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^out'n Carolinian a Library Horsoshoo Russell House closed on weekends ny inns Hanflal Budget cuts and renovations have forced the closing of Russell House on weekends during the summer, according to Dennis Pruitt, Russell House University Union director. "This (closing) is a real sad situation," Pruitt said. During the summer Russell House is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday. Events scheduled before officials maHp thf? decision to close RHUU will still occur, with limited building access being available. The majority of RHUU employees are work-study students, he said. In work-study, the federal government pays 80 percent of the student's salary, and the university pays the other 20 percent. THIS SUMMER RHUU received no work-study money to pay students. Rather than absorb the additional expense, Pruitt said the union had to curtail service. "We've had to cut back on our labor costs. We now have three students on the payroll. If we opened on the weekends, we'd have to hirp mnrp " Pruitt coirl Russell House is also closed on weekends because several businesses in the building are closed. The RHUU cafeteria is being renovated, and Union Station and the Golden Spur are closed. The Spur is closed because its manager quit and the position will not be filled until August. Also, the Spur does not make enough money during the summer to support itself, according toPruitt. DON MILES, University Bookstore director, said Union Station is closed because it doesn't make enough money to support liseit during the summer, and it's going to be remodeled. The magazines usually sold at Union Station are available at the bookstore. ? Pruitt said RHUU wouldn't have been closed if the cafeteria, the Spur and Union Station had remained open. "Closing runs counter to the purpose of a union. The philosophy is that students should have a home-away-fromhome where they can come to watch TV, study or meet a i : ? ii? o ii itriiu in nit; opur. "It's (Russell House) a neat place to have these kinds of tefrMmmmmm HUM Mimrtr.wawi nmn ? j U ' ; :: JMBk j^H * ^^^P' J||j|f MHHNHP WK I< 1S11 Photo by Capers Mjurimorvd Pat Sweatmen, an ARA employes for the past 18 years, began working for SAGA Food Services Inc. this week. Most ARA employees were retained by SAGA. things. By closing you sacrifice your philosophy as to why you \ exist. But with the food service closed, this is the most ef- jj ficient way to save money," Pruittsaid. He said some students complained the first weekend the j RHUU was clc. ed. "The complaints were all basically about ! the mail and the fact that no signs were posted about the closing." PRUITT CALLED the absence of signs an "operational i oversight." During fall and spring semesters mail is delivered to the RHUU Post Office. This summer, mail arriving on the weekend is held at Booker T. Washington Post Office, according to Joe Lawrence, University Station postmaster. Denying students access to their mail on weekends is not a j violation of the law, said Layton H. Stirrat, public in- j formation assistant at the United States Post Office in j Columbia. 1 "People are just going to have to look forward to mail on Mondays," Pruitt said. Lawrence said about 100 letters come in on the weekend. Someone expecting mail may call the Booker T. Washington Post Office Friday and ask them to look for th*? lptt^r Saturday, he said. The student must then go to the post office i: before 11 a.m. Saturday to learn whether the letter arrived. STUDENTS HAVE mixed reactions about the closing. "What are you going to do for entertainment if you have no weekend movie? If you are a student from out-of-town without a lot of money, you can't afford to go out and spend $30. If you're going out to get drunk, you're going to spend almost that much," said Ken Mahaffey, a junior in business administration. 44T 1 1- : 4- * 1 1 1 " ? " i was iuuh.ni? 10 see wnai would De trie F riday night movie," said John Tetanich, a junior in business administration,"and there was only a Thursday night movie. It used to be a nice inexpensive form of entertainment, and $1 compared to the $4 or $4.50 of a regular matinee is no cost at all. "It seems like at least they'd leave the P.O. boxes open and See "Kussell House," page three OAOA X. l - ohuh too a serv begins operatior By Forrest Brown ' . . . , ? brought in for the ti SAGA Food Services Inc.. the Chandler said SA( poseu someaimcuiiies. uaroiina. "We did not know where all the To make the one-d equipment was located," Chandler smooth as posssible said. "We also didn't have the time to AHA's food inve train our people with some of the new valuable time SAGA methods of SAGA. We will also need operations. time to develop an understanding of Although Chandler i our employees and find out their to use the dining servi capabilities." Hall, Capstone Cai Twenty management people were House Snack Bar ai recipient of the five-year USC food employees from oth< contract, began operations Sunday, the new employees' June 20. the company and tc ARA Services ended more than 30 derstand SAGA's reci years of service to the university Ed Smith, a SAG/ Saturday, June 19. the University of tl Carl Chandler, director of dining member of the oper services, said the transition between "The transition I his company and ARA was smooth smoothly. Mr. Hi despite the small amount of time director of dining sei SAGA had to prepare for the job. good." ' It's been wild," Chandler said. On Sunday, SAG "The first day was a little rough, but I general public at Fa am happy with the way things have the Top of Carolina gone so far. We spent about four hours SAGA was very bt in meetings last night (Sunday) to see large Father's Day ci how we could improve from our first- SAGA also had to day operations." banquets its first da; Chandler said the brief period eluding one for a grou SAGA management had to familiarize another for about themselves with USC dining facilities counselors assemble P^buildinghour^h III FALL . SPRING SEMESTERS F Ri MorvThurs. 7a.m.-12Midnight II ? i a.m. - i:jua.m. L I Sat. 8 a.m. 1:30 a.m. t I Sun. 9 a.m. 12 Midnight |j| SUMMER I 1 Mem. Fit 7 a.m. -11p.m. Sat. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. i! Sun. 9 a.m 11 p.m. K (Semester Breaks M Mon. - Fri. S:30 a.m. - 5:00 p m. Sat. - Sun. Closed 1 riAcod lit hi no bM Uoiv8rssty | VlWavvi ^ Mot a sign of the times Despite the sign's information, summer hours for Russell House have changed. The building closes earlier on weekdays and is closed on weekends. 'ir.fi rnrnnratinn is at Carolina ransition period. Cafe at the Humanities Office jA brought in Building, the majority of SAGA's ?r areas to ease summer work will be in catering f'ftncprnc ahnnt cruiniol liinnknnnr. ? r uuuuv ui luntlicuiio dliu pi t'pdl'lll^ lor ) help them un- such special programs as freshman pe file. orientation, now in progress. i manager from SAGA has been promoting itself to le South and a new students and their parents by ling team, said, distributing pamphlets during nas run very orientation. ardee (former "We want to show to the parents vices) was very what kind of company SAGA is, and nrhot i rtor? ?((?? ??? nuut it tan uuci iu men cmiaren. we rA served the want to make a good impression," tterson Hall and Chandler said. . Chandler said Chandler expects a work force of isy serving the around 200 people when SAGA begins rowd. prepare several e SAGA,' page three. y on the job, in- ~ p of bankers and 100 guidance 11 Id IU d at the Top of Biology professor Dr. Wade T. Hot.mn rotiroc on - . VII KAJ %.KZ I Ol/ ytfUT5' (JJ ay transition as teaching at USC. Pag* two. , SAGA bought The cast of "Cheaper by the ntory, saving Dozen" returns in Workshop needed to begin Theatre's "Belles on Their Toes. " Pat* six. expects students Two Carolina athletic officials ices at Patterson resign their positions to take jobs at reteria, Russell the University of Colorado. Pagasarat. id the Sidewalk ?