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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Despite the sign's information, summer hours for Russell
House have changed. The building closes earlier on
weekdays and is closed on weekends.
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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
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