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By Brian Duncan v
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The facilities and repairs a
division of USC's Residential Life s
Services frequently hears about p
this being a slack time of year, but n
according to Dave Castine. "that a
just isn't the case."
Castine, university building t<
inspector, said there is actually n
more for maintenance personnel to si
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because damages often are not
reported to the division during ir
regular school sessions. tl
"You would be surprised how d
many students just will not call in &
needed repairs," Castine said, and si
added fear of being held respon- r<
sible possibly contributes to the b
situation. ai
Generally, Castine said, persons
responsible for damages
acknowledge "horsing around," b
and in cases involving more than L
accident, the repair costs are not
charged to students unless proof of fi
actual involvement is obtained. si
GEORGE MITCHELL, assistant tc
director of business affairs for the
facilities and repairs division, said d<
so much more work can be done It
Five weeks on
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By Jan East
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"It was an interesting role reversi
former students and I was the dumb gt
Dr. Henry Price, a USC journalism ]
summer working with the Columt
equipment being used.
"A lot of us faculty are of the opinic
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are doing the same things I used to do
they are using different equipment."
PRICE SAID he went to work for Uh
display terminal (VDT) system the pa
reporters to write stories and by the <
edited, he said. Price worked on the co|
"We hope to have a VDT system hej
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system," he said. The college has \
production department of the Carolina
by the college, Price said. "The stude
stories in the VDT, press a button and
one-third of the system that they need t
"The computer is a logical kind of ?
you think you've done everything rig]
button and lose half the story"
This fall Price will teach a copyedi
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"WORKING FOR the Record show<
basic copyediting on a VDT." Pri
copyediting is learning correct gram
punctuation, and mating a story flo\
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rhen students are out of the rooms
lat, in addition to regular repairs
> windows, doors, light fixtures
nd general upkeep programs,
pecial undertakings are imlemented
during the summer
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nd winter.
Extra help is obtained according
3 each program's individual
eeds, and Mitchell said ten
tudente were given employment
lis summer.
The current special program
lvolves preventive measures on
le more than 5,000 air conitioning
units on campus, Castine
aid. The majority of maintenance
taff employees remain in
sgularly assigned positions
ecause of familiarity with the
reas, he added.
BOB STEWART, director nf
usiness affairs for Residential
ife Services, explained that of the
>,372,203 total housing budget for
seal year 1977-78, $392,000 is being
>ent on summer projects this
ear, while suggested repairs
>taled more than $1 million.
According to a rlinomm
Bveloped by housing officials for
175-76, which is roughly the same
copy desk
or professor
terling
H Writer
sd. A lot of the employees were
ly on the block."
professor, spent five weeks of the
>ia Record, learning about the
m that if you're going to teach a
' Price said. "At the Record they
(working for a daily paper), but
5 Record to learn about the visual
per uses. VDTs are used both by
copy desk, where the stories are
^y desk.
re (at the College of Journalism)
Ml to understand how to use the
hree VDTa used mostly in the
Reporter, the newspaper put out
nts have been trained now to put
send it off somewhere. But that's
o know," he said.
inimal. But the stunning thing is,
it, but you can push the wrong
ting course, along with a public
tion of the introduction to jour*
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uwi a wiu noi try io leacn
Ice said the basic concept in
mar, best word usage, spelling,
v smoothly.
See PRICE, p. 10
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uu? year uecauw 01 sei C0618,
renovations and improvements
constitute four percent of the total
housing budget. Annual debt
service, salaries and wages
combined account for approximately
55 percent, with the
rest divided among utilities,
telephone costs, furniture and
equipment, supplies and expenses,
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"The only money we receive is
from student rent," Stewart said.
An exception is a specific state
grant for historical renovation on
the Horseshoe.
STEWART SAID because of
mortgages and utilities, every
piece of the pie except improvements
must be paid. The
remaining balance is budgeted for
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improvements, which are broken
down in order of priority.
According to Stewart, problems
that must be corrected for reasons
of safety and or.facility worthiness
are top priority. Under priority two
fall renovations that should be
none, dui can wait, sucn as painting,
while priority three involves
improvements of quality, such as
carpeting.
"We are concerned we didn't get
to improvements this year,"
Stewart said. "If we don't continually
upgrade our facilities,
they go downhill."
The division is eager for student
input, Stewart said, because if it is
feasible, they would rather do it the
student's way since, "whatever we
do, they pay for."
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during the summer sessions include
South Builcb ng, South Tower,
Capstone, Snowden, Moore and
tenements 23 and 24, according to
Castine.
In addition, Bates House is open <J
to participants of the summer
basketball camp; Bates West H
houses visiting faculty members {{
irom regional campuses, ana
Wade Hampton and Douglas
provide facilities for Upward
Bound, a federally funded, USCsponsored
program designed for
high school students with potential
for success in education beyond
high school.
A Residential Life spokeswoman
said there are 33 single-student
housing facilities on campus,
providing a total of 6,606 actual
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per semester
. $304. per semester
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lay-Friday. Brunch &
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n entrees are served),
xck bar on campus.
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