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Many campu available bir By Mary Jo Miller An average of three to five pregnant women a week seek aid from the staff of Thompson Student Center, with 87 percent eventually seeking abortions elsewhere, a gynecologist at the center said. Dr. William Potts, associate director and gynecologist for the center, said he rirmcn't hnw r?f anvthinc that can be done to halt this "lousy" situation that "is especially distressing given the level of intelligence we're dealing with." While the center does reach three to five pregnant students a week, Potts estimates an equal number of pregnant students are never treated at the center. Many woman live in Columbia yearround and see their family physicians about their pregnancies, he said. OF THE pregnancies that Potts counsels, most of the women haven't used birth control, which is readily available through the center. 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He sees- this attitude occurring in areas where parental attitudes are strongly moralistic and individuals are raised in a repressive atmosphere. THE WOMEN are told of various options available after counseling at the center. Potts said he is not moralistic in his counseling approach, but he holds "a concept of strict .Judeo-Christian attitudes in which preand extramarital sex are wrong." After counseling, 85 to 87 percent of the pregnant women, married and unmarried, choose abortions performed off campus. Seven to 10 percent get married and have the baby. Three percent of the unmarried students have the child and absorb it into their Coming in \ ind Your Summer Job SUMMER JOB F Russell House Ballrc FEBRUARY 16. 191 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 l 1:00 to 3:00 p.m (USINESSES, CAMPS and AG will interview for Summer ] Sponsored by USC Student Employment Offk 777-7486 BRBSXBSS3BBSB5SESBS5SSm53B es despite lector says families. Adoption is seldom chosen, oaiu. Abortions usually occur because the women are incapable of telling their families they're pregnant, he said. Other reasons given are unwillingness to disrupt their studies and lack of income. Abortion affects the rest of the women's lives, Potts said. After the abortion, he said most women view becoming pregnant as the biggest mistake of their lives, but with counseling they accept it with time. HOWEVER, WHILE 90 percent of the women use birth control following the experience, 10 percent will have another unplanned pregnancy, he said. In the more than 10 years Potts has hppn accnciatpH with fhp rpnter hp has seen an apparent rise in the number of pregnancies and sees nothing that can be done to lessen the number in the future. "Sex education as we know it today just isn't working," he said. March Bl 3Ln ! CIRC 9} I fSofr n ! neooim-'D.yj. M\ n i?mi " I j i flb^ Early i ' ? 1 rWxvMt i )om ? B4 f ^ 1 * I scram ENCIES || of lean f?bs 1 I y :e | 1 f ^February 13 O HAi? Continued from page 3 ' The board of trustees voted Thursday to raise housing fees 15.7 percent. Since 1976, average dorm rates have risen more than 75 percent. "It's kind of crashing in on students,'* Gray said, adding that dorm fees are going up faster than inflation and the amount students earn at part-time jobs. i nc mosi noiaoie consequence 01 me nousing iee increase is many people are planning to move out of USC dormitories, Gray said. "I'VE BEEN impressed by all the people planning to move off campus," he said. "The more people move off campus, the more fees rise. "I'd like to see people stay on campus, but 1 can't blame them for moving off.... The economics are there/' Gray said the money raised by the sale of the Wade Hampton Hotel, also approved by the boar'' ~hursday, cannot go towards lowering dorm fees becaus. money is already earmarked for dorm renovation. 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