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Housing. Continued from page 1 few months with his wife Helen and sons John and Winston. "It seems strange you have to raise so much hell to get something done." Kincaid said his biggest worry is that a child will slip below the metal railing on the balconies of the buildings and fall to the ground below. The railings are also six inches lower than state guidelines require, he said. "I'm real surprised a kid hasn't been killed yet." The Kincaids, who arc both graduate students teaching five classes between them, pointed out various areas on the buildings' grounds they consider potentially dangerous, including wires hanging loose in a playground, a large slump in the middle of another playground, and overgrown weeds and grass mai cnuaren coma irip over ana gei seriously injured. KINCAII) SAII) he is living at UT because the rent is lower than other housing. The maximum rent at UT is $325/month, at Carolina Gardens the maximum is $310/month, and at Cliff Apartments, a large two-bedroom anartment is S390/nionth. For Carolina Gardens resident Kit f ields, the situation is different. She said she chose the Gardens because friends lived there, and she didn't want to live in Cliff Apartments. "(Carolina Gardens) looks like a pigsty," said Field, who has lived there for the past 10 months with her husband Lundy. "There's some residents that don't care about maintenance, out the majority do care, we're not a ouncn ot married people that are frying to get a tree ride. Some people have planted petunias and other little plants around the outside to help improve appearance of the grounds," she said. THE FIELDS live in the third building of the Gardens at the bottom of a hill, the source of many complaints. "We're at the bottom of the slope and there's a horrible erosion problem due to rain. The problem has always been there, but in early August, the university had more dirt dumped in the area on the hill around the trees where the erosion was the worst. "When it rained again, half the dirt was on the sidewalks," she said. The university has since replaced drains and gutters on each of the buildings, but heavy rains can still form huge mud lakes that the residents nave to waiK tnrougn, sne saiu. Like some of the UT residents, Field complained that the appliances in the Gardens are "old and outdated," but that the university has started to have the appliances replaced as they break down. "When we moved to Columbia, we thought the campus and grounds at USC were so pretty. When you see UT and CG on the outside, it's sad. "I'm so proud of Carolina, but not where 1 live. And that's a part of Carolina." or TODAY wOM 7:00 & 9:30 3S?? FREE aOOi From the first laugh tTte w ^7 *? vou'tl Ik1 huoked'. O1 w jv^A-rl ~ I g cr v * starring T jsf^ MBT** ""^"^wpgi HMPi Ji TtCHNlCCH.Ofl*' LENStS AM) PANAf LEX? CAMfcKA BY PAHA VISION* j| |W W Distributed by Bu*na Visu Distribution Co . loc <fj iWMnVMiOMMeiiU . lac HKjR? VUaa VeviA* "DAr?U\A/nr J\J\I " VlttUV 1A|IV riWUlA*irv/i w Shots" "Now Get Out of ' JWWJj Daily in Russell House Lobby 1 0 H ? ? ? " - - " "If ":?? ? Houston, a 19-year-old s A former USC student has filed a charged and later plead* $1 million lawsuit against the two counts of murder university arid two other plaintiffs sentenced to life in prise over a party three years ago at which he suffered a severe gunshot . , 7 tamines ot Joi wouncl Mcgmty have sued, as* million each. The suit is the fourth to stem Lawyer and four oth from an Oct. 6, 1979 Kappa Alpha were also injured. Psi fraternity party. It claims that According to the su USC, the fraternity and the security Sept. 26, only one seci company hired by the university, was on duty. He was ei Southern Security Services, Inc., Southern Security. Law were negligent in failing to provide attorney Larkin Campbt adequate security. defendants were aware cant complaints abo The plaintiff, Michael Lawyer, security'* before and was shot in the head during the par- shooting. ty, held at the social hall of Bates USC was negligient i: West dormitory. A man entered the adequate security pei room and opened fire shortly after adopting adequate midnight. measures, especially a TerriH Johnson, 21, and Patrick functions and for other McGinty Were killed. Mark suit claims. Pocnnnco I luopui IUU. OUnilllUBU 11 (Jin payc i He said although he has not seen UT and the condition it is in, he has heard what it looks like and will work toward getting it cleaned up. His immediate goal is to "see that married housing has a priority spot on the list." Williams said married housing has only recently been recognized by the RHA as on campus housing, so it went unrepresented by the student organization for the past three years. Jay Hope, Student Government senator for married ctiwlpnic' hr*i i ci n o nrnntpH rhp lark r?f renresen t at ion bv the RHA as a major factor of the problem. "COLLEGE LIFE offers organizations for friendliness and togetherness. There are no organizations set up for the uniqueness of married housing," he said. Hope was a resident of Cliff Apartments, but he moved to an apartment off campus when the rent went up. "A lot of people have had to move from Cliff because of the higher rent. Now some single students are coming into Cliff to fill the vacancies," he said, adding that he plans to get a committee together to representing all three married housing facilities. According to Director of Family Housing Allen Shealy, immmmmm "THE HUSTLER" starring Paul Newman ? & Jackie Gleason * * * " i-jmmm < * * TUESDAY 3f . A . ? 2:30, 7 & 9:30 Tt| I I 111111 $1.00 & $1.50 W ^ ^ October 26 OTOBER 10, 11, 12 FEATURE CO 2;3?' ? ?;30 ! CPU's Visual A j exhibits through I Russell House L om Hanks, Daryl Hannah. I , . . , John Candy l elude movie and I collectible butto ! tpp also desians ;; ;| Finally, VA is res ;;i tfoe Russell Hou Id,"Calling the ; . j;{ would like to bee Xhat # 1" ' ' Denise Demare: 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m. LEUL. .y;" r || ' II 63nnQ Cont'nued from pape 1 car back to North Carolina. *> Sullivan said tips from several people led 10 l'lc arrests of the three men. m. t"If?!? PIERCE WAS being sought in connection tmson ana wnn a sexuai assaun ana Dealing oi a woman cing for $5 Aug. 3. A tip on his whereabouts resulted in his arrest, Sullivan said. cr students Also, a woman called the sheriff 's department and said Pierce told her the day before it filed on the body was found that the "body of a urity guard white woman was found on Old Bluff nployed by Road." yer and his Statements Sullivan presented from ?ll claim the residents of Lower Richland showed Pierce, of "signifi- Nesmith and Joyner had sold a watch, ring ut campus anu portaoie tape piayer snoruy oeiore me after the body was found Sept. 21. Sullivan said the objects had been reported missing in connecn not hiring tion with the murder. rsonel, not Another woman had called police after the security men's pictures appeared in the newspaper t fraternity and said Nesmith and another man had apreasons, the proached her as she stood by her car in the Woodhill Mall parking lot and asked how to get to a grocery store. mediate action has been taken by the university in response to the complaints. "WE'RE DOING what we can to resolve what (Younginer) brought up," bhealy saia. i ne tree trunK in ine ui playground will be removed and the swings will be repaired, but Shealy stressed that it will be up to the parents to get involved in supervising the playground. "We're going to have to set aside houis for older kids to play in the playground," he said. About 350 families live in USC's married housing facilities, and complaints by the residents are handled in the same way as in dormitories. New households are required to file a condition report. All housing work orders are sent to family housing, then to the physical plant if family housing can not handle it. If the job is too extensive, the work is contracted out. And despite the complaints, Shealy said University Terrace and Carolina Gardens will remain open. Reporters Laura Dannhardt and Amy Bedenbaugh contributed to these stories on married housing at USC. smsssmmm m m m sjtemporaryVoundsJ jv? presents * mjm COTTON 1 fifii o ? is coming ? ? vv: OTTON; | is coming ; b%% nTTnu & u i i un; ra BALLROOM NOV. 7, 1984 J VlV Itural Series presents: 1 oriiolr ^01)0 ffi th 1984 The Township IMMITTEE: \mM irts Committee sponsors various art I out the semester. Located in the j obby, typical displays and sales in- i rock star photographs, unique and { jJV ns, and poster art. The VA Commit- j jOt and produces specialized buttons, i SVC jponsible for curating and adding to } jyC" se permanent art collection. If you i VV" :ome involved, contact VA chairman | jgt >t at 777^7130. Meetings oh Mon-i bTbtS I arjrp B^rogram BPnionSSS