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Homeles. help at Pt ' By Lana Carter Staff Wrttar There are agencies that Drovide heln for hnmplpcc children, alcoholics, drug users and battered wives. But for anyone who needs help and doesn't meet those agencies' requirements, there's Providence Home. "1 refer to these people as having fallen between the cracks," said Sister Kathy Riley, the home's associate director. "There are agencies on either side, but they can't help. The Providence Home io uiuc lu 51VC Uiciu dUUUlCI" option and another chance." The home, located at 3425 N. Main St. in Columbia, was founded 18 years ago by John Zenoni, its executive director. Zenoni organized three shelters, two for men and one for women. The first shelter was for men only. usually street alcoholics. But with recent awareness about battered women, there is increasing realization that just as many women as men are in crisis situations. THE HOME is holding a fund-raising Thanksgiving supper from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Dreher High School cafeteria. The supper has been named "A Thanksgiving Souper," and supporters hope it will become an annual event. The supper will consist of soup and bread, not a feast, but a re-creation of the meal that many poor Columbians will eat at Thanksgiving. This supper is only one part of what Sister Kathy calls "intro to the streets". PV.? rmar?i? tMrrwf/ m imilllUV'y to department Two professors in the (JSC College of Pharmacy have been named to departmental chairmanships under a reorganization of the ' college, according to Dean Julian H. Fincher. J. Walter Sowell, an associate professor of ' medicinal chemistry, has J been named chairman of the department of basic phar maceutical sciences and i.j DISCOUNT \i\ I OLDIES I : | Thousands of l ilies I S. Free Cutulog ] | Discount Oldies 5 | ! l)epi C, Box (?4 ) I Bryn Mawr, l<>oio I The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of SoutK Carolina and Is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and once weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. ODinlons exnrAssnrt in ihn GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of tho University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the GAMECOCK. Tho Student Media Office is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, sub scriptlon requests and other corresponds* should be sent to the GAMECOCK. Bo* 86131. Russell House. University of South Carolina . Columbia, S C. 29208. Subscription rates are $6.60 per semester and 9 2 (or the summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia. SC. s men, wc ovidence For the community to understand the real problems that many men and women lace, they need to see the people who live at the bus station, or the State House park, she said. "IT IS EASY for us to say the conditions in the mental hospital are OK, or that there are not people actually sleeping in alleys or on park benches if we never go see for ourselves," Sister Kathy said. "But there are people who sleep on benches and live at tne bus station right here in the Columbia community." The Providence Home receives no federal or state funds and is entirely dependent on donations. There is one other women's shelter in South Carolina, but it is for battered women only. Providence Home is open to any man or woman who needs help. Many who come may be just out of prison and ?u v nuvriicic tu auty Willie finding a job. Many have run away from abuse, but have nowhere to go. Teenagers from foster homes come when conditions in the foster homes are unbearable. Sometimes state agencies send people to the home. SISTER KATHY and another nun are in charge of the home, which is open 24 hours a day. Both men and women have rules to follow, but the rules are very flexible. Everyone helps with the cooking and cleaning. Sister Kathy said it's i monf o-.-fv ? A niipui ioiu iu HttVC U UCCCIll issors named; chairmanships director of graduate studies. Arthur A. Nelson, an associate professor of pharmacy administration and former coordinator of new program development, has been named chairman of the department of pharmacy practice, including clinical programs. Frr. I JUJJJ IN rii R|THEOJ q Rounder recordir W "Riders In The SI yA appearing at the ^ will be entertainir \A autographs at the y Saturday, Novem ? any one of the st< W excitement! Woodhill Center Columbia Mall - ! Dutch Square Ms r >?, RICORDS & TAPIS ? tiecora A " SOUNDS DCLICII %- ? ymenfind Home | place for men and women to come. Their suuroundings reflect how they feel about themselves, she said, and run-down surroundings would only enforce a sense of worthlessness. 44 When seemingly there are no options, we try to create viable options," Sister Kathy said. Sister Kathy said one young woman who came to j the home had been abused j throughout childhood. In herteens she became a prostitute and found someone who she thought cared for her. She became pregnant and was soon abused by this person. She was forced to im Ko?? ? O- - ? -c baby and came to Providence Home. CHILD ABUSE and economic crimes are involved in the majority of the crisis situations, Sister Kathy said. "Men and women who suffered child abuse and who never had the opportunity to <?et any type of education f& . problems and obstacles that are almost insurmountable. "Street people live in a unique and different world," Sister Kathy said. Where university students face what they feel are traumatic situations ahnnt MMVUt tlicii grades, people on the street face a daily problem of survival and life. /mhjus; AR * HYPO-ALLERGEft I EARRINGS I 6 PAIR $1.49 L HTPATr PIFfU fO f ARRINGS I iMffpi sJ L- w H J-- - * 1 h At THE JEWELRY WAREH 2909 PIATT SPRINGS RD., W. CO f:-. J **#!* Wore l li'm Jwl Anotkrr , ? Coup in J rvvVM\Tw 1 )g artists <y" (currently VW Quarter Moon) vA lg and signing 4 i Record Bars on A hor i Ol/-vr> U.. rt w&i i. uiujj uy ix ores for the jW - 12:30pm G? 2:00pm Hfjk ill - 3:30pm Jd OUt!" - ^ - I aHflH IsgggaaB^^B^M^^BMMMMIMMM^MMBMBtar^a^Miy^-^ss^raig^sgnisysgi jgi^yf--^^-:-;-;.;^a?IMMMlillalt?ltn 1??3ttaim?six*??^-ixtUtl?ii? The Providence Home' provides shelter to men end women who have nowhere else to go. The home is sponsoring a fund-raising Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 20. (Photo by John ParneM) . I nnlr W "?????^ ? 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