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?AMECOCK Thursday Oct. 6, 1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXIV,No. 10 Housing By BRIAN TURNER Gamecock Staff Writer Fraternity housing could suffer a shortage if more fraternities establish themselves on campus, according to university officials. Most of the fraternity housing on campus is located in the McBryde Quadrangle, but Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Pi, and Kappa Psi are housed in rented properties elsewhere. Although not encouraged by the university to leave the Quadrangle, these fraternities obtained an exception from the city zoning commission to either build or reside in a non-campus area. "RECEIVING AN exception from the zoning commission can be difficult, however, especially if -??:j?A- '-1- - ' ua.uk complain auoui a fraternity in their area," said Robert Alexander, dean of Student Services. In response to the problem, the USC Board of Trustees adopted a fraternity housing policy last year. According to Alexander, the new policy served to open up all housing options to fraternities. Although the university supports the fraternities' rights to move off campus, the policy favors a ll^ M jgj 1 si Fm ji chnrtnnc "residential Greek Life Prog and views the possible phys fragmentation of that prograr be counter-productive," he s Thp RnnrH oll?i V VI vsi? iv-miljr UCOI^IIl two areas for frateri housing :McBryde Quadrangle undeveloped land in the are; Bull, Marion, Heyward Whaley streets. Conditions v set down for the use of the lal known as Wheeler Hill. "THESE CONDITIONS req the fraternities to supply ehitectural plans and pay for utilities provided by the univen if they want to build indivi< residence units. I J iL!_ ? t uiiuer mis pian, usu wi provide 75 per eent of the i struction costs with the frater paying the rest. The frater would then be given 30 years to costs and interest back to university to gain a 99 year 1< on the property. At least fraternities must be committe this proposal by June 1,1978, or plan will be dropped. "At first, there was a flurr; interest from the fraternitii Alexander said, but a study David Rhodes of Bankers T showed there would be a $53 v" RS wm JttBg iBraKs fpjp^ll i pjf-j ,?2*'it^p^: Iextingu A smoke problem which s fire was built in a fault} Parker Hall on the Horse tinguished at 10 p.m. Tuesd of Columbia Fire Departm Chief John M. Goff said tl Society built the fire at its meeting, but the fireplace COCK ?possible f< ram debt service necessary to pay for iical the new housing because of loans n to and utilities. A debt service is aid. similar to a mortcace John ated Elkiris, Interfraternity Council nity advisor, explained these prices and weren't competitive with campus i of fraternal housing, so interest in and Wheeler Hill quickly dropped." vere Iter, WHEELER HILL itself has been the center of some controversy. Until recently, the land was held by uire the Carolina Research and ar- Development Foundation,which all was formed by USC in 1965 to buy sity, iual s Courses dr< mU*. mi-jr nity By JOSE Dl'VAM, Gamecock Staff Writer the ?^se Approximately 25 courses are dro| University schedule every semester I u *u enrollment or because professors are \ them, said William Wesson, associ* . academic affairs. y ,, The number of courses dropped va ^ department. This semester, 34 edu y were dropped and foreign languages *000 Media Arts and Knglish reported dro ,000 (hree courses respectively. Pi r problen ickprl nn = r"' tarted when a and shoul r fireplace in The smo shoe was ex- on the ins ay by the City flames, ent. Accordii le Euphradian society, th Tuesday night to the inte was not safe was bricke ir frnfom W m U u -mm m i and hold property until th< university could buy it. The university needs legislative ap proval for all property it buys anc during this process land prices car ar\ nn This year the Columbia Citj Council approved $12,000 to the Central Midlands Regiona Planning Council to hire a con sultant to study the redevelopmenl of Wheeler Hill. The consultant ii working on a cost estimate ol residential development, which is subject to city council approval according to Robert Gossler ol 2pped fror Computer ai mine in advati 'When student pped from the begin, our eon t>ecause of low in the uriivers jnable to teach tions," said W ite provost of "One of th< computer assis ries with each was to help ( cation courses enrollments an ? dropped 12. said. Some cla ps of two and low enrollment Mr; Alexander-THE QAMICOCK __ 1 omptly d not have been used. ke resulted from plaster falling ide of the chimney on to the ig to Gil llines, president of the ere was no substantial damage rior of the room. The fireplace I d by socity membersThursday. _> IITIAC ^ 49 ; Central Midlands. (lOSSLKR SAID "The concept, I which still needs fine tuning, is to i retain as many occupied houses on the hill as possible and to give the f current residents the first op; portunity at any new housing." I Any new construction will be east - of Pickens Street and will consist of t a maximum of twenty units to ? accomodate the residents, dossier F said. "It is mv nniriinn tVu> PRAIMT ? ?? "I %"v ^4,1 > intends to dissolve its holdings east f See (IKKKKS, page n schedule ssisted registration is used to deterice which courses may be cancelled ts start to register long before classes iputer keeps a record of every section ity and there are thousands of sec esson. ? major reasons for instituting the ;ted registration system two years ago letermine u'hirh c^tinni: ii-i/i .IMVI ICIIKC d which had low enrollments,'' Wesson sses are cancelled not only because of t but also because professors become See APATHY, pane ">