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WM > im m wwancwnffww?wtM?3WWPW Demand foi Bv SAI.l.V Wll cmm ??j ??? """ ? ? ? vw a 1 CKIltl J11TI f fl I LiLilf S Gamecock Staff Writers Although total enrollment at USC d< during the past year, the demand for on-c has almost doubled, university officials j Total enrollment at the Columbia camp Third of four parts was 22,151 down from 22,477 in 1976, accoi Denham of the Statistical Reporting Ofl Durinc the samp timtf* rusrinri ^ w v?a*a^ Jjv/i 1V/U, lilV I1UU1U the waiting list for persons who desire b obtain on-campus housing increased from Richard Wertz, assistant vice president o for Residential Life Services. "ALL FACTORS indicate there will I waiting list this summer," Wertz said. " on-campus housing is incredible." Wertz said students are economicall residence halls than in off-campus apart increases for apartments have gone sk; plained. "The rates for residence halls s off-campus accomodations." Another reason Wertz gave for the liberalization of residence hall visitation r next fall, USC will have four visitation from "Plan A," or no visitation privilege allowing continuous visitation from Frida Sunday night. According to Wertz, very little visitation sex was allowed before 1973. Other university projects like the I Carlen ro< By JANE SHEALY News Editor "Evening of Champions," a roast held in honor of USC head football coach Jim Carlen Saturday evening, featured many distinguished guests. Master of Ceremonies for the event was Dave Wright of WSCQ FM, who was introduced by the Chairman of the Central South Carolina Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Forrest Abbott. Wright introduced the roasters and read humorous telegrams to Carlen throughout the Total USC enrollment decr< on-campus h \ experiments in Columbia H affrnrtpH mnro uiv/iv OVUUVUid 11 iclined slightly ADDITIONAL REASONS :ampus housing housing, according to E say. Business Affairs for Reside us this past fall campus parking problem ai of food on campus. "If you live on campus th rding to Caroline parking space in the mor fice. everybody gets tired of eal er of students on many of us are good cook: ut are unable to Stewart said increased s i 500 to 1,000 said persons living on campus i: f Student Affairs the increased demand. "On campus, students a campus police but by the cit I anomer long Wertz and Stewart say th< The demand for plan to build more residen "Present projections sho y better off' in students will decrease over ments. "Utility Stewart said. /-high," he ex- "We are a little hesitant I ire far less than to pay for a new residence cupied in the future." increase is the WERTZ SAID that in lieu ules. Beginning the university may be int plans, ranging building or a wing of a local s, to "Plan D," housing shortage. He sai< y morning until housing on campus in tl acquisition of a small bu by the opposite students who must remain; year. living-Learning In order to help allev isted, $17,1 program. Featured speakers included Bobby Dodd, former coach and athletic director at Georgia Tech, where Carlen attended college and played football, Pam Davis and Carla McBeath, Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, and Sonny Allen, a close friend of Carleri's, from Cookeville, Tenn. FORMER N. Y. YANKEE and USCbaseball coach, Bobby Richardson,and Jay Saldi, former USC football player now captain of the Dallas Cowboy's special teams were also among the featured * jases by 326 since Fall, 197 ousing doubl< all and Bates House have also university i on-campus housing, he said. married st books, whi 5 for the increased demand for married st lobert Stewart, director of city. ntial Life Services, include the nd the availability of a variety increased i siuaent re. en you don't have to fight for a honor stud? ning," Stewart said. "Also, University ting hamburgers and not that Beginning s." Elliot on tl ecurity protection afforded to College hoi s also a determining factor in University "I assure re protected not only by the move when y police as well," he said. contracts v s university does not presently current ho? ce halls. ' provides fo w that the pool of college age graduate s the next four or five years," WOODL/ to assume a 40-year mortgage house undc hall that may not be fully oc- Terrace ha: years. Carolina of building another dormitory, however, h; erested in leasing the whole remain ent motel or hotel to help ease the "Everyor I (hp rtrtlvr nAnciKIlit.. C wp^n^jujaiuuii^ iui iiliv apartment** le immediate future is the Married stil ilding to house international want to bril at the university for the entire Stewart I housing shJ iate long waiting lists, the will probabl *<*.-Vy. -^ ^jHHW'.""' ',x* i^^elSMfi Bl '^'w 1111 064goes u speakers. Saldi praised Carlen for the personal inspiration he received while playing ball for Carolina. "He made us believe in ourselves. He made us believe in his offense, his defense." Then, in a humorous vein, "that's why I believe that Tom Landry's the best coach I've ever played for." AFTER SALDI'S "tribute" tr, Po-w ?- ? vv V/MI 1V/II, Wright returned to the podium with a telegram from President Carter which read: "Congratulations on this special night, delighted we could extend our 6? is in past year maintains an office for off-campus and udents, Wertz said. The office keeps vacancy ch can be used by both undergraduate and udents, that list available lodging around the land for married housing, however, has not as rapidly as the demand for space in single sidence halls, Stewart said. Undergraduate ents have been living in available spaces in the Terrace apartments since this past fall, next fall, graduate students displaced from he Horseshoe because of the South Carolina nors program will also be provided space in Terrace. ^ : le most of the graduate students will want to the undergraduates mqve in, since the housing vill be only for nine mooths,"Stewart said. The jsing contract for graduate students in Elliot r a 12-month lease, as would be the case for tudents in University Terrace. LND TERRACE apartments may also begin to irgraduates next fall. Wertz said Woodland n i 1 o ^uusiaicmiy naa vacancies over the past few Garden apartments and Cliff apartments, ave had consistently long waiting lists and will irely for married students, Stewart said, le wants to get into Cliff, he said. "Cliff ; are the only apartments that are furnished, idents usually have their own furnishings they ng in." said despite university efforts to ease the jrtage, the crunch on undergraduate housing >ly continue for the next few years. i S i-^-W^ 'iruMTTi m Mr " ^ * Dave Roback-THE GAMECOCK j M.S. greetings to a man who has done for coaching what I have done for collective bargaining, Taft Hartley and all." Willie Jeffries, head coach at S C. State College preceeded Art Baker, head coach of the Citadel in paying tribute to Carlen. Former coach and athletic director of Clemson University, Frank Howard managed to roast about all of the guests seated at the head table and some who were not. Howard recognized Sen. Strom Thurmond and wife Nancy. According to Howard, they See ROAST, page 11