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Horse By WAYNE BROOKS Opinion Page Editor Residential Life Services, kn housing office, recently anno arrangements that will affect ? of students. Next fall, Bates Hoi ed housing facility, and in Soul will be leased to three sororiti term plans call for the esta Carolina College on the Hoi require that 60 per cent of H restricted to honor students j applicants for the other 40 pe Although some students may w< transformation, there are othe who will be affected by the vehemently opposed to the pla ACCORDING TO Mimi Parro Education, plans for Bates Hoi the all-male facility to be conv male, one-4third female, coColumbia Hall, Bates House wil learning experience." with nor instructed for the benefit o Columbia Hall, co-ed living wi coming freshmen. Such a program has merit, House for the program was wis* that the turnover rate (that ii residents moving elsewhere) relatively high. By assuming may become more attractive I Elliot resi To the Editor: The housing office is at it again. This time the victims are the residents of Elliot College on the Horseshoe. The housing office sent a memorandum to the residents ctotSnrt tVlof fVin flnwtmn <m awuilg uiav U1C UUl Ilia III UllllUL College would be converted to an "honors' apartment," which will house entering freshmen from high school. The memorandum says the new "scholars" will give the Horseshoe area a new "intellectual outlook." At present, the residents* are graduate jstudents, many of inem in a Fn.u. program or in Law School, and anyone reaching that level definitely belongs to the "intellectual" class. We fail to understand how the "intellectual outlook" of the Horseshoe would improve by displacing one class of proven scholars by another class of promising scholars. The freshman scholars are definitely more than welcome, I EDITOR'S NOTE: We have I I received many letters this semester that we are unable to print because they were unsigned. We require that all letters be signed with the writer's true name. If one prefers that his name be withheld from publication, we will honor that request. ?shoe turn, n far, lit! conver lown to many as the applau unced new housing well-re i substantial number progra use will become a co- freshnr th Tower, five floors ies. Also, not-so-long NEX iblishment of South hand, 1 seshoe, which will Many 1 orseshoe housing be floors < and that non-honors and pe ir cent be screened. any'dc glcome the oncoming quarte irs, especially many adapte changes, who are How* ns. option terparl tt, Dean of Residence sooner use next fall call for the opt erted to a two-thirds option, ed dormitory. Like discrin II 1.1? ai:-: . ? n piuviuc me iivmg- jfarrot i-credit courses to be has a h f residents. Unlike space 11 be available to in- numbe Leasin and choosing Bates sororit i. Parrott pointed out s, the percentage of Itisi at Bates House is upset b co-ed status, Bates movet l ^ J i._ l lu rcsiuenis, wno, in * a**uu idents dis but not at the expense of an other registered student living anywhere on campu: AT PRESENT, these dorm remain open throughout th year, which is very ac vantageous to the graduat students who have to stay her for their thesis or dissertation Also, there are many foreig students who reside here wh do not have any other place t go in this country. Thehousin office wants to close ou hnilHinot Hnrincf vanotinnc on MUA f UVUV1WIU 414 breaks. Who would b responsible if the students ar not able to finish their thesis o if they are fired for nc reporting to their assistantshi duty, which is continuous i many departments? Th memorandum gave a phon number, which was suppose to answer any pertinen questions. When som students called that numbei the particular officer wa completely ignorant about th whole matter. So much fo it 12 i: ? 1 _ t incir cuuruiiittuun aiiu ei ficiency. NOW LET US look at som figures. The present dorm fe is $70 per month, which i approximately $280 pe semester. The housing offic wants to make it $450 pc semester, an increase of $171 approximately 60 percent. May we ask what justificatio plan lay be encouraged to continue tie disappointment has been e: sion. Perhaps the housing o ded for choosing Bates House iceived program. Such a m may be especially in ordc ten attempting to adapt to do [T FALL'S plan for South Tou lias not been received well bj ion-sorority residents of the fi effected have expressed outrc rhaps understandably so. It is >rm resident who is forced t rs and particularly distressin] d to her present living situatio ever, Parrott said sororities of leasing dorm space like tl ts in McBryde for years, so it i_i * ? - or laier. Ana oecause frater ion of leasing, sororities musl according to federal guideline li nation. The reason South Ton t said, is that South Tower, lii igh turnover rate. Also, South for only 23 residents per floe r of residents per floor of all wi g floors in South Tower is m ies than in other dorms. mfortunate that many resident y the conversion. Perhaps sue o other floors in the building, c t says South Tower has a high iturbed iy the housing office has for ts a drastic increase wher 3. fees for the other d< remain the same? The ts equipped dorms on campu e Bates West with a fee of I- per semester. That m e instead of giving e scholarship to. the inco scholars, the housing < n wants to charge themo more for relatively o equipped dorms. Is thi< g way the universitv r ministration proposes d ameliorate the Universit e South Carolina's prestige e We feel that the v> >r "Carolina Plan" is a f >t injustice to us and we stn p protest against it. Weurg n higher authorities to look e this matter, and also urg< e Gamecock to do a survey c d overall housing servic it order to uncover the real e inside the housing office. ' > s This letter was signed e Pankaj Kapadia, James r Bansi Raina, Steven \ f- Aluri Rajratnan, Sheila Millan, Mvrielle D. Si Irene H. Gerow, Patrici e Wornom, Mark M. Ro ? William E. Hopper, Wei is Wang, L.H. Wazarad, Pi r Kao, Carol Ann Calhous e Eve Moredock, Sookja sr Shlao Ping Chang, ), Goldberg, Chia Hsiang and Richard E. Dardis. A! n residents of Elliot Colleg< restr living there. So PROBAE tpressed for the where hous ffice should be Horseshoe, as the site of a enjoyed a s living-learning }jving arra ;r for incoming nave been irm living. n?t m( Horseshoe, rer, on the other years by th r all concerned. *or *lonor ! ve South Tower ception of ] ige to the plan, have inconvenient to Many Hi o move to new RutledgeCi g when she has especi >n and enjoys it. guarantee have had the av leir male coun- course, me was to happen men. ^ de nities have had renovi t also have that iunas i< ss regarding sex renovation ver was chosen, future bec? :e Bates House, Tower provides * AM IN >r, the smallest planned co Dmen's housing. version woi re feasible for special con group. Fur most of the s there must be a consider h residents can students. I onsidering that students, r< i tiirnnvpr ratp Readera| such To the Edltor: 'm? . 1 must a8ree that iccilP " Manw ctnr1on< I i AUUMV* iUMIIJ kJtUUVill represent the student 1 there to assist them. 1 ^ life, may be expressec leans action will be taken ii a.?y volved. Joe Drawdy, i !.n? prime example of st *1 complishments this 5>ioo students. Student dis< , Street, and the idea o 5 *\e Board of Trustees sh a?~ students. to ^ Amy Carruth iiole Sociology Sophomore gross | GAIN >f the e in 1 evil ; JaneShaaly News Editor | hv ??* ww _ j Ass?. Nowa Editor t Ll| J linn Dan Palma __ * Copy Desk Chief MCtll itl) Arlene Morgan | g* Photography Editor goss, a ! i-jan Hsia THE OAMKCOC* ?Mc?fflH l< M. urfHact and maximum of 3M I PtwHtMyms or otter *alla so* \ circumstances warrant. To ai Alan your maillnt addrt^f and a M II cta*s standing and ma|or, also iiin* hinOift A|Mp tnafa IlllfiHani W IffWWI a^Mliw "IrWlfw?IWITl II are use, Columbia, s. c. imi. Viewj ICTIV &LY THE most sensiti ling is concerned is the For many years, th ipecial status of being u ncrpmpnt.c anH tho lifoc ible to enjoy. Probably ? >st, popular men's resi however, has been cons ie honors program as th student housing. With honor students, many ! rebuked the conversic orseshoe residents no^ ollege should not underg ally considering the fac that DeSaussure, now _ !1 ^ I I - A ana Die 10 residents n< ans that fewer rooms w serves concern. Parroi ition of Rutledge must >r renovation are avail; costs will be substanti; luse costs are continuii fCLINED to join the i nversinn nf thp Hnrcpc uld constitute restrictiv isideration to an elitist thermore, providing ho Horseshoe's living facil ation for such a sma f special housing is ; esidence areas with hig See H< splauds Di "University governar 5, as they select the in body, fail to realize that [deas and concerns, rel 1 to a student governmei i regards to the best in Student Government Vi udent representation. ] year have proved to ;ount movie tickets, th< f placing a student rep] ows Mr. Drawdy's inte yrcrn JohnK. west Editor O, Barbara Mathews Graduate Assistant Barry Glenn Entertainment Editor MartrAfa*il*r A Asst. ErttarfairtfnMt Editor Karen Wooten Production Manager tters from it* readers. Letters thou I words. They must be signed witti will not be wsod, but the writer's n *lst ms in verifying the tytentity of lephonc number where y^u can be t . We reserve the right to edit ali lett u Address: Campus Opinion, The [ r >omts e i i ve issue at USC conversion of the e Horseshoe has inique in terms of style its residents one of the most, if idence areas, the idered for several le most likely site the probable exstudents over the m idea. w complain that 50 renovation next :t that there is no being rennvpfpH Bxt fall. This, of ill be available to tt, however, said begin soon while ible. Predictably, ally higher in the lg to rise. opposition to the 1 hoe. Such a rnn. e housing, giving t special interest nor students with ities is too special 11 percentage of sought for honor ;h turnover rates OUSING, page 22 a rowdy I l i ice is a complex (dividual who will those officers are ated to university it officer, wherein terest of those in ce President, is a His aims and acbe beneficial to j closing of Green resentative on the Test in his fellow OK] j Wayne Brooks pinion Page Editor i Matt Ward Sports Editor ? Mike Hunt Chris Myers sst. 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