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rga H 8 B B B Thursday ^GgSWHKS^ Volume LXIX, No. 135 University of South Carolina, Columbia. S.C. June 28, 1379 Housing problem rf>mninft at I /.SD By Sharon Buchanan GarrMCock Staff Writer USC is making efforts to find housing in Columbia for approximately ? - - % - At - f ^ 11 1!^ 730 students on a waiting list lor university nousing in me iaii, accorumg to Richard Wertz, associate vice president of Residential Life Services. 41 A HKiminh fho nnitropcitir ic ir? mnr?h hpttpr chaw than lflist VPPIT whpn ni IIIUU5U U1W> UlllTWOIIJ 10 AAA IUUVII wvxvvvm vv..- -%-^v ^ w 1,800 students needed residential hall rooms, community housing such as apartments, motels and rooms in private homes will be necessary," Wertzsaid. THE UNIVERSITY has announced to the public through the media the need for student accommodations, according to Wertz. "The Office for Commuter Services is working hard with Residential Life Services by listing vacancies in the Columbia area to help students," he said. Jo Campbell, graduate assistant for Commuter Services, said the vacancies are listed in four books according to the nature of the accommodation. The four categories are houses and apartments, rooms in private homes, people who have housing but need a roommate and people who need a roommate and a place to live, she said. "This service should take care of a couple hundred students on the waiting list," Campbell said. "But we also publish an apartment finder guide with all the apartment complexes in Columbia, their location, facilities and price range." MnfpR in thp arpp will also he used to house students this fall. CamD bell said. "Twenty-five rooms in the Downtowner Motor Inn are available to students for $150 a month with double occupancy. Twenty rooms are available at Capitol Terrace and negotiations are in progress for possible rooms at the Carolina Inn. We have been sending students to the motels for a couple months now," Campbell said. n* a imi iCIMr" unite alon Kninrf nnniropto/1 infrt cinfflp lVl/lI\IVlX!ii/ IIV/ \J Olil V* UllilO U1 V OIOV7 MVillg VUUTVI vvu Itivv student housing, according to Wertz. Woodland Terrace and University Terrace apartments will have single student accommodations in the fall, he said. Jo Foster, associate director of v/omcn's housing, said the list of 730 students is temporary and will soon be shorter. "Those students who have been assigned rooms but do not pay their fees by July 1 will lose their rooms. We expect a number of openings after this date," Foster said. "Also, many students who do not have a room may opt to go to another school, cutting the waiting list even more. At the beginning of fall term there are always a number of no-shows, but there is no way of telling how many there are at present," she said. Fnst#?r said the universitv is advising DeoDle on the waiting list on a personal basis, according to their number on the list. For example, if the student is five from the top we can guarantee him or her a room. If he is 250 from the top we would advise him to get temporary or long-term residence through Commuter Services 11 I u 1 :?i II ?u~ :,1 depending on nuw uie uunu vatttuuica inaugc:, sue aaiu. Dave Macaulay, associate director of men's housing, said the waiting list consists of re-admitted students, transfers, off-campus students wishing to live on campus and graduate and law students, but two-thirds n thr><u>-fniiptkc r\f thnco nn tho lict aw fr^chmpn 11/ 1111 V/V1VU1 UIO V* ilivuv V?? VHV/ **MV m> V ?? was?aav?*. "FIRST PRIORITY goes to continuing on-campus students. Second , priority goes to freshmen who signed up prior to May 1. After that, housing is on a first come-first served basis." Macaulay said. There is no way of telling how many students do not come to the university because of a lack of housing, Macaulay said, but the number is probably very small. "Pponle from South Carolina who do not get housing may stay home and commute or perhaps go to a regional campus," he added. Macaulay said the university has no long-term plans for buying property to build a dorm or to convert another existing building into a dorm because there will be fewer students attending college in the j future. Enrollment will decrease in the 1980s, Macaulay said, and the j university would lose money on any new purchase. There is a trend not * ~ 41-? niimiwitioc oil rtimr thn nniintpi; fnr thic poacnn ho caiH 11U UU11U Willi UIIIVCIOIU^OWII I/TV/I uiv vuuuw; whu ? vuqwh, i?v THE UNIVERSITY is in much better shape than this past year, mniniv nf the Wade Hamnton Hotel, according to Wertz. "The use of the Wade Hampton cut this past years waiting list by 500 students," Wertz said. "In fact, 75 percent of the students in the building signed up again this year, and that is a very good retention percentage." Wertz also said transportation will be worked out for off-campus stuHpnts livine reasonably close to famous. The Shuttlecock transit buses are being re-routed to include stops at the Downtowner and other places of residence, he said. "Routes can be changed, but it is too early to do at present since students are just now being placed," Wertz said. "Wp're nleaseri with the wav this vear is going. It is 100 percent better than last year, and we can already accommodate a vast majority of the people,'' he added. J It's half way over, folks Ken Stoudamire puts the finishin Minimal eff< Carter submi By Shelly Kaufman Ganrwcock Staff Wrttar A proposed National Health Plan, NHP, was submitted by President Carter to Congress June 12 to provide the foundation for a fully implemented health insurance plan and to meet the most essential health needs of the nation. The underlying motivation for the national nealtn insurance program is that many Americans have been denied the opportunity to lead healthy lives in our country because of health care services which are unaffordable, inaccessible and inefficient, according to Carter. Dr. J. Robert Hewson, professor and chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the USC School of Medicine and administrator tor the Thomson Student Health Center program, predicts the effects of the plan on health services to USC siuaenis win De minimal. "THE PLAN would not have any impact on the basic coverage for students enrolled at Carolina. At the Thomson Student Health Center, the costs for health services are covered by students' fees," Hewson said.44We could ask if the student fees are too nigh, it tnere is aaequaie lunamg ior neaun services or if it (student health program) would be deducting money from tuition," he added. It (the national health plan) will probably have greater impact on funds for major illnesses, catastrophes, hospitalization requiring prolonged care and only supplemental insurance tnat students carry, according to Hewson. The NHP recognizes that the nation's health system is faced with three problems, according to a White House report: inflation in the health sector, inefficiency of the health delivery system and lack of health insurance coverage for many Americans. Lack of coverage is a major health care problem. Nineteen million people have health insurance which does not protect them against ordinary hospital and physician fees while almost as many, mostly poor, inonrnnna nniiarnrto at oil anpnrHinO nave 11 \j nuauu uwui ouvv v.v?wgv ?i un, uvw? to a White House report. An additional 46 million Americans have inadequate insurance against large medical bills. Wm _______ 1 1 Ml C&ftM&MPft' 1 IPSSW^^ill^iSIPI^^PI^^ililiiPPy^^iPBilllSIPiRSI^^iPWI^^R; 1 ?,*, '%& ]g I .' .< ? > - VN-VVN'- <' > :< * >^->y- ^- ^ >V-->V<*V.->-y '--y * ?*' &. *) >. . > - . vy-:-iy->?-.-w>.- /< .?. . ?< -^^v. 8 > > r. 1 ^B88B8l88^8^B8888il^8^8888l^8SI8^^^^^^8^^^^> ^ j ect at USC ts health plan SOME USC STUDENTS are already covered by parents' insurance or spouses' policies, Hewson said, and the school coverage is more comprehensive than many other policies. "We already have an excellent health care system at the university that includes health maintenance, quality of life and risk information," he said. The three major components of the NHP are HealthCare, Mandated Employer Coverage and Cost Containment and System Reform Initiatives. Healthcare will provide improved coverage under a singled federal insurance program for the aged, disabled, poor and near-poor and others who are unable to purchase coverage in the private sector at a reasonable rate, according to White House officials. The second component will require employers to provide health insurance for full-time employees and their dependents. The third major component includes a series of system reforms to complement the improved health insurance. Health Maintenance Organizations, greater consumer information about physicians, strong emphasis on preventive care and other hospital cost containment legislation. THE NHP would go into effect October 1, 1982, but federal spending will not begin until fiscal year 1983, according to the report. Hewson said he does not totally support the national health insurance. "Some proposals would be financially very burdensome and I have a lot of doubts about some of them, Hewson said. Regarding insurance programs for college students, Hewson said he is satisfied that student coverage will not be overlooked. The American College Health Association has its office in Washington, D.C. and that's one of the reasons to make sure student health services are not forgotten, he said. "I think it suffices to say that there's a lot of pros nnH r>nnc oKniit natinnal tiAulth in?nranpn " hn cuiri 4 K IV* VVIUJ M k/WM V UUilUIIUI IIV\<1V?I IIMJMB WIIW^ ??v , "There'ssomething in the legislatures but it'll be up to the politicians. How extensive, how broad or how expensive it'll be, I don't know "