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9 * x nmrm nr housing f A oroDosal to create additional Greek housing on College, Green and Henderson streets was rejected bv the Columbia Zoning Board of Adjustments June 12, according to Marsha Diinr^n nf ctnH^nf affairs. Duncan, the only USC representative at the i i i _ i _i. 1.1_ Hearing, saia sne mei wun "considerable opposition," primarily from area residents. Others opposed to the proposal were faculty members who are residents rvf f a?iAn U r\ i r/\ ui liic died ui nave uniuca there, and students representing the Nada Apartments on College Street. Other reasons for the rejection of the proposal were residents' concern for noise and the general impact on the neighborhood, Duncan said. Til 1 _ 1 iiie proposal was aiso rejected because the neighborhood is a historical preservation area, according to Thomas Gottshall f hp a ttnrnpu KS MM M M M j V MM V VA V V V/ l IX V J representing the area residents. <4A lot of renovations have been made to make it a nice area," Gottshall said. The residents felt that having fraternities and sororities in the area would have a detrimental effect. USC also pledged in 1975 to preserve the residential character of the neighborhood, he said. The area is zoned C-l and DP C-l mpaninp nffirp and institutional area including residential and DP meaning historical preservation area, according to Zoning Administrator Terry Floyd. USC was required to make a special request for permission to utilize the houses in this area for student housing, Floyd said. 4They (fraternities and sororities) contribute thousands and thousands of dollars each year to worthy causes, and it's a little 1 ~4 1? ? mucin lu iuuiv ell Vjrl d^i social groups who only have parties," Duncan said. In defending the proposal, Duncan said the houses are on - campus and face the campus, and there would be regulations that the Warn WlKMm II ATLANTIC ? | 1 Wide-Open Marriage ATLANTIC II Born Erect t WWSKMSttBM >ard axes 1 jrupubdi fraternities and sororities V\r\t?rv f/\ nKirln HTV^/Q wuuiu nave iu auiuc uj . 1 ut houses would have been leased to Greek organizations on a one-year r i _ i! oasis; son regulations were not followed, the lease could be terminated, she said. No alternative solutions to the Greek housing shortage have been discussed at this time, Duncan said. As a result of the rejec tion of the proposal for additional Greek housing, students housed in Nada Apartments will be allowed to continue living there, Richard Wertz, associate vice oresident of r Residential Life Services, said. Students at Nada Apartments would have been relocated if the proposal had been accepted hppfliisp thp anarfmpnt*; have one of the buildings to be used for fraternities and sororities. Nada Apartments has been associated with S.C. College, the honors department, in the past, but according to Danny Burch, who will be the Nada hall adviser this fall, "You dc not have to be an honors student to live in Nada." This fall there will be 23 honors and 26 non-honors students living in Nada, Burch said. /Lti OUTFITTI A 10% Discouni * Suits * Blazers a IP |w ^wuuiers * Leather Ja< Sport Shirts I* Disco Spoil Dress & Co Outerwear New check pt D ? ? III! /\U/\ 4a4a1?M#? Lv a.?v A M # 1 r AAA am J rvciui ncu cutxiu) luumug utJiwecn ^1D,UW aiiu $20,000 during spring semester have forced the treasurer's office into enacting a less lenient check cashing policy, according to USC Treasurer Howard Rhodes. "We can't let the situation get out of hand. The problem is increasing and we just have to get a hold of it," Rhodes said. The new policy states that a student will not be allowed to cash any checks after bouncing two checks in the same semester, Rhodes said, but he does not want to encourage students to bounce any checks at all, even though they are given a second chance. When a student has a check returned because of insufficient funds, he or she will be notified by mail that a second bad check would mean a loss of check cashing privileges for the remainder of the semester. "We want to discourage this as much as possible," Rhodes said. "We don't want the service to be discontinued (for all students) just because of a few bad ones." Rhodes said there is no planned increase in the cnarge for cashing checks which is currently set at 15 cents a check, including USC payroll checks. This charge helps to pay the fulltime staff and overtime help, Rhodes said. The Russell House Book Store has experienced a similar problem, resulting in about $9,000 worth of returned checks during this past semester, Russell ^ MASTER CHj W VISA ^ J AMERICAN E) ASSEMBLY ST., DOWI / rni I HAJID) A MAI 1 1MI wvhViTiuin iTinkk^ AI^I :RS TO THE FASHION MAN T AFFORDABLE PRICES! with valid USC ID thru Sept. 29th Jeans by Brittar Male, A-Smile, I rv r 1 w casual, :kets and Athletic She Levi's & Lee Je< > sale priced at $1 2 swear i i _ suui aiacKS IT'S B.BERRY'S . . COLUMBIA'S GR iniiiti m Bin?mmwui wiiiii iiwimi iiinmn ? m?imiwiiii nimiMi J9MM& ^*N ;:^|: m I ^ >- ^ :> am^EBfSfM Ao.;o?^ " imjmm m-M<w gaMHBHKfe yflPI ne to the nearest parking space? jlicv enacted House Financial Controller George Adams said. Most of this has been recovered, he said. "The problem has gotten pretty bad," Adams said. "We put a hold on registration packets for about 250 students." Adams said the problem has gotten so bad that they held one student's registration packet because of a 42 cent check. A student will be notified twice after a second check is returned, and if he or she does not redeem the' check within 10 days after second notification, no more checks will be accepted by Russell House Book Store for six months Adams said If the check is not redeemed within 15 days, the offender will be taken to court. A $5 fee will also be charged when the check is redeemed, but4'we won't charge a fee if they come to us before we have to write them a letter, but this could change too," Adams said. The most serious drawback to cashing a bad check is that a new state law makes cashing a bad check a criminal offense instead of a civil offense, Rhodes said. "If you are taken before the magistrates office, it will go on your permanent record," he added. "It's not a matter of the amount of bad checks, but oi comorming witn state laws," said Ben Swanson, director of the bookstore. "It's a headache for everybody." EATEST HHMHHMHHMflHIIHHIIBHHHHHHIIHHIHHHjl