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By Amy Bedsnbaugh
When the video boom struck USC
this past year, several large dormitories
received video games, but students appear
to want cable TV instead.
"Efforts last year to have video
machines in dorms were not well
received. The machines seemed to stir
up as many complaints as business,"
Resident Student Development director
James McMahon said.
The machines were initially installed
in the Towers Complex, Columbia
Hall, Bates area, and South area.
McMahon said the biggest problems
appeared to be unsuitable locations
within the dorms, maintenance and
vandalism.
At the beginning of the second
semester, the video-games effort conHammis
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dorms, McMahon said it will be considered.
But this past year's attempts .
indicate video games are "popular option
in residence halls," he said.
However, dorm rooms at USC may
soon be wired for cable TV, a Residential
Life Services spokesman said.
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of Men's Housing. "The bottom line is
what will it cost, and who will have to
pay."
Macaulay said Student Government
paid for cable TV installation in
residence hall lounges.
Students expressed an interest this
past year in having cable installed in
dorm rooms. Macaulay said the deal is
still in the planning stage.
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