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Chief content on sm< By Barry Newman New York policeman Kenneth Pereira to career in 1966 that some might consider a ste because of that move his career moved forw That year, Pereira left his beat as a lone p the ranks of 2,100 officers on the Nassai Department to join USC's 44-member force. Long Island, N.Y. to (JSC seems at first glan the wrong direction, but Pereira seems cor small force. Pereira said the Nassau force "Was so mu ed." He also said "You can't go to a differ them they're doing wrong. I just tried to fit he just made up his mind not to try to chang into the type he left behind in Long Island. Pereira was named chief of police in 1981. slowly used his position to acquire equipmen He has replaced old patrol cars and issued ne haven't had any shootings on campus in th< but now they are well equipped should they 1 said. Other changcs include an increase in the nu sioned oflicers and scheduled changes that a! an equal number of day-shifts as opposed t< Pereira started on the force as a patroln mained for two years. He then moved to t iseum as chief of security until 1975 when 1 nant in charge of the parking division. He Harrelson as police chief in 1981. Many of the changes Pereira made were tant, he said. One was to commission the gua garages making them police officers rath guards. Another addition to the force was a trair campus police officers must be trained at t Justice Academy and also by the university "Many students don't realize the officers ; by the state. They don't realize they are talk not security guards," he said. Pereira said he enjoyed working in the pa loved parking. 1 was dealing more with the si Pereira seems content with his present po: think we have a good department." Lack of parti By Donna Jenkins A lack of student participation in th Residence Hall Association has been a majo problem this year, according to its president Elections of RHA senators April 4 dre> little student interest, said RHA Presider Gregory Williams. "I was very disappointed in the turnout,' he said. "It didn't go as well as I ha hoped." The poor turnout may have been a resu of students not knowing about the associz ^ ar r\f nnoratinr [IO[l, WII1V.II IS III 113 .IkkUllu ;vui ui SColanic Storaae Cenfcei personal ?. < "Store It y Off ICE HOURS: DMHmTm Pau 7 Full Month'* Rent ir M J mm m wmmw w - offer good only at Br 798-5128 788-616 2832 Broad River Rd. 2400 Dackor Pk. Re *' Bitidc St. ARdrawi Richwiy Immmmmammmmmmmmmmmaammmmmammmmmmm I) f'-* - : r5 pj)iS a ll g; a i g; m. I Carolina Ai SPRING PERFORN Sunday, April 15 7 .-! Russell House balJ Students $1.00 Pub i If you enjoy singing & tra Carolina Ai.ivi M Fall 1984 Open Au -* * I i rr i (Tuesday Night, /\pru i/, Room 311 McMast Contact Richard Conant ok a step in his p backward. But arrf. and south. ^ '^BSgSsSSSlsl atrolman among ^S>|G^^B||ggj|?|^ i County Police The switch from . , ... ggglj ce to be a step in V ^IMSgf nfortable on the JW? Mftjltallill ch more advanc- w ^Dlf J <WISSB^ s'Nvcv *4pt? &!"*?* cut area and tell f M,? M* in " Pfrpira cnirl '''.. ? small but impor- 'Garish?' ids in the parking USC officials say Green's Liquor S er than security beginning in June. . i r, ? Affi^or M/-m> 11II?3 V/II1WI. ^ he S.C. Criminal UfPPn C Continued fr training officer. I O w I , are commissioned "THE ONLY thing we really c ing to policemen, at this point is to ask Greenbai paint the building in a color that rking division. "1 blend more with the Union Static tudents," he said. the engineering center. sition as chief. "I "We could ask him to remove of the red dots and paint over sc cipation RHA's i "We are a fairly new organization," e Williams said. r RHA serves as a governing body for the residence halls and has four executive ofv ficers and senators representing the dorit mitories. Each dorm has one representative per 200 students. d "Our main objective is to serve residents on campus," Williams said. "We alio make It sure the dorm governments function properly i- and that the student activities fees are used to i. the maximum." In addition, RHA presents a COMMERCIAL STORAGE illtililN 'tourse/f & Save'"" liter fn 9:30-2 ?M A Sat (tUHNn:7u.V?. i Advance and Get 1 Month Free oad River and tdmuna nwy. 9 796-6504 782-0452 I. 1648 Edmund Hw?. 4479 ? ? * ?? Dr. Ext. (Airport Frwy.) *"? ? MeDon.ld'. Not To Toyota Contor & ^ ^ Chit.ehoi Chickon At Snmt?r Hwy. T7I j | Mummen! LIV? 4ANCE :0? P-m- 1 I M f I [room I I TT1 lie $2.00 rjijii veling join k (MUSC 130S) dition 7:30 p.m. cr I 7-3125 SPSsSHT' tore on Assembly Street will detract from the $15 million J ini page 1 an do the big letters that say 'discount beer im to and wine'," Bass said. vould Greenbaum was quoted in the Col- * n and umbia Record as saying that he is willing to discuss the matter with USC some officials. me of "I'm very easy to get along with," main problem, le preview week at the beginning of the year to Api orient students ? especially freshmen. por The association has been busy organizing this semester. Williams said. RHA has ver established a constitution setting dorm off policies and plans to move into an office in no> Baker Dormitory. per RHA meets at 8 p.m. every Monday in the tioi Towers Conference Room. Two April meetings should be of particular interest to ^ students, Williams said. ten The recently elected Student Govenvnent sch executive officers have been invited to the Ho "?ET H.A.DJ t i 1 jonn: Daily, wneie die yuu going?" Sally: "I'm going to get H.A on April 25th/' John: "Oh, yeah? Can I get H.A.D. too?" i Sally: "Sure. Anybody can. Call 7-0569 or 7-0838 more information." Ill l^j p-.-*'- ?? ? ?" chaiiz is ! i 0i j 928 So | EAT IN ! rtrn i i i i i S !. w mm ~v^:^. ^jjPj .:;-"\^~.-l-^;'J :y^~" -?^ -- "^- -"-; -\ * ' -' ';p ^ ^ r{ Ji j,i ,'_' v-4^ J'-" A | - K ????*& i ?^'.'i ' ?* f>-r- . ;., *w? Photo by Joseph Garnett >wearingen Engineering Center to be built Greenbaum said. "We'll cooperate in any way we can. "BUT AT the same time, we have things we need because we need visibility." Land said, "1 really hope we can come to an agreement." ader savs il 16 meeting so residents will have an optunity to meet them. I'm sure the new officers will soon be y busy," Williams said. 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