Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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USC students a< near campus hard to come j (Photo by Qfenn Johanson) )dor Cable television has bee installed on an optional basi in Carolina Garden Apartments, umverstt; Terrace Apartments, th Woodland Terrace Apart ments, McBrydi quadrangle, and the Russel House. Cliff Apartments ar< nnHor pnnciHoraHnn fn aiiuvt tvnuivivi M VIWJII A \/ installation. Wertz said USC wants t see how the students res pom to the installations befor Ham ents are located near re finding epartments by and very expensive. mst - ?. V - n plans are made for s dividual dorm rooms, s Bud Tibshrany, gene y manager and vice presid e of Columbia Cak - Television Co. Inc., s e installations have aire* 11 been made in the facu e house, the president's hor r the law center, and i lounges of Capstone s 0 Columbia Hall. A manpov 1 shortage and problems w e the university's i I derground duct system lu | caused the job to take lonj I than Tibshrany expected, i doesn't know when * stallations will begin in I lounges. If USC hires CCTV provide cable TV for do: rooms, students will hav< Off-cc dissai Staff R*por The demand for off-c, resulting in high rents, ] vice and confusing i students say. Students say they pay ! !_. l!4 A -.A-- - A uian quaiuy. Aparonena $200 to $450 a monifV, wh campus cost $185 to $250. Most apartments near c conditioning or kitchen those farther from canipu A 700-namc waiting list I keeps demand for off-cam "A lot of people who o ! here are getting rich oi Anjal Banaik, a student fi said she doesn't own a ci live on campus. A real estate agent fi Reese Co. of Columbia v apartment closings near hasn't heard many comp and service, because stu< price and put up with am live there. Some three-bedroom ap oget in choice of three programming levels, ml Tibshranv said in addition ent to local channels, the "basic >le service level" will include aid WTBS-TV from Atlanta, idy WTTG-TV from Washington, ilty D.C., data information ne, channels, the Christian the Broadcasting Network, and tnd access to educational, ver television. ith The "expanded service in- level" will give students ive WRJA-TV, an educational jer station from Sumter, S.C., He and three Augusta, Ga., in- stations part-time: WRDWthe TV (CBS Channel 12), WJBF-TV (ABC Channel 6), to and WATU-TV (NBC rm Channel 26). The Federal ? a Communications Com tmpus ho isfies stu a montn. Doul <* $140 a month f< ampus housing is Christi For poor landlord ser- Greene Street, rental contracts, plus utilities ft She divides th< for location rather says the price i near campus cost with her landk iu ? mi L1MJ UIUSC ltll iiv1i1 L(?3l WllllC month/' she si ampus have no air property refua > appliances, but and we still hi ? include these. guess they th< for ramriiiq rinrms caiiIH Imvo T tpus housing high. to replace us fi wn homes around Another sti ff students/' said Greene Street rom India. Banaik bunt, flooding ir and is forced to pay the repair owner lives in - Aft t rom ine jesse r, complex, /ho handles many A student wl ' campus said he plus utilities i daints about rents ment has l&rj ients will pay any Julieno said 1 i inconvenience to ceiling. "The renovate the j artments cost $450 done anything w? Kk. A ^ 7-;:" j^aH W $? cabli mission allows programs to be shown on these stations only when local channels are not carrying the same programs. The expanded service level also gives students the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network, the Black Entertainment Television Network, U.S.A. Sports (formerly Madison Square Garden Sports), the 24hour-a-day Entertainment Sports Programming Network and two rhilHrAn's networks: The Calliope Youth Programming Service and the Nickelodeon Youth Programming Service. In about 45 days, Tibshrany said CCTV hopes to include a color weather \denis ble-occupancy bedrooms cosi >r each tenant. d, a student who lives on nauo mnMk than #OOC ? mnxtk i puj? inviv uxtii ytw ci itiuuui or a two-bedroom apartment. ; cost with her roommate. She is good,but she is dissatisfied >rds. r, the heat was broken for a lid.4The agency handling the sed to do anything about it, id to pay that month's rent. I Might if we didn't like it we hey'd probably find students ist." ident, Chris Sosnowski of , said one of his water pipes his apartment, and he had to ' cost. He said the apartment Atlanta and rarely visits the ho pays $300 a month for rent ..U Ul. 4 - I 1 ? miu <ii? iwwHfwiruom aparxje holes in the walls. Vince Jve plaster is falling off the owners have promised to >lace, but so far they haven't to my apartment." he said. fPhoto by Qttnn Johsnson) o T\7 radar service. The third level of programming includes Home Bex Office, which would be available to individual rooms, but not to "common areas "such as r^ci h<*11 1 m i vtjiviviivv nan iuuii^vo because of the uncensored features. Tibshrany said it is often difficult to wire multistory buildings. For this reason, CCTV is unsure what the cost would be for students who want cable TV. Tibshrany said CCTV and the university haven't reached an agreement on the terms of the dorm-room installation contract.