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The South Carolinian Library g Campus III HIHIIIIIIIII^UHII?IHII||I| Inside: Books in review CZll I |X>, Wednesday Volume L.XIX, No. 93 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Dec. 6, 1978 ^ ' ^ ^ ^ ,w. . ... Alter By Tom Travi Gamecock SfaH Wi A proposal has been sut President James B. Holde approved, would create a f Serve room siffnnn ouotom - ?wjuivm residents and allot more spa freshmen. Residential Life Service plan, which would not guara residents a room in USC r according to Richard Wertz president of Residential Lif "WE'VE GOT more peopl space," Wertz said. He estim nu 10 yu percent ot contin would be provided on-camp If approved, more room w< for freshmen housing. Wertz freshmen apply yearly for 1 Combined with other seeking university housing, ti 10,000 students competing I spaces, according to Wertz. Wertz said the proposal wi to the USC Board of Tri Details of the plan will be later date, he said. ft mwm Wm ^FSMW First-c ed hou is iter >mitted to USC HOLDERMAN rman which, if Plan win be decic irst-come, first- the trustees. "The for continuing has not been ce for incoming Signup for curri sometime in Febr is devised the for the same ro? ntee continuing aPP1>r to insure esidence halls, basis' according t , associate vice Wertz presentee 0 Services assistants and ha Sunday night. A h e than we have remain anonymoi lated that about grouP that they n luing residents Present it to thei us housing. signup in the spr ould be allotted acSept a P?licy ir said about 2,000 w^atsoever, the s lousing. Many hall a non -residents assistants express^ here are nearly P^an- "Some stude for about 7.500 C0UPle of years, displaced from th II be presented v'sor said. "Thej jstees Friday. vices> expect us to available at a ar,d it should be the are unhappy with Mil tMrnymKH ^fl! v-;:;?r.Eivc^ rnmm e3^S4^g3^gp-.- : Ussf - " M :f.;. yyy^r.^^ fete*. <c 1|K .y^KSi3??^8^K - ' . K ,VpP- : ^ ' Jr ;ome, first ^ i sing -si "TH SAID the decision on the 5^ ?? led internally and not by (hall matter is still under study jnput i approved yet," he said. A h ent residents will be held Colum uary. Students signing up jj|na ? I 1 " in win uv mnea as mey merits a first-come, first-serve ciuded ,o Wertz. 14 soro I the proposal to resident affecte II advisors at a meeting The 1 all advisor, who chose to assigni us, said Wertz told the for jnc lust accept the plan and sfers; . r residents before room continu ing. "They expect us to on-cam i which we had no input materu ource said. The h dvisors and resident residen ed dissatisfaction with the t^at "ai intS h?VP h?>n horo (rur o - " be disp and now they might be Accor eir dorms," one hall ad- resideni / (Residential Life Ser- not , tell the residents about it, p|aCed ( iir job instead. Many of us Fresh this." 4*1 li rfM if - -^J|hbPB3B .i;.;/;.;^;.:-:.^^.^^^' ..w^K.;:3??|g?!; .... ' >: : -serve basi Ignup p AT'S RASIPAI I V _ uui iigui, werii We asked for and are accepting theii advisors' and resident assistants'; nto the plan." ousing assistant reported thai bia Hall, Bates West, South Caro College dormitories, Nada apart and the McBryde area will be ex from the new signup plan. Also, the rity floors in South Tower will not be d, according to one source. lousing plan was "selected for use in ng students . . . because, it provides omintf frochmnn ^ ?1 A 0 .. V.0....1VU tmu sysiem iranand, at the same time, it gives all ing residents an equal opportunity to pus housing," according to printed il presented at the staff meeting, ousing rationale (plan) presented to t assistants and hall advisors related s few current campus residents will laced as possible." ding to the proposals, current ts who wish to remain on campus but receive a room assignment will be [)n a "high priority" waiting list, men and transfer students who |i jjf ifii ^ ; ^ I ^ 1 gafc-.y? f-'p ? ?1 Ki .?' " 'x > :": , . < ? - v ^.v& \ o s >ropoi i apply no later than Ap alloted "adequate space k i i pian. t IF USC CANNOT gi freshmen on-campus he very good possibility the not to enroll at the univ ( ficials said. i "It is apparent that adopted a policy that did campus housing to inc student enrollment would point where the universil survive," according to ^nrt/ in/>p k7VI V IV.Cn . The plan might coi Kesidential Life Services campus accommodations all current residents" by Housing officials say t, "equitable because eve students has the same ch place on campus as any < Residents may appeal Residential Life Services special circumstances arc g?gpiiflu L\ lit;::; y : > >>>< : < j * '.. ;*' ' : : . :v:' ' <>?.< ,y_. . ... v- >->y : >: :& > * \ WmWS ' sed nil 1 1 ?! 111 i, iwin be " according to the larantee incoming >using, there is a it they will decide ersity, housing ofif the university not guarantee onoming freshmen, be reduced to the ty could no longer Residential Life nceivably allow > to "provide onfor a majority of the fall semester, he new plan is ?ry categorv of ance of getting a r>ther group." their cases to if they believe ' applicable