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* Bates Hou Causes Co By YVONNE PADGETT Staff Writer TK/\ /vf OAA T1?A T T me siguaiuica vji ciuuui ouu naics nuuse 01 residents were obtained under false pretenses for a petition sponsored by Student Government Sen. Greg Gangi. Gangi, elected to represent Bates House last spring, circulated a petition "on the behalf of his constituents" that would have once again allowed hall parties in the dorm. Students who signed the Detition said thev * believed they were signing a petition to reinstate hall parties when Gangi approached them. ROBIN Hillyer and Julie Jones, Bates House residents, said they signed the petition some time last week. "I only remember reading one sentence," said Hillyer, a freshman journalism student. She said the petition was to "legalize hall parties in Bates House." However, the final version of the petition submitted to Cynthia Forrest, director of Resident Student Development and Special Services, accused Residential Life Services (RLS) of "acting irresponsibly" and "stepping beyond its legal limits of authority." According to Forrest, the cover sheet ^ attached to the list of signatures, dated Oct. 2, may not have been seen by the students who signed it. "We got feedback from the Bates House staff that there was no statement on it (during circulation)," Forrest said. Gangi was contacted by the Gamecock but refused to comment on the matter. GANGI'S final cover letter outlined nine proposals. The cover letter said that USC students are forced to "look off campus for their social needs" and that RLS is "unjustly infringing upon the rights of the Bates House residents." According to James Smart, assistant director of Resident Student Development f f hn n;no nomnnc fVin rvnf ifinnn r*c nor. IUI IUU vytoi vuiup uo, 11 it pviniuii^io pvi ceived the Bates hall party "policy" as a formal rule when, in fact, it is not. "They didn't bother to check anything out with the Residential Life Service staff or myself," The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published four time> a Hfl A week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays BS I kfo and Fridays during the fall and spring g IT I semesters and weekly on Wednesdays uunnit uuin summer tnuons, wiin ine .1 exception of university holidays and BE| m Don|-,ri,i examination period*. |1| K^piacei Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK H IcilS. are those of the editors and not those of ( the University of South Carotna. ^Hj Standard Spl The University of South Carolina is an examination ai equal opportunity institution. ? . The Board of Student Publications and * C,OfTiplCl Communications is the publisher of the tlQQ QQ * GAMECOCK. The Student Media |Hb Department is the parent organization of * * StandilTC the gamecock. Diopters, incli Change of address forms, subscription , . requests and other correspondence should Cl,ri c1ur " be sent to the GAMECOCK, Box 05131, Tinted Si University of South Carolina, Columbia, j: j s.c. 2920?. BHf f rtv Broclun * Subscription rates are $ 15.00 (or one (1) MS II 77Q CCKf year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester ami flH ' "*#"M $<.00 for both summer sessions. } Third class postage paid if Columbia, |H ] SC. .[ RHUUP I 3rd Floor I I a it r* With this coupon 1 0 01 Xerox J coupon not valid witl p Coupon Fx| se Petition mtroversy Smart said. "I think the issue was resolved before the petition ever occurred." Describing the petitioning effort as a "full-scale" campaign, Smart said he believed peer pressure played a role in the matter. "It is my understanding that they (students) were made to feel that if they didn't sign the petition, they would be at fault if Bates House couldn't have parties in the future,"he said. Smart said the Bates House government and staff should have been involved in the issue. "My concern is that there were a lot of people that should have been contacted but weren't," he said. FORREST agreed that Student Govern mem nas usually been responsible in the past, but "I think that the Residential Life Committee within the Student Senate should handle this kind of thing," she said. RLS requires the residents of Bates House to comply with the regulations stated in the Code of Student Conduct. The code says that the "consumption of beer, wine or distilled spirits is not permitted in public areas." This includes dorm lobbies, study rooms, community baths and halls. "Last year, interest died in having large floor parties," Smart said. He cited several incidents in the past when large parties resulted in damage to walls, doors and rugs. "Students on the floor must pay for this, regardless of their part played in the incident. Eventually they realized it wasn't worth it," Smart said. SEVERAL incidents over the weekend provoked enforcement of the regulations. Sherrill Evans, a freshman resident, said several parties held over the weekend were broken up, including one on her floor. "Now everyone on the hall is penalized. We were told we can't have parties, even in our rooms," she said. Smart said that the residents' questions about university regulations should be answered by next week. "The Bates House staff will get together to answer questions with the students," he said, "and I will personally go over and talk with the Student Government if they want." I y* Contact Lens Clinic I; j I of Snuth f smlinal ' nent Soft Contact Lenses for $38.00 * per lerical daily-wear in powers of Piano to ? 7.00 Diopters. 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