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USC Officials, Tama ?#! *?#?# Ar IV9V kt.VVN.VI Plan Exchange mrm a rvn T^rtirr uy i rrtuuc i * SUH Writer The director of the National Institutes of Science and Education at the University of Benin in Togo, West Africa, visited USC's College of Education last week. The trip was the fourth in a series of reciprocal visits made by the two universities since May 1980 to organize a proposed student and faculty exchange program. Dr. Messan L. Gnininvi talked with university and College of Education officials to formulate details of the exchange agreement. A contract has not been signed, but the College of Education is optimistic that the program can officially begin next summer. Several activities between the two universities are already in Droeress. According to Johnnie McFadden, associate dean of the College of Education, a student from Togo is expected to attend USC this fall and a professor is coming in December. "We want to gradually break into it," he explained. He hopes the exchange periods will start on a semester basis and increase to a full year. No students from USC have been chosen yet for the exchange, but McFadden expects six or eight students and a fo"' fonnlhi mamKapc tr\ nartipinatp in thf? initial PVfhanPP ItVT iOVUAVJ IIIK/IIIMVAU VV J/M* ? ? V..V ^ . A comparable number of participants from Togo will attend use. Funding for the program is expected to come from the two universities and the U.S. government. Housing will be provided by the host university, while travel costs will be paid by the traveling university. itictitutinnc will int#?rvipw and spltf?rt their Own GX change candidates. "We are looking for the student interested and dedicated to excellence in education and one who is willing to work very hard," McFadden said. He also said the ability to speak fluent French would be "a mnct ilpsirahlp asspt " sinop Frennh is the official in structional language at the University of Benin. H M1 H H' H "H 1 } Portraits I lobby of th from 8:30 - > } an appoint) Garnet & I location, ft of the Russi ' I sept. 14-18 RUS! I Sept. 21-23 Bat< I Cent- OA II WfW ^ L. fa-T; iUs/f C.W/ f sept. 29 - Oct. 1 I Oct. 2,5 wade h oct. 6-9 South 1 Housing J Student's I By GLENN BURKINS SUH Writer Director of Women's Housing Linda Saad says a USC student wrongly accused fier of being "rude and unsympthatic" concerning the woman's attempts to get out of a housing contract until RociHontial T .ift? Spr. TTIVII 1VW1VIVIIV1UI utkv/ *w?v* vices. me U5U junior s comments came in a Sept. 9 Gamecock story concerning a lease for a Wade Hampton Hotel room. The student, who wished to remain anonymous, signed the lease last spring without reading it. During the summer, she signed a lease for an offcampus apartment, not realizing her campus lease required her to contact RLS immediately. SaaH recalled a mpftinc with the woman and said she remembered the girl crying because she didn't think she could afford the $75-a-week payments required of students who break campus i. TU/, iiuusing uuiiudtia. i iic payments continue until RLS locates a student to fill the vacancy. "I was most upset during the whole week. I had a lot of girls crying; I have a whole folder of people who couldn't be released, probably 40," she said. "I can't sit behind, this desk and be human without feeling sorry for them/' will be e Student 1:30 Sept. merit by < Hack Offi lis is locat ell House. sell House 3S House Socia Columbia Hall Towers l bu lampton Hote "ower Lobby B i r i i i " ! i 111 i , i 1 i< 11 . ii i Inswers Complaints RLS has 570 women on a waiting list for campus housing. 44If only one out of 10 students on the waiting 11 ? 4 2*. ciill fnr o rAATY) 11M la aim IWIVllig IVft c* ? will, this means roughly 18 girls still need campus housing," Saadsaid. "We have an obligation to keep the rooms filled. We are self-supporting. If students who have alreadv signed a lease with RLS would only call up before they obligate themselves with an apartment lease, this type of thing would not happen," she said. "We are not cold-hearted. We would like to release students, but we must make sure an rooms are nueu first." The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published four times a week on Mondays, Wenesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the 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. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of addiess forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMECOCK, Box 85131, University ot South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $15.00 (or one (1) year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester and $3.00 (or both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. ' ' U N" 11111 M 1 1 taken in : Covernn 10-18. yoi caliirta 77 ice or st< :ed on th 11 R??m Lobby (Sr ilding CSp \ Lobby We want YOU te write ffer the gamececklH i ^ ~T V^ "i ryj^y \l SperryTopsiders sweaters K < <n, ( ; <>?^Day Packs Pants f ) ~_^Ray Ban Classes vests . ^ V < t?) Canoe And Equipment Rentals b?\ y-?~ 2T-* ] t, ?-?Hj i<Jb? > > IS A Athe^ l mmnrm quality gear 940 Harden St. Rnnror Qhnnlnn r?ntf>r 799-7S71 772-9678 ~ ? j the back lent Office ii ran make 1 7-4170 the dp by the s first floor 1 N 1 V