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Thursday Oct. 30,1977 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Volume LXIV, No. 14
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By KIM FOWI.KH
(iamrcm'k Staff Writer
In the basement of the Russell House are 22
! * not been used in previous years because the 1
not aware of their existence or did not realizi
using them.
The machines have been stored for the past
elections commission donated them to the 1
used in campus elections l>ecause too much
into programming each machine.
"Fast commissioners didn't know they we
know they were down there until someone
Commissioner Denise Painter. "For about tu
the coliseum and were moved back up to the I
"FOH A KKUl'LAIt election with machinc
Loan defaul
I?V IW. \ l/lltlfhrN
(iamrcwk Staff Writer
Defaulting payment of a student loan may
way out for a recent graduate in a financial
default can bear serious repercussions.
"Default of a student loan is about as eas>
taxes." Bill Mackie, executive director of th
Loan Corp., said. "Default is a sure way fc
U guarantee that lie will never again get a cent
means no charge accounts, no automobile
. home mortgages."
Till* S.C. Student Loan Corp. administer
teed Student Loan Program which carries a
interest charge and is designed for sffcjjpnt:
income families.
voting machines that have
Elpefions rnmmiusinn u?ac
e the problems involved in
several years after a local
University. They are not
time and money must go
re down there and I didn't 1 v ' ^y,;:f
> told us," said Elections
fo years they were down in vV.v. , f
tussell House." . .. ...
Idly waiting
* in top condition it would This s||en|
See MAC IIINI*.. page I Russell House basei
_
Its can have s<
The loan office tries to conti
declaring a loan defaulted, Mac!
given a nine-month grace perioc
seem the easy three months of increasingly stroni
il squeeze, but If warnings fail the GSLP report:
bureaus throughout South Carolina
1 as not paying residence, according to Mackie.
ie S C. Student same weight as one for repossessii
ir a student to the student from getting credit,
of credit. This
loans and no A ll(H.I) is placed on the studen
cannot obtain a copy to apply foi
another college.
s the (iuaran- Finally-the defaulted loan is tur
seven percent Office of Kducation for collection
s from middle KOK cannot immediately collect it
the I'.S attorney's office. A court
llv ItltIAN TI'llNKIt
( anuH'Oi'k Staff Writ*
The recent rape of
raised questions a bo
university has a very jj
to Chip Grey of Infor
"Considering the si;
f^-'.T:' rBSS5SjjSSSSS?,l!lf!?^ police hove done a gc
SSRiBWPiy^'' "fWtt cidents." Crcy said.
The assault last Tli
OgH^^BfinEBHOSSr reported rape on cam
. Grey. Since Oct. l, 19
reported at CSC.
the girl injured or hud
The alleged assault
on I lie Blossom Sti
: " "' ' "' '''::''>s;|^: Columbia police. The
. up h<
^mm 1 taken lo Hichland M?
UK*** vugi th? oamecock medical check.
in tall}
of voting machines in the unused
ment stands ready to assist and ni
y1!^!!^ 0+0%.w*a
act the student before and all the >
lie said. The student is But defaul
I after graduation, and default rate
g warning letters follow. percent in th
s the delinquent to credit loans."
i and his current state of
This default bears the Till-: CAM
on of a car and Drcvents nriminisii'rs
similar proe
according to
t s I'SC transcript so he
r a job or admission to However. .
given to a c
ned over to the Federal federal court
and prosecution. If the Percent,
i full, the case is given to l.ast year
judgment is then sought \DSL loans
ipe proble
Campus police
urge wo men t c
in
?r they v
these ;
an 18-year-old I'SC eo-ed lias have I
ut campus security, but the attack:
,ood security record, according
malion Services. (?u?ii
garag<
re of the campus, I he campus pat roll
kkI job in preventing such in- the tin
campu
ursday morning was the first
pus in ih months, according to
>7G only 13 incidents have been The
"These ranged from purse- the f<x
s, and in only two assaults was drey i
clothing torn," Grey said. i:$ att?
look place Thursday at 3 a.m. there"
eet overpass, according to . .
.lOOnSln^i ~ *4 I I * ISCCl
ti.xtailUIII, (lllt'l EUIVIHK pilSSffl 4
?hind her and dragged her into
rhe girl made it to a fraternity "Tin
ladrangle and from there the ran t I
called. The woman was then I'm su
?morial Hospital for a routine popula
very I*
Richard Vo?*l -THE GAMECOCK
ing ballots. Rut the machines have been
I for several years because of the time
oney required to program them.
sequences
student's assets can be seized. Mackie said
t is not much of a problem at I'SC. "Our loan
is very low." said NJ>ickie. "'ess than 1
e two years my office has administered (JSLP
PI'S Student Loan Accounting Office, which
National Direct Student Loans, follows a
edure t?> secure payment of defaulted loans,
supervisor Kddie Killian.
nfter three months defaulted N'DSI. loans are
olleetion agency l>cfore being turned over to
Killian said NDSL defaults run as low as five
..v.?np v .i\ .nuut-iio inirrowro in
iiiul .YW students iMtrrowcd $r>M,iKH) from C.SLP
m
patrol garages,
) walk in pairs
this case, the city police arc handling it since
u*re called," Cliey explained, "hut usually
ire handled by campus police." No arrests
>een made in this case or in any of the other
s on campus
ids are maintained all night in the parking
's. and trouble spots such as the overpass are
led bv famous SPrlirilv lintil limirc .?f
>rning. according to (Icorgc Key. director of
is security. However, telephones are not
lined in tlie garages because of vandals, he
last rape tin campus occurred in March 197<> on
>thall practice field l>ehind the Roundhouse
inphasi/ed that in lx>th rapes, and in 12 of the
icks in ino past year, uie victim was alone,
en out late should walk in pairs, and any time
is an incident it should be reported." he ad
"There is no way of knowing how many
>rted assaults have taken place." he said.
university is a large area to patrol, and we
ight up the whole campus." Grey said "But
re that compared to percentages of resident
tion similar in size to I'SC. there has been a
>w incidence of such aetions."