The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 11, 1983, Page 4, Image 4
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.
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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. "Mi
Western (president of the Philippines) is like a le
, Gooding that's been squeezed dry by imperialism,
was necessary to make a few adjustmer
hope for "Aquino was groomed in the U.S. by
ing said, pie like (former Secretary of State Hi
the upper Kissinger, to get more of the carrot out,
tituted no said. "The only way to change things
put the masses in control."
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gious group holds lecture
la Wilburn
;re are many areas we may be in the dark about, but
't need to stay there," a speaker said Wednesday at'
itian Science lecture.
jrt W. 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. For five minutes in your
life look a different way at the matter," he
owds said.
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