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Student leaders (Editor's note: The following is the conclusion of a series of stories on greek activities at USC.) By Curt Cottle Although administrators are looking into the possibility of housing for all greek organizations, student leaders say they are skeptical. "I'll be surprised if (greek housing) would ever materialize. I don't think it will happen overnight," said Eddie Greenleaf, 1983 Interfraternity Council president. If the university decides to build greek housing, money will be the major problem, said Russell Seay, IFC president. "IT WILI. denpnH mi ihp finmu-oc " said. "Basically, it's just the problem of trying to suit everyone. And, in the city, property is a problem." Student Government President Barry Gray said he believed greek organizations would have to take the initiative and find housing on their own. CHE Continued from page 1 said. USC sometimes admits some students \ meet all admissions requirements if they may make special contributions to the university, said after the meeting. In other business, Roosevelt Gilliam, chair committee on implementation of the state de pian, said some progress has been made in de state-supported colleges and universities, but we still have much room for progress." "WE ARE making some progress in increasi cent of black students enrolled in our traditio senior institutions," Gilliam said. The commission approved funds in 1981 for to fund programs to desegregate their enrollme Gilliam said a brochure to inform hlark mil of state graduate opportunities was also funde< Reports have said that nationwide black en declining, Gilliam said. Reasons cited were cut financial aid, a cooling off in affirmative acti tighter admissions policies and the ecomony. "OUR STATE was hit very hard by the rt spite of these factors we have managed to shov gress toward meeting the goals of the desegrega The commission also recommended that rules I tions, leases and facility improvements applyin I'Ulkillionai institutions be extended to incl education and technical education commissions Blak^ FOR GENTLE Encore Productions Inc. frc three ATTRACTIVE MALE S will represent the UNIVERSIT in "Southern Exposure: Colli a fourteen month, full color c; fall in local bookstores acros tionally. Come fill out an ap| At: RusseH Ho Room #302. Fric Room #303. raon From: II am - 3 p "V ] ( I I I ? I I t I I I ?' I I I M t ? I ? I I I I t I t II M t I ' I ? ? t M ? ' t t ? \ ; f ' ( ?, skeptical about f <4A gradual thing is more likely. There are ii some nationals whose chapters can afford it t and some that can't. You have to have your f nationals behind you to make it go," he said. n The problem with greek housing stems from a time when greeks were outlawed on t campus, said Harold Brunton, systems vice h president of facilities planning before he n retired this past year. s< FRATERNITIES DID not make a comeback on campus until the 1950s, he said. 1 When fraternities came back to the univer- a sity, they did so without alumni and could c not afford housing, he said. In 1955, USC built Fraternity Row on Blossom Street, which it named in 1968 after b John McBryde, a president of the university a in the 1880s. if McBryde Quad was buiit to house the fraternities with the hope of building d something more permanent when fraternities fi developed the financial support, Brunton said. zi USC ACQUIRED land for greek housing L Turnout good vho do not By Amy Bedenbaugh be able to Voting procedures were \ Borkowski organized and turnout was good yesterday's Student Government man of the fion<; nr?ll ivnrlprc coiz-1 ,.v| ?. v/1 rvwi J JttlU. segregation jvvo hours before the polls clo segregating 350 students had shown up to vol "obviously the Gambrell Hall voting area, a worker said. "Things are doing pretty well at ing the per- location," second-year poll wo nally white pat Dingle said. "The people a around in bunches. I'm seeing a institutions more people voting than last year, nt, he said. "People are more aware of the < ege seniors HiHatpc anH ?/hot'c " MUM ITHUl O 5UI 1 1 5 VJ11 , . Marilyn Edwards, captain of the G rollment is brell Hall voting area. s in federal "Fewer polling places make it on efforts, ter> more organized, and cut dowr confusion. Even though some pe< didn't know where to go, the vo session. In was overall well organized," Edw; v some pro- said. tion plan.' Dingle said the Gambrell voting < on acquisi- was more concentrated than s< g to higher other areas. "The people in this 1 ude higher arc more involved and excited at in the area. tjie elections," she said. ?~l~ aRBKU^ Jam 0^UF ^ #^^Hfe^l.Vi'~i ':fr^"tn-^^~V.'^faMh^^y^ VII J^Hm^ / -i ' MEN ONLY! >m Florida is looking for TUDENTS, one of which Y OF SOUTH CAROLINA ege Men of The South," alendar to go on sale this s the nation anrl interna Dlication. use Union lay. March 2 day. March 5 m (Both Days J . v s . ... i i ilans for greek I n the 1960s, he said. But because only two or hree fraternities could come up with the m inancing, the move was delayed and never s? naterialized. IFC voteji at the time all would move off ti< he quad together or not at all, but Seay said ie was not familiar with the policy and does M ot believe such a position is still in existence. T One fraternity not living on the quad is es eeking housing on its own. lo Delta Upsilon, which received its charter in 983, is looking for a house in the downtown fi rea, said David Livingston, housing D hairman. C in LIVINGSTON SAID an investor would th uy the house and lease it to the fraternity's gr lumni corporation, which, in turn, would ;ase it to the fraternity. ct One problem with occupying a house le owntown, however, is zoning that restricts H raternities, he said. D A fraternity would have to go before the oning board to obtain a special variance, 01 ivingston said. sa I for elections, poll At 3:30 p.m., 294 out of 1817 possivell ble voters had voted at the Sims Lobby I for voting area. elec- "The turnout has been pretty good," said Sims poll worker Faye ised, Coleman. "With fewer polling places, :e at. students know where to go to vote, poll The majority of students know who is running for what office, especially in this the president and vice president rkfr rafponrv " chf> coin . amwa J y Oil V OU1WI me Coleman said poll workers were lot more informed of their duties this year because of a meeting held Tuesday to :an- inform workers of the election said procedures. am- "We have to take precautions such as making sure campaign posters bet- aren't hanging up too close to the polli on ing places," she said. Dple "Some students have come by not ting knowing what is going on, but most ards students' attitudes have been pleasant and friendly," Sims poll worker Tonya area Pharr said. jme Pharr said students who did not area have a picture identification had to out place their votes in a separate envelope from the other votes. 3 fcg?3 sai.i; prick g?3f SQJ95 ^ si la dii \rc( mi rinc.s Your college ring is now more affordable dible variety of Siladium ring styles with c your taste and achievements Each Silad with careful attention to detail And every by a Full Lifetime Warranty Don t miss 01 a beautiful buy on a great college ring S< sentative soon Mon., Tubs., Wed. 9:00 am University March 5, 6, 7 4:30 pm n.iccoii Dale Time Place Deposit Required Master Card or Visa Accepted lousing Pi Kappa Alpha, an off-campus fraternity, loved into its house before the variance, lid Gray, a brother of the fraternity. "BUT WE will need a variance for addiDnal units," he said. The other 14 white fraternities live on IcBryde Quadrangle, located behind homas Cooper Library. The quad provides ich fraternity with a residence hall and unge facilities below. Sorority housing on campus consists of ve floors in South Towers dorm: Delta elta Delta; Alpha Delta Pi, which has two; hi Omega, which had two, but gave up one a lottery to Delta Zeta, which will occupy e hall next semester, said Leigh Jones, aduate assistant with greek affairs. Kappa Alpha Psi, a black fraternity, ocipies a house on Henderson Street, which it ases from the university, said Susan fward, coordinator of Student ment. K, Alpha Psi is the only black greek -ganization to have campus housing, she id. workers say The Towers lobby poll workers were also pleased with voter turnout. "We didn't expect so many people to vote. We've had 289 voters and it's really been crowded," Towers poll worker Rajitha Reddy said. "People have been pretty excited. They have been taking advantage of their right to vote," she said. "This year there are more workers at the polls and more people voting," said second year poll worker Valerie Blake. "Last year we were running out of ballots. This year we're well supplied." Blake said women Towers' residents were not showing up to vote because the voting area was out of their way. Voter turnout was not as good at the Russell House poll. At 3:15 p.m., 152 students had voted, poll worker Melissa Kirk said. "The off campus students are getting mixed up," Kirk said. "If you live off campus you are supposed to vote according to your college. A lot of people didn't read the ad in the Gamecock so they didn't vote. y*g^M than ever Save on an increustom features that express lum ring is custom made. ArtCarved rino is h;?rw*vi - C7 it It s the perfect time to get ?e your ArtCarved repre/IRTC71RVED' ^CLASS RINGS INC Bookstore House c 1984 ArtCarved Class Rings. kK ?