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By SUSAN MUIR
Staff Writer
USC dorm governments set an activity fee
that each dorm resident is required to pay.
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social functions and other dorm activities.
Some dorms allot money for the maintenance
of vacuum cleaners, ice machines,
and lobby televisions.
Janet Root, assistant director of
residential student programming, said,4'It's
their money; they need to spend it the way
they see fit."
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Life Services Department, and was created
to deal specifically with dorm governments.
Once a government decides on a dorm
activity, and estimates the cost, a dorm
resident must seek the government
treasurer's and dorm RHD's approval.
\vben the activity is approved and endorsed
with the treasurer's signature, a student
then takes the idea to Root for final approval.
Root said she discusses alternate ideas or
goes over planning stages of the activity
with the student if the activity is not sufficiently
organized or is overly expensive.
The decision is then left to the student.
"I feel real strongly about students
governing memseives, ttootsaia.
Terri Mull ins, president of Columbia Hall,
said their dorm is attempting to get the
Housing Department to split the cost for a
new roof. She said so far the Housing
Department has not agreed to fund the
project.
Columbia Hall residents pay a $5 activity
fee per semester. With around 490 students
living in the dorm, Mullins said there is
usually gooa participation in ciorm activities
which consist mainly of parties. This
Saturday Columbia Hall residents will have
a field day at Bell Camp.
Mary Bowden, president of Bates West,
said their dorm's activity fee is $2 per
student, and the government acquires
additional money, around $1,000 each
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semester, from the four Coke machines and
two food machines in the dorm. This is the |
first year Bates West has had a formal |
government with officers ? in the past they I
have had committees.
She said it is sometimes hard to get
residents to help out and participate in
activities since the students are in a more
secluded environment than non-apartment
dorms. But since dorm wide parties are
new, many people enjoy them. The !
government has sponsored parties, a cook
ovjt, and an exam breaker with Domino's
pizzas.
Because of a lack of planning and people
to help at the exam breaker, many residents
gathered only to eat and run, and some \
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West ha'li adviser said.
Last year when the dorm still relied on
committees, the committee members
bought a new television. This year the
government approved spending $625 on a
vacuum cleaner. Because of problems with
spending and residents participating, one
hall adviser said he felt the money control
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South Tower is trying a plan similar to
this idea. The government agreed to split '
the dorm money so thateach floor is allotted
$100. Lori Hardin, president of South Tower,
said because the dorm is so Greek oriented,
many girls are not interested in dorm
functions. The government took a survey to
get the girls' opinions on dorm activities and
found many South Tower residents were
unhappy because they could not attend
some activities. For this reason, the
government aeciaea 10 aiviae ine money
among the 17 floors so that each floor could
arrange a time convenient for residents.
The girls are then able to decide what activity
they want and are free to get together
; with other floors for a party of any other
1 event.
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