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U SC tel? to be upj A NEW COMPUTER to be installed in February at USC will improve campus telephone service and change the dialing procedure. Georee Kev. soecial assistant tn th#? president for communications, said the new computer will make it necessary to change to five-digit dialing because the electronic switching system is more sophisticated and eff icient than the present one. While there are no major problems with the present system, it is nearing its telephone capacity. Key said the number of lines grows monthly as buildings are completed and new phones are installed at use. THE CHANGE will be in February because the present system would then be unable to accommodate line increases. Southern Bell Telephone has not yet started installation of the system. Some phone numbers will change in February, and all numbers will be preceded by the number seven. Student gu dorms arav By Tammy KHpatrick Assistant Ntwi Editor Only 10 of 48 student security guards have been hired to work at USC dormitories under a new hiring system for guards. Residential Life Services will hire students, paid by the department of housing. In past years, work-study guards have been used. Bobby Haldeman, Moore residential hall director, said only 10 guards have been hired so far but most of the guards should be hired by the end of the week. DESPITE THE TOWERS Inline rlnsincr O? ? "D one night because of the guard shortage, few problems have resulted, said Haldeman. The switch from work-study guards to those hired by Residential Life is an attempt to control security problems and raise morale among the guards. Susan Dunton, Bates residential hall director, said the program is in transition and will experience some problems. "This year we'll be able to make some changes and we'll have some flons. hut npxt vpar we'll have a uniform procedure for security," she said. Gamecock Sta Meeting Thurai Rug. 28 7:30 P RH Rm. 321 Inocn/ r nx i HAIR STYLING (Quality Service & I Reasonable 541 Santee Avenue/Five Points/25( |?k ysm j6 Don't Spend Your Weekends A LEARN COUNTED CROSS-ST |j 10% Discount To all full-time USC students I The Friendly Yarn St gj 3211 Devine St. mam>a ephones graded THE NEW system will be able to handle the growth in telephone lines and will also have many new features to improve service to campus office phones. By dialing code numbers, an office worker will be able to hold three-way phone conversations or automatically forward his calls to another number. He will be able to put a caller on hold and dial another number on the same line, eliminating the need for "six button" phones in offices. Because the new system handles more lines, individual lines will be less expensive to maintain. Key said a telephone line that costs $20 a month under the present system will cost about nine dollars after February. AN ADVANTAGE of the system for students is the improvement of the telephone information service on campus. "Thot cor 171 nu nnm " ITaif oairl "ic nfton A liu v uVi T IW 11V TT , IWjr JC41U, AO V/Htu slow and unsatisfactory. Rut it would be costly to update it under the present system." ards work reyard shift The emphasis in the new system will be on hiring guards who will live and work in the same dorm, Dunton said. "Usually people living in the area they work in create a sense of pride and responsibility," she said. PROBLEMS IN THE past have included ? i- 1 - * guards leaving meir posts ana not snowing up for work but Dunton said an incident at Sims "opened up a lot of people's eyes to nighttime security." A man slipped past a security guard last semester and entered the rooms of several sleeping students' before being apprehended. "I think we've just been lucky nothing has happened they could hold us accountable for," Dunton said. Resident guards should create better security in dorms, Haldeman said. "They'll know the people coming in and out, and it will cut out a lot of tardiness and people not showing up," he said. RRSinRMTI AI I I IT IT 117111 K/> t?/icrvAMcikl/\ I _ * > >( BU SJJIS U TV ill MV 1 vopuiioiuic for recruiting and interviewing applicants before turning the names over to campus police for security checks. Guards will work from midnight to 8 a.m. M. | I 1 s< it I Priccs j-j U>419 I 1 [ lone! $ I TTrn H I r ^ A K | I VZ7/~M 7^-2689 tl ^ <?Campu! | SUNDAY AUG.24 - Four wheel covers were stolen from a car parked in the Bates House parking lot. | A staff member reported that vandals spray-painted a silver line on the Roundhouse. A nearby tree and a picnic table also wprp snmupH -r- ?J SATURDAY AUG.23 - A purse was stolen from a Bates House dormitory room and was later recovered with the money missing. FRIDAY AUG.22 - A false fire alarm was reported on the seventh floor of Laborde dormitory. A bicycle was stolen from a Russell House bike rack. THURSDAY AUG.21 - A non-student was arrested for public drunkenness in the Wade Hampton Hotel. | WEDNESDAY AUG.20 - A Woodland Terrace Apartments resident reported some items missing from his apartment. PrAtVirft/ lime f o lrnn n jl > uj/vi ?.jr ituo iuiw.ii 11 vyill a \,ai (Mil IVCU 111 U1C law center parking lot. TUESDAY AUG.19 - An AM/FM radio, a trunk containing 50 paperback books, three glass beer mugs and a couch and chair set were stolen from a Preston dormitory room. Some personal property valued at $1,990 was also stolen from a Preston dormitory room. A car parked in the Cliff Apartments lot was found with its window down, glove compartment open and registration i????? ????????,?????? I ^ I vgU Stv \ J ir /t S^Hno I I j Course located 6 miles east I Highway. ' Offer good only thru Octot I . Student I.D. Icome 3 BOOK ACROSS FROM THE LA\ S THF ROOl^ n "OF THE UN ME r YOUR SUPPLIE ^ECOCK ITEM s Crime , missing. Some sand, red clay and a carving knife were found in the front of the car. MONDAY AUG.18 - A false fire alarm was reported in Horseshoe Tenement 15. SUNDAY AUG.17 - A non-student was arroctoH for ruiklin rlmnlrannAoa nan*. I m* A vuvvu jlvrjl |/U>/Itv VU VMlAVlUiyoo iivai Sumter and Pendleton streets. There was a false fire alarm in the engineering building. A non-student was arrested for drunken driving in the 1700 block of Blossom Street. Ten albums were stolen, and a jukebox and pinball machine were pried open after the lodge at Bell Camp was entered illegally. A non-student was arrested by campus police after he admitted he set off a fire alarm in Russell House. FRIDAY AUG.15 - A battery was stolen from a car parked near the corner of Pickens and Pendleton streets. A custodial u/nrlror rorwipfo/1 hap ruutlratKnAlr ofnlAn nffnn VT Vk nv* ?. V|^/A bVU IlVi pwi\V/VUVA/I\ ObUlCIl d JL 1^1 she left it under a desk in the Capstone lobby. THURSDAY AUG.14 - A non-student was arrested for drunken driving after driving at a high speed along the 500 block of Sumter Street. A staff member's purse was stolen from an unlocked file cabinet in a humanities building office. WEDNESDAY AUG. 13 - A Cliff Apartments resident discovered that his calculator had been stolen after he left his apartment unlocked for five minutes. I ident i I Golfer!! \ wood Country Club J .weekday winter special ; .50 for 18 holes ' i (Regular $7.50) i I I of Columbia on the Sumter | 776-9708 I >er 1980 with Coupon. jj required. mm?m?mmmmmm. -mm ? ? mm. DUCK c STORE V CENTER] ENTER I RSITY ? f\ A K I r^v :?> AND | iS THE3E