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Pinba Russell top un: By John Vaughan Staff Writer With 12 electronic game ma pool tables, the Russell House the Russell House University I source of revenue, according Brandt, assistant business dii union. The gameroom earns betwe< $75,00(1 each year, Brandt semester the facility grossed a Brandt said the gameroom b money in the first half of the yc spring . BR VN'DT AND Harry director of technical servicc even though the gameroom 1 cessful, thr union operates at c. "In th 10: 4 run, we see a and the v\v ersitv will kick extra costs," Bousl ourelis saic Be ause tV this deficit the u rely o;ik ot the gameroom fc revenue. .-.aid Thomas Otts, X director He said the union money by renting out the H Ballroom for high school proi functions. "WE WANT to keep it (the \ popular facility and one that Bostic t Staff Reports Dr. James E. Bostic Jr., chairman of the state Commission on Higher Education, has been appointed to a 17-member task force designed to help Southern schools and colleges form closer links. Florida Governor Bob Graham, chairman of the Southern Regional Educational Board, appointed Bostic to the task force. At the last meeting of the education board the e c?cutive committee asked Graham to form the task force b?cause of a growing concern for the quality of ir~~jESa il A\>^ Sumter St. Ne ! # BAR PORK SA ]! SERVED WITH SLP ; ; warm WITH COUP IL ,-=as, Thursday, Fe til rev< l House < ion rnonc find pleasant, type of facili chines and 14 union in any gameroom is since the inc Jnion's major when it was bi I to Kenneth He said the rector for the a smaller ro Russell House en $68,000 and "it's four buil said. Last Otts said 1 bout $40,000. machines up-1 rings in more big company ;ar than in the they usually c ones, we pica each year," I Bousbourelis, about$2,500. ?s, both said las been sue- TECHNIC A i deficit. maintenance 1 slight deficit, said a new m in for these each week, b i. machines brir nion does not Revenues fr >r a source of tables are abo liissell House Though no ilso receives said about 70C Lussell House judging from ms and other machines and reserving pool The gamen gameroom) a students, with the students manager this: XJ C5C1 VC education at all levels. The group will meet during the next six months to list priorities for consideration at the board's annual June meeting. "Closer collaboration is needed between colleges and xtto McDonald s | n -B-Q IS lndwigh | ii ,W& PICKLES ON !' ii ~99e | ???mu_l< 2n ue James jy-make/ A gameroom is the traditional ty I think you'll find in any university. It has been here eption of the Russell House jilt in 1954," Otts said. room was originally located in om on the third floor. "The ? is like four unions," he said, dings built together." :he union tries to keep the :o-date. "Bally-Williams is the producing the machines, and ome out twice a year with new ; up five or six new machines ie said. A new machine costs L services is resoonsibie for of the machines. Bousbourelis achine may gross $150 to $200 iut some of the less popular ig in only $5 to $50 a week, om the machines and the pool ut equal, according to Brandt, door count is taken, Brandt > students use the room daily, the tallies taken from the from the number of students I tables. >om is staffed completely by i 16 employees and a student semester. on task school systems to address certain areas of mutual concern," Graham said. "Examples of such areas are the preparation of teachers, their continuing education and articulation between the secondary and post-secondary schools in vocational education and ^otmTEmsn/voM ...to talk with someone w Problem pregnancy co Abortion counseling ai Free oreanancv & birth Trained counselors Speakers for school & Abortion counseling & ''Confiden tial C Someone Wt 254 4368 1614 Two Notch Rd. I BEST Ml 1978 TONY AW sllll "p I Tickets: Public?$10, $8 use students?$5, $4 rhuu Travel center/ Office I Sponsored by the RHUU Cultural Sei Hellenic council. ... " * *?%&$ ^j (JSC student Chris Pur The gameroom is the m Chip Lowell) force education of the talented." The task force is comprised of elected public officials, state education board members, higher education agency representatives, teacher education program leaders and elementary and secondary school officials. aJsSERVKETl ho cares flj unseling rid services 1 control services civic groups services Contact With 10 Cares" 24-Hour Answering Service | | JSICAL I ARD WINNER | fUJM?? houM? ^ February 18,1981 8 PM The Township rhe Township sox I rles Committee and the Pan- I I~ Brr^^Ma<< ^^S8HVI9w^ - ~_'r-" : jlffe v<fc. . .; ^^^PIB>n rlBBK^" r ?*?&&: ' -^-v" cell plays pin ball in the Rust ajor source of revenue for \ Stu i ^ J ly A??'3 c 1 Ji jf i ^ ^ ^ I Course located 6 miles east J Highway Offer not good with , !j ni(or??m.?. M.?i. m > r I K"?- v.,. . I t ? ? ? ? ?. __ ? ? / [DUNIDitll KiiiTiiii^HKy^ v im ^ h&^Sw re// House gameroom. the union. (Photo by m nan nan ! mn ^aa mm ? mmh mm * [dent i Golfer!! | Sedgewood ? 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