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Dorm governmenl 'Representing si By Amy Bedenbaugh From planning tours of Central Cor rectional Institute to tailgating parties, USC's 17 residence hall governments provide a source of social, educational and recreational programming "to supplement classroom skills with life skills programs" said Jim Smart, assistant director of Resident Student Programming. "The dormitory government attempts to personalize an institutional environment as much as possible by representing students' concerns and needs to the admiristratoi > who work with residence halls. The government also has the ability to form policies on a limited basis such as the quiet-hour policy," Smart said. Individual residence hall governments oversee the election of their dormitories' visitation plans. "We are in charge of the voting process and making sure the announcement (of the elected plan) goes over smoothly," said Patterson Hall government president Violet Adams. "DORM GOVERNMENT is a uaison oeiween ine siuaenis ana ine administrationsaid Towers Government president Timothy Thomas. "Each government is represented at the Residence Hall Association meeting every Monday night," Thomas said. U.S. imperia n.. a r oy ?nn rarmer American involvement in the Philippin< amounts to destructive imperialism, pa ticipants in a forum on the Philippines saic 41 It doesn't matter which country, (U.S policies are the same," said Micha< Gooding, a member of the Internation; Committee Against Imperialism and Oppre sion, which sponso.ed the f rum. "A corporation goes in, the economy changed, the people become dissatisfied ar revolt, and an oppressing dictator tak< over," said Gooding, a senior politic; science major. THE UNITED States plays its role acco Loan programs dif on default situatic (AP) ? More than 12,000 South Car listed as having defaulted on student loans $8.2 million, figures with the U.S. Office c The agency's statistics also show educati South Carolina have a hieher averaee rate < student loans than the national average. Of the 40 institutions in the state, 21 have ing between 12 and 65 percent. The natic 10.5 percent. The state average is 14.1 per SOME INSTITUTIONS, however, have than the state or national average. Many < the major institutions in the state. The statistics are up-to-date through Jur for this year will not be available until ne: Agency figures show that nationwide, 72 defaulted on loans totaling more than $67 In South Carolina, 12,151 students wei defaulted on loans, totaling more than $8 THE STATISTICS are for the direct sti administered by educational institutions. The figures do not cover the guarantee* gram, in which students or parents borrow or other private financial institutions. Under the direct student loan program, higher education institutions administer a r student payments on loans used to financ The federal government has augmented annual basis, but the federal contribution cent years. A total of $178 million went in vear. LOANS ARE considered in default wl past due more than 120 days. After two ye assign uncollected loans to the Office of E tempts to collect them. USC reported 780 students in default June 30 last year, for a default rate of 8.' Including earlier defaulted loans, USC Y default, representing a potential loss of mc and a rate of 12.8 percent. Denmark Technical College had the hi* slate institutions. It reported 19 students i in loans, for a rate of 65 percent. i rln n-fr r> * nnnnnfni UUCIIld UUIILGIII. Smart described the RHA as a cam>uswide residence hall government. 4RHA doesn't do a lot of programmng besides planning Preview Week for reshmen in the fall. The RHA neetings are primarily a place in which esidence hall directors can lobby for esidents' needs and represent the esidents when decisions are made con:erning them," Smart said. A government is composed of the resident, vice president, secretary, reasurer, residence hall director, hall idvisers and representatives from each loor of the residence hall, Adams ;aid. "THE HALL representatives are he intermediate between the dorriitory government and residents of 3atterson Hall. They are really helpful n informing girls of activities and information," Adams said. During Patterson Hall government neetings, hall representatives form :ommittees to plan program projects, A ^1 AUdUIS .tctlU. "We are strict with attendance. Out 3f four hall representatives from each floor, two must attend 90 percent of he meetings. If they don't, that floor will have money taken away from its allotment, which is $165 for each semester. It is up to each hall adviser to use the money for activities on that floor," Adams said. lism shown ding to the interest of multinational s tions, one member of an audience c The majority of the Fillipino pc about 50,000, is unemployed. Th ) agricultural society exports most ol 1 and coconuts; malnutrition is w 1 because the people depend on sources for food but can't afford it, said. s Benigno Aquino represented i reform to the Fillipinos, Good s although Aquino himself was from 1 class and would probably have insi reforms. AQUINO WAS shot in August a fer j ns I I ?lina students are otaling more than ' Education show. I >nal institutions in f default on direct default rates rang- O E" O nal default rate is :ent. lower default rates f those tend to be 1 30, 1982. Figures t year. ,000 students have ?? > million. I I 2 listed as having | i 8 2 million. I I dent loan program I [j student loan pro- j r; money from banks J*"""" colleges and other I [ rvolving fund, with J 1 new loans. J ' those funds on an | ! has declined in re- ! o the program this !?__ i en they have been irs, institutions can | | lucation, which at- Ij , on $961,594 as of percent. ? ? ad 1,302 students in re than $1.4 million hest rate among the i default on $56,581 ffoiii s and needs' Activities in Patterson Hall and w?' Towers governments include a variety a ' ?s of programs. Patterson Hall has plan- a ned a Custodian Appreciation Day Board < Nov. 10, and Thanksgiving Day din- ,n^ ners on each floor. Towers Government is working on the development of sailors a TV/movie room in a section of the ^ ffc Towers lobby. Plans are being made Jetf< for a formal Valentine's Day party in a rPr!! the Russell House Ballroom, Thomas *;e ! said. said. " back t< He s GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED in all s community service programs "help "Ca students become more aware of the same t human condition of poverty, the elder- "Hk i.. 1 ? : >? c Wh#?n ly aiiu iiusjjilai miuuuuiis, oniau ",,v" said. said. , . "W Towers special events chairman qocj ^ Cheryl Olszovvy said, "About 15 peopie from Towers went to Richland rnoder Memorial Hospital's Children's Ward and gave out candy. We also are spon- piness soring a canned food collection for the -p0 ( needy in the Columbia area and an q0(j f aluminum can collection to raise becorr money for the American Cancer Socie- ?tjj ty," Olszowy said. drugs Smart said,"Community services ou* ^ are a kind of public relations work for USC. They help the community see the m that USC cares about the community it is in." us- lh a n Dkilinninnn 111 r innppiiicd, I corpora- ped off the plane that had carried him t< >f 25 said. Philippines from the United States, whe ipulation, had been living in exile since 1980. le largely "Imperialism rules with a carrot ai F its sugar stick, but the stick is behind the carrot idespread young man in the audience said. 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Jeffery, a member of the Christian Science nf Lectureshio. sooke on 4'Christ ? The Light Shin Darkness.'* ere's a light that shines even in our dark times. As look at stars to guide them, the Bible can chart a >r us?M Jeffery said. ?ry, an engineer for 20 years, quit his job to become ? stian Science teacher and practitioner. ?poke on the philosophy of Christian Science and Christ is a dependable source, a power that turns us o the good to inspire and comfort us." tressed the importance of being honest and truthful ;ituations. n you know the truth and be involved in a lie at the ime?" Jeffery said. >nesty is spiritual power. We need to know the truth, we do, it becomes the qualifying light in our life,*' he hen we understand God, our lives become music that as composed for us to play," Jeffery said. ery said religion is a universal science much like the n science navigators use to determine their position, istian Science, he said, defines the divine laws of hapand health. chart a course for our lives we need to "understand md draw on his power." In this way "we can all le effective Christian healers," he said. fe wasn't meant to be a spectator sport. Alcohol, and experimental sex are ways to avoid life and turn ie lights," he said. fery said Christians should "turn to God instead of edical world" in times of illness. said we should "make use of the abilities God gave e ability to trust Him." forum says ? d the have demonstrated in the Philippines in open re he defiance of the Marcos regime, another member of the audience said, nd a "(Marcos) is in ill health, a power struggle a between successors is developing," he said. ircos "Guerrilla activities have increased, things :mon are fermenting." so it An international student talked about his its. efforts to discuss U.S. foreign policy with peo- people on campus. enry) "THESE YOUNG people are smart, ," he energetic, but their minds work in the wrong is to direction. They say that you are either for (U.S.) or for Russia. 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