ing in have to check up on us. why can't iney no n in a polite manner'.'" sed to There are other complaints of jorary poor conditions by residents. One apartment at University Terrace is shared by six girls m B^l They are upset because no shower C I ',as *KH>n ns<a"ec' anc* they have oniy one pnone oeiween ihe six of them. Another woman said that her 5 apartment was broken into one ; year ago. "I just got my window fixed after one year." she said "They came to fix it three days after I told them 1 would call a lawyer." Cory Bracken. University Terrace resident, believes many of i the complex's problems are ! legitimate, but tenants should exhibit more responsibility. "People need to be more careful about their trash." Bracken said. "It's no wonder we still have stray cats and dogs." Bracken also said. "A lot of our -J * ~ l:U wuivnirv iiit" uuc m cmiurun. Parents need to talk to their I children about responsibility. I R think we need to look to ourselves too. ^ Not all UT residents are j married. Many are foreign students.