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1982 Wo College Press Service KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Ben nessee junior, decided not to work last summer. "I though Fair right here for sure," he s f lelding was wrong. "A couple of people said couple of weeks, when the si But in a couple of weeks the yet, and they couldn't hire r couple of weeks' just never di ITiolHinrt'o nniirnrcit\r nffipi * O UIII VVIOIVJ UAiiVI the 1982 World's Fair, which < in May, and now, over the toward its November closing, University officials expec renting campus housing and They anticipated taking over reaping a cheap harvest of r buildings. The fair's proxim Dublicitv to the camous. 1 * * All those dreams, if not das The GAMECOCK is the student newspa per o( the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the tall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the CjAMICOCK are those of the editors and not those ot the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the GAMECOCK. The Student Media Depart men! is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMECOCK, Drawer A. University of South Carolina. Columbia S.C. 2tiOU. Subscription rales are SI i.OO (or (1) year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester and $3.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. The "Gamecock" is a licensed student or gani/alion ol the llniversity of ith Carolina and receives funding fi student activit\ fees [ PA i PIZ2 I i * Original > New York j Style Pizza I and Subs I Grand Opening | Special I I <t I Art Arc , II.W vrr UII dii] i Pizza l ; Local I Cenl I I I Carol! The F Type I 3rd F irld's Fair d Dur Fielding, a University of Ten- break go home to Atlanta to look for Tennt t there'd be work at the World's Hoi aid. proje< direct they'd have a job for me in a millic immer tourists started coming, mal" y said the crowds hadn't come The ne in another couple weeks. 'A pavili d happen." "T1 als have had similar luck with Home opened right next to the campus Cor Labor Day hump, is coasting insulj Unive ;ted to make a lot of money parking spaces to fair visitors. Ev< many of the fair site buildings, "sign nnHorn lihrapioc inH ^laccPAnm PPIlt ItVVtVl II 1?WI Mil IVO utiu ViMkJkJ* Will ity also would bring invaluable Tennc hed, have at least been dulled. McE PA JOE :A & SUB PARL ted in the Capitol Square Shoppir ter, West Columbia ? Hwy. 378 Next to Bi-Lo _7?6-73J2_ ma Career Fair Specj RESUMES Need Copies? Vint Shop in Russell Ho will run a special on September I 5 & 16 2 T p^i wupy on selected paper setting and Layout also availa at special prices RHUU Print Shop loor Russell House 7-3 isappoints wi ing the peak of the tourist season, the school wa ing even on parking revenues," said Univer issee Personnel Director Ed Bennett. ising revenues have fallen about $500,000 si ztions, according to Carey Rogers, summer \ :or. But Rogers said the university grossed al >n from fair rentals this summer, compared t< summer takes of $250,000 to $300,000. ... 1 ll f A _ __ 1 ? _ 4.. i university nas dropped an 01 11s pians iu iu ons into classrooms after the fair closes, le expense would be too great, " said Business M ;r Fisher. averting the pavilions, he said, would require ition, heating systems and new roofs for thei : C m ?4 ? rf fkn nunnnon ;rsiiy ui i eiiuesbee can i ctnui u uic ca^cimc. jn enrollment suffered. Summer school attendei ificantly down, in the ballpark range of about or 1,200 students," said John McDow, Univei issee's dean of admissions. )ow attributed the decrease to the weak econoi HfREBBS [ J ./ ; FdHaMMlniflsi r. ; op I I S u !'S i ' IttHiSai Happy Hour | j ottle of BEER , j | pm - 9 pm j j P||||m ikeout Orders | ! mBm "Whenc j inevitab // 11 use I; i 11 ! < Ri r\.r ble M v.v. ! ' i 1 i 820 j $; Is Lmnm irking students s "just nationwide decline in grad school enrollment and the sity of university's own efforts to keep student population at manageable levels. lort of Also, the "influence of being adjacent (to the fair) has lousing convinced some students not to come to summer school," OUUl mtiyuw oaiu. 3 "nor- All of the administration cited similar reasons for their disappointments. They blamed the recession for keeping the rn fair number of fair workers, and a rush of fair visitors, down. They also blamed higher-than-expected wages for fair anager workers and a rush of negative publicity about rent-gouging just before the fair's opening. buying "And it may be that everyone expected too much from the m. The fair," said Housing Chief Rogers. McDow said that critics overstated the fair's potential ice was negative impact on the campus, too. "Their fears were un10 per- founded, for the fair has not been as disruptive as expected." *sity of The traffic nightmares of having 50,000 extra people on campus per day never came true. "Traffic flow picked up a little," Bennett said, "but it is not any worse than (in the) ny, the fall." 11 iaa,m a iJLiJiJua > ALERT ... URGENT | Contemporary Sounds j inuites you to i i/iii/J flin Mi/tlif TA/ir/i 'CriM MIC I I WE y with the | RH3MFKKgjS I jffi EL I Hk i ! ^fffslEB?S? Auwey ! W 9HL M K HHHBM^H u n wB BBbfa ^;, j\^t^83B| ^ iver people talk about the Red Rockers, they ily wind up referring to The Clash." ? 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