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Food stamp! program cut By Ronda Templeton Most South Carolina college students receiving food stamps will lose their eligibility Sept.l under regulations set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Pat Waldron, a food stamp specialist' with the Food and Nutrition Service in Atlanta, said most college students in the United States receiving food stamps are doing so under false 1 1 n ? 1 n?nn pretenses anu v^ungi et>s> uas uiivcii sicjw iu oiup uicm. "Congress is concerned that the majority of students come from families able to provide them with a sufficient amount of support," Waldron said. The government will restrict jfood stamp benefits to the very needy, he said. ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE, including 150,000 college ctiirionte will rirnr?n?Hl from the food stamn Droeram. and food stamp payments should drop by $80 million annually. ' The new rules, established by 1980 amendments to the Food Stamp Act, will affect students between 18 and 60 years old. Exceptions will be made for low-income students with disabilities, those who work more than 20 hours each week,4 ( heads of households with dependents, students who participate in federal work-study programs and those enrolled in work-incentive programs. An additional 50,000 people will lose eligibility when a new limit on assets takes effect Oct.l Households receiving food stamps must have assets totaling less than $1,750, but the new rule will lower that limit tr? ti qrtn Accotc snr?h itoms as antnmnhiJes real estate. and money in bank accounts, Waldron said. HOUSEHOLDS OF TWO or more persons in which one of the residents is elderly will not be affected by the changes in food stamp eligibility rules. The asset limit for those households will remain at $3,000, Waldron said. Tom Gregory, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said the new rules are designed to make the food stamp program "a little tougher on students." Students account for less than 1 percent of the Americans on food stamps, Waldron said. see Food, page 8 Tho GAMECOCK is the student nowspaper the University of South Carolina end is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and | Fridays during the fall and spring iSVrfSSV^BI I kl M j semesters and once weekly on B| Wednesdays during both summer j sessions with the exception of ^^n^BfWaana7RT7l?^Y|||l?P^H: university holidays and examination VQA] IlljUV 1.1 iifBlifTllI Opinions expressed In the RAMFm^K nrn ?ho and not those of the University of - , ' _ ' j-, ^ I South Carolina. The University of South Carolina it an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications HjfeanaBnMHDgMnM and Communications is the publisher of L .7*-" ' =:~- _ ^ 1 the The Media Office is the organization the | GAMECOCK. \ . /' .- ' 1 -n> ~ i Change of address forms, sub- lIlVTJR scription requests and other correspondece should be to (he GAMECOCK. Box 86131. 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The people camped on the coliseum's r1 mnnn CfroAf ciHn uroro VJl ttllt UUttl OIUV/ VYVi V waiting to get the best tickets for Elton John's Sept. 19 concert. "I've always admired 5 Located Betwe I 2.70 Bud\V( | 2.49 Wiec j 2.(55 Old Milwj \ 2.39 Joe { 3.19 Kiuni 3.29 KoseGarder | 4.(59 Mooi The Unioi olftp I [| DMon-Fri ; Sunday [1 DMon-rri gg Please enc y. o 3 I would like m O I will pick upn II The service be delivery .sept. Name Phone Campus AdcJr 1 iome Addres THE UNIVERJ :::;:~=Z fr-'^^ vx--"v ^fS asta^' Pjey wa/f //i tine for tickets Vewman.) in Jnfin w m ? ss 0.0 ? ? oliseum Elton John," said Terry Cook, a USC junior majoring in hotel and restaurant management. "This will be the first and last chance to see him. THE LAMP-OUT gave people a chance to make friends, drink beer and forget their troubles. Craig Holladay, a freshman from Columbia studying pre-law, entertained the crowd with PA-1 type announcements from a maKesnm megapnone. i m just raising hell and having ^Spirit JJli IM< krnssirm it en Bates House Sale "iser Cans 1.99 lomann 1.99 aukee Light 2.05 s Beer 1.(59 te Wine 2.29 1 Liebfraumileh 2.99 ie 1 lead 3.90 n Station is Nnu 1 subsci Return through i only and Sunday lose payment anc Russell House i y paper delivered th ly paper at Union St. ?gins August 31, I98i l, Nov. 27and 28. ess s >ITY OF SOUTH C/ MHHm m to go on sale. John will play fans cari fnr h?><Qt some fun," Holladay said v between announ ements. v "Please meet your mother I at the rocket," he an- 1 nounced, reminding]? listeners of the state fair. Most of the campers obediently settled in at the end of line, but some tried to ir? TKof'p tttknn rvAArvIn UiCdi\ in. x licit o vYiitn like Jimmy Tweedlie stepped in. iSveedlie, a 30-year-old car salesman from West Columbia, watched the line near his campsite, discouraging line-breakers. "It's good to camp out," Tweedlie said, "but it's badj 1 WoJJ and The Carolina Kegs ??Busch Bud Mick & Mic Delivery 01 Liquor Sto once again 77!i, liUit CHJ > iption ) iail'or in person Fall S 34.(3; S32.0I $66.6i make checks pa; Jniversity union ough campus mail (l ition, Russell 1 louse, ) and ends Decern be ROIJNA, BOX 8;?14 Ml Alltl li ACU-I V ittltii^B 1L"^^ r in the Coliseum on JIJJ UUL tickets vhen people break in line vhen other people have been lere for seven or eight lours." a closed i LAROR I g"jEWELRY B rj WAREHOUSE ?4r 2909 Piatt springs Rd. 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