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Tho. Soth Carol inian I ibr<?.ry Cc~ nip us t'ail Volume LXIV, No. 53 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. August3,1978 I 1?M': " If . J llll* 1511 l|f HHH| : -::::*: 5S:::K:::S:::: : s- 1 : : x ": Hotel to student By Jan 1 Gamecock !|^ The Wade Hampton Hotel build beginning this fall, according to a and Control Board. IPWSM "The hotel will be open for stud* IBSMgj bell, vice president of student affj $S?lii>5!I how manv students it will accom I NEGOTIATIONS between the h< been going orvtfor about a week, bu board "because state agencies are without their approval," Campbe hotel which was closed April 29. "I've been told that the banks 1 purchaser has agreed to honor oui "After that, depending on what oiu with the new owners for a further 1 According to Marshall Swansoi lease is not to exceed $270,000 a ser Funds for the lease will come students. "No state dollars will Da I students who live there will help pi ROOM FEES will be from $3801 difference is based on the types < others," he said. Food services for students and first floor, but will not be open t< being implemented for transporta is within walking distance of the c; Accommodations at the formei perclassmen, professional stude Dorm life IH attractive ?||||||| By Jan fljB&MK Gamecoc j Living on campus has become ? caused problems finding additio ISil beds on campus, according to a re IS 1 "We had several hundred mc Ippfej campus this year," said Richan :^:?|?fi Residential Life Services. "Over1 campus this year, which is an in ggH dred." |S|I WERTZ ATTRIBUTES the tr< Silisl desire for more togetherness ar vantage of not paying high-rent students want to stay on campus, RlSB a car?" mm The university has a waiting li llllilli rooms, Wertz said. The school ha persons who have accommodatio |ggg^ service in the past, but we've st USC is not obligated to provide book is maintained as a servic PI |1 Stewart, director of business affa S rkk! i^AMDlTC tmiTCIUr. ie noi /mm o is? uo< students who lived on campus 1 pillllll freshmen have second priority, tl !?|l||g "We've always had a modest llili materialized until this year. We' pillllll most students, especially after 111 An increasingly tight private-l has also caused problems for st gill II available is as far out as Initio,* iPIBP (Hotel) closed, we lost about 100 students because it was close to c STUDENTS MAY contact resi r.ff.pnmnim and th?v will be n rooms or apartments to rent, V provide housing: Easterling Staff Writer ing will be used for student housing decision Tuesday of the S.C. Budget ents this fall," said James B. Campiirs. "We're still taking inventory of modate," he said. >tel's owners and the university have it the lease had to be approved by the unable to buy, rent or lease buildings 11 said. Three banks own the former lave sold the building, and the new p lease for one year," Campbell said, r housing needs are, we will negotiate ease," he said. 11, of USC Information Services, the nester for the university. from residence hall fees charged to y for the lease," Campbell said. "The ly for it." o $500 a semester, Swanson said. "The Df rooms. Some are more plush than their guests will be provided on the 3 the public. A shuttle service is also tion to and from campus, "although it ampus, Swa n son said. * hotel will primarily be given to upnts and some freshmen, Campbell : becoming -m -w ?, crowded Easterling k Staff Writer more attractive to students, but has nal housing to supplement the 7,000 sidence life spokesman. ire students who wanted to stay on d Wertz, assistant vice president for 1,000 upperclassmen wanted to stay on crease of more than four or five hun end to liberalized visitation hours, a nong students and the economic adprices. "Parking is also one reason plus living off campus requires having st of 1,600 students seeking dormitory s available a vacancy book which lists ns to rent to students. "We've had this epped it up a little this summer," he Housing tor stuaenis, dui me vacancy e to the students, according to Bob irs for Residential Life Services. signed on a priority basis. Returning ast year have first choice. Incoming len transfer students, Stewart said. ; waiting list, but a crisis has never ve always been able to accommodate school begins/' Stewart said. housing market in the Columbia area udents looking (6r housing. "Anything Wertz said. "When the Wade Hampton i beds. It was popular with some of the ampus," he said. Idence life for help in locating housing eferred to landlords in the area with Vertz said.