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USCpoli< By Paula Williamson Gwrwcocfc Staff Wrtw The USC Police Department is avai university students in emergency cording to George Key, special a president for Security and Commu Service. Key said that the main purpose of Department is, "to protect the life university students and to insure m< campus without fear," Key added. 4 also protect university property." The USC Police Department cons uniformed officers, according to Key ~.,i ? ?u:n. icguicti &nuu> vjuuaiau> ui SIA ficers patrolling in police cars. Th< are posted at the desks. The roving of living areas such as the Capstone area, the South Building-South Towe Bates area, Key said. Many other services are provided police. "The emergency ticketi megany parKea aner a p.m. lsjusior We also transport students to the I case of sudden illness or accidents automobile related accident, we r movable," Key said. "In case of inj ambulance and stay at the scene unt also respond to fire alarms," he said. There is always a campus polic tivities where money is being ham Riley vet dormitory < By Michael Gooding > News Editor $ Gov. Dick Riley's vetoes of t funding for a Business Ad- r ministration addition at USC's t Columbia campus and a dormitory at the Conway campus were sustained by the S.C. House of i Representatives Aue. 14. < ] The buildings, which had been ' approved earlier this summer by a s ^ A wmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmrnnm ze protec "For instance, tl hand at registrat liable to help all he said. Student: situations, ac- activities as conc ssistant to the At night, there nication Safety areas as the Bl dleton Street ga the USC Police students who km and property of officer and let 1 )vement around unnecessary cas 'The USC police Other suggest alone late at nigl ists of about 34 suggested that 2 , and each of the that appears sus rs, with two of- way thing, and if ; remaining two something that ficers Datrol the another student !-Columbia Hall report it,"Key s< ;r areas and the "We are here t I by the campus consideration foi ng of vehicles tunately we have le responsibility, judgement in an health center in she has been tr< or if there is an their complair nove the car if cordingly."Key s juries we call an il it arrives. We I he campus pc Main and Wheat e officer at ac- during the day died, Key said. number is 777-526 oesBA, additions larrow margin in the Senate, were vetoed by Riley recently. A total of >61.5 million dollars were trimmed hrough Riley's vetoes from a $165 nillion S.C. capital improvements >ond bill. The $8.1 million Business Adninistration building would have ioubled the size of the current Business Administration building. 'The present building was specifically designed so that it LISTEN TO i i t camous I lere are campus police officers on I ion and at the Campus Book Store," p > may also rent our services at such Q| erts and parties, he added. H are officers patrolling such problem p jssom Street garage and the PenV/??i onlii Kh( T cnaaoct fn IB 1 ivcj aaiu, wuv a w _ )w they will be in late to contact an 1? lim know in order to prevent any If Lialties. i ? 1 A. A. ~ ^11- | ions ivey ouerea were nui iu wum p it and stay in lighted areas. Key also ?tudents report anything or anyone fl picious. "Law enforcement is a two- | a student sees another student doing | could possibly injure or endanger | , it is his or her responsibility to j !) enforce the law with prudence and | * each individual, Key said, ror! a good staff that can execute good 1 y situation. If a student feels he or * iated unfairly, we always listen to its and deal with them acaid. lice are located on the corner of S. street. The phone number to call is 777-4215, ana the emergency 6, to be used after 5 p.m. could have a duplicate building put on the north side," Harold Brunton, assistant vice president of operations, said. o s - p The addition would have c provided the same functions as the n current structure, and also would have included space for the 4,300 students currently enrolled in the college. The faculty has also increased to accomodate the growing number of students. The dormitory at the Conway campus would have provide housing for 256 students who are currently commuting to campus. Edward M. Singleton, chancellor SATURDAY START: Senate St. Lc CI block below FINISH: Congaree Lc DISTANCE: 3.1 miles OQFT OFMTQI IKIPr I V-y 1 IXI II I l\LM I I IL IMI V REGISTRATION BOO 1-96 WZLD Fm % tOOMC CAROUNA HI Sflffffff New students plenty of info at f USC at Conway, said there are tudents commuting 80 to 100 miles very day, with 115 students ommuting from Georgetown, 42 niles from campus. Construction of the dormitory would have been financed through a $2.5 million loan secured by USC at Conway through the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington. Furnishings and maintenance for the dormitories would have been payed for through a Horry County bond issue and student housing fees, according to proponents of the bill. , dcrimi ON Tl Zurich Ramo 11 c\ r Gervcxis St. Bridge) xnding, Old State (one and one-ha )RmflTioN Dim iKS available at 1 >LE IT, PADDLE !ATTLE IT, FAN mfiN IT, SAIL IT, KEEL IT, AND DEAL I LOVE IT , LIVE FRIVOL FOR DETfflLS ImK^m ... ; ::Sf M WHMI * and visitors receive the welcome center. Singleton said there are private development corporations interested in providing alternative housing but, any housing provided would have to be on a purely private basis. "There would be no housing endorsed by the university ii i_ i. n n! .1.1 1 J 1 or ine siaie, amgieion aaaea. The HUD loan, which was won through competition with other states, will be awarded to a school in a different state since USC at Conway can not except it, and "This will finish us off forever with HUD," Singleton commented. 1 BEft 8th IE CONGRREE n. Rd. 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