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Mechanica Affect Sin? By DAVID CORVETTE J News Editor j Malfunctioning smoke alarm systems in i Horseshoe dorms are resulting in an in/irnocinrf mimKat* rvT o 1 o rm c lnnHinrY i vi taoiu^ iiuiuuci ui ami uio, iviiuiug credence to the fable of the boy who cried "wolf." Lawrence E. Beauford, director of Environmental Services, said the residence 1 11 _ il _ VT 1- _ 1 1_ _1 1 nans on me norsesnoe nave a nigner aiarm ! rate than other campus buildings, but that the system's mechanical problems are corrected as soon as possible. ! DeSaussure led the campus in fire alarms < last semester with nine reDorted alarms. according to university police reports. One < was a result of vandalism to a pull box, Beauford said, but the others originated with the smoke detectors located in each 11 ii u /-w i u..:i J:. iuuui uii uuv_nui bvbiiuu. vjuiici uunuinga uii I Gluing / j Give Yo I T/-? TL~ r\ *S% /? | i f i iit: uric i Gimp n fine Cu< I (^Raa^C$ . . ; \^MOTOGRAP I 1724 Main - Columbia, S.C. 2920 i wm I . o/ tJa/u/'d Noon-2 (x(//77. I (/or /Yw <ID.aLIah.< ii r vmici'13 tiro Alwg*,e wbav jhimi ?? <! :ampus have smoke detectors, such as rhomas Cooper Library and McKissick Museum, but the Horseshoe is the only resilience area mai currently na& uieui. One Horseshoe resident said he was "fed up" with the alarms. "They happen at all tiours and at the most inconvenient times," he said. "Most of the alarms are never real Fires, just smoke alarms from somebody cooking or something. A lot of us are just starting to ignore them." 0 ? -0 - ? BEAUFOKD said, "Literally every system we put in we have problems." He cited two reasons foi the malfunction of the alarm system in ret. ,ntly renovated Pinckney-Legare dormitory. First, since it is a new system in Pin ckney-Legare, Environmental Services is "still working the bugs out of it." Beauford see ALARM, page 5 ^ Gift? I a 1/ 5 urseij j You Loue I 3 ;toin Portrait j Resumes ^ Instant PassDort - v Photos | HERS/ Weddings Modeling 1 252-2220 fA&aasrie'... zne^ c/tntnq cy &a/Y>///?a 7///C 'a/y , 6)closer 3 :30 p.m. 7-<9/y6' roa/m/M / CZ/YM/S?/7> A IU tm WiOMiLDJlMuyMiJIl W.U I JMlMWJABiIia. JitlSStmSO^ISSmm^ I . - rx I I a 0A 1 \\ V\AL*WiC . I il / ~ mm LuJiCd - I A CAICI I / \ <J/ ILL I COLUMBIA HAS i I 14 BIG H( II 9 AM - 1 Thursday, Oc RICHLAND MAI Ill HUNDREDS C HI AT TRULY OUTSTANI : | jj Our famous Markdown Man will be running I I drastically all day long! j'.j |.| Hot Dog and a Coke 30<t ea. 10:00 am til Q-f j of the store (theater side) and have a snack an< M 11 *7 pm, 9 pm, and 10 pm DRESS RIOTS for ladie 11 * Pm Cleanup Sale that will amaze you with II" negisier 10 win a Litton Microwave Oven as ; | \\ before ten o'clock! No purchase necessary. Ne | I A sale like you've never seen before. That's \ ; Come join the fun in a crowd of values and sav III AI L THIS AND MUCH II BE THFI ?"?r ne _ . ? LIKE , NEVER SEEN! 3URS II FM !i ? :tober I i.i LL ONLY J >h 11 tMS i! DING SAVINGS! I throughout the store slashing prices I ig || % >0 pin Visit our hotdog stand in front i cool drink while you're shopping! sand juniors! our wild, wild lowest ever prices!! ,! our grand prize. Be sure to register I ed not be oresent to u/in . vhy we call it "Moonlight Madness"! ings for everyone! MUCH MORE! ? RFI ? ^ IU ] J