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Financial locks stuc Hats-off to the newly reorganized 0 scnoiarsmps. It seems its door was locked a coupli the services it provides were in demar WE DON'T KNOW exactly why, but John G. Bannister, the office's new was ever locked. We're sorry to disappoint you sir, I door was definitely locked. But a sign was placed on the ioor. avuarHc hnrl tn hp rpdonp hpcause of puting Basic Educational Opportur would be completed at the coliseum week. However, the sign failed to menti< some other reason. Granted, with most of the staff ir equipment, readying the coliseum besieges financial aid around registr have been little the remaining person But as the saying goes, you never ki BY LOCKING THE DOOR at a tim financial aid office avoided tne respor And we aren't talking about a sma aid spokesman said at one time this si applied for aid of one type or another 1 If you've ever had to deal with the 1 a headache the simplest of things c problem comes from within the fina cause must be directed at the admini: The office is grossly understaffed. r 1 1 1-: j: *1 :*u . proiessiunais winning uuctuy wiui ; is talk of expanding this number. The financial aid program also su with the large number of students wl too small to accommodate the size of TWO SMALL BUILDINGS are beii to the possibility of lost or misplaced form long lines outside the buildinj there has been talk of relocating tl space becomes available. Considering the number of studen often occur, additional office space make the system more efficient and 1 Given the circumstances, the fina they could. We congratulate them o did not receive an award in time to j ensure the payment. BUT WE CAN'T condone locking tl After all, financial aid is suppose think the primary concern should im instead of making them more likely. Bathroc 'takes gra To the Editor: Jane Daley Witten, this letter is ii you brought up in the August 27 issi is one probably overlooked by mos dispensers and toilet paper holders * v. ) .nni ...;nnn.n ;n i nctvc icau 3UIUC icoi wuurcia in to the Editor" in the Gamecock, bi there so little response to this col trivial pet-peeves like this? Whatever happened to the good o increases and the wonderful USC P complaining about not having enou dramaticcompared to this one. Ms. Witten, do me a favor: keej good sound wiping facilities to your out of our (did I say our?) beloved C Tr? tho fittnra if (hia oatootrnnhi ill MIV Bi MUO VOK4&7V1 Callcott Building and we will be gla toilet paper holders. By the way, are these the majoi chairperson of that committee? If i people think our student governmen J $ Scott Keir Graduate student, Sociology P.S.1 really (eel guilty even respo * resist. I ' : > i aid office lents out ffice of Student Financial Aid and e of afternoons last week at a time id the most. it was unjustified. director, denied reports the door ?nt it u;qc Wp wprp there and the It informed those students whose changes in the formula for comlity Grants that award changes i on Thursday and Friday of last on what to do if the visit was for i the process of moving files and ts\r- flin nnelondht that 0pnpmllv I v/i vnv/ viioiuugi'v v*?v?v ation time each year, there might nel could do. low unless you try. e when help was most needed, the isibility it has to students. II number of students. A financial Limmer around 11,000 students had for the 1979-80 academic year. financial aid office, you know what an become. And while part of the ncial aid office itself, much of the itration. There are fewer than 10 full-time students right now, although there ffers from a lack of space to deal io request aid. The space is simply the job required. ng used now. Not only does this add information, students are forced tc ;js in all types of weather. Again tie financial aid office when othei its involved and the problems that under one roof could only help t< ess frustrating for everyone. ncial aid staff has done almost al ? ??- 1-'? /I IllKi ii maiuiig suic uiuac siuucnw wm >ay their fees were given an IOU t< fie door for any reason. jd to be a service to students. W< /olve easing the chance of problem >m letter ? iiu, pnzv i response to the most pressing issi je of the Gamecock. Your grievan< it USC students: the lack of soap in the Russell House bathrooms. my three years of reading "Lettei nt this one takes the grand prize, umn the Gamecock has to publu Id complaints about parking, tuitic olice Department? Even the lettei gh football tickets for games seenr > your complaints about the lack family, friends and local janitor ai iamecock. j happens again just walk over id to let you have some soap and^< "ideas ana issues' you discuss i 30, now I have an idea why so mai it is such a laugh. riding to your letter ... but I couldi ^ pfp| Jack Anderson-Joe S WASHINGTON _ Apparently, President Carter has changed his mind about battling Congress. Our White House sources say he would I rather work with the lawmakers i than campaign against them. This is a change in strategy. Only last month, he had decided to go on the warpath against i Congress. Sources close to Carter > told us he's a staunch admirer oi the late President Harry Truman, I who won re-election in 1948 by > campaigning against a do-nothing > Congress. So last month, Carter began blasting Congress. He charged that Congress is "twisted and pulled ir j every direction by hundreds ol s well-financed and powerful special interests." But the president has nou awakened to the fact that he can'! get away with Truman's tactics Truman was a Democratic president attacking a Republicar Congress. Carter is a Democratic president who is supposed to b< able to handle a Democratic Congress. In fact, Carter made an issue o this in 1976. He asked Americans t< vote for him because, as i Democrat, he could improve th< ie relationship between the White *e House and Congress. in So Carter is now quietly stroking the congressional fur he rufflec s less than a month ago. He is trying [s the personal touch. He acquaint ih himself with the pet interests o key congressmen before he visit with them. n A couple of weeks ago, foi s example, he took New York Rep is Mario Biaggi aside. Biaggi, 2 Democrat, comes from Italiai f stock, but he is deeply concerne< ,1 about the conflict in Northen Ireland to In an effort to increase reader input intoj future issues, the Gamecock will offer a 1 weekly column beginning this summer. 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Utah Sen. Jake Garn spoke up I ' bluntly about Carter's problems on 1 , Capitol Hill. But the president, ? r instead of bristling, listened in- < ; tently and took careful notes. Republican Race: The scramble i i for a presidential nomination has t some of the characteristics of a < i horse race. 1 I And the Republican candidates ' I are moving into the first lap. < Ronald Reagan is running ahead, 1 ' but he doesn't want to get too far t out in front. He wants to save his I . strength for the finish. : So Reagan is trying to set a pace 1 that will keep him out front. But he ! doesn't want to risk a premature i burst of speed. If he hits his stride ! too early, he may start to slow too soon. So he's taking off the entire f month of August. g* ) But outsources say Reagan may I i already be losing ground. Some of ^ ? his supporters have begun a quiet, i perceptible move away from him. Coming up hard on Reagan's | 5 nee is is jonn uonnally. He has i taken some support away from \ Reagan but not enough to be i significant. f A number of former Nixon aides, i for example, have started to work behind the scenes to help Connally. r He believes his organization needs . strengthening. So he has canceled i most of his road trips while he puts i together a field organization. 1 o ww a ??_! * mcouwnuc, oeu. nuwaru DSKor i of Tennessee is emerging from the pack and running third. He has I picked up the support of Republican moderates who flirted briefly with Reagan. Baker has also attracted other moderates who favored former The Gamecock welcomes letters from its readers. All letters must be typewritten and triple spaced on a ftS-space line and should be a maximum of 300 words. Letters must be signed with the writer's correct name, telephone, mailing address, class standing and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be withheld by request If circumstances warrant. 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