f'tige fi - April 26, 1985 . Opinion THE GAMECOCK
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USC's asbestos problem
more than dangerous
USC's handling of the asbestos problem has been
adequate, but in a recent forum at Capstone House,
l)a\id Rinker made quite a few mistakes.
Rinkcr, systems vice president for facility planning,
said the committee assigned to the problem had
been working on removal plans for one year and that
students in Columbia Hall, where asbestos has been
found on the ceilings, arc in no real danger.
"'Micro's nothing that requires the university to
retinue the asbestos from Columbia Hall," Rinkcr
said. "It's a very low potential for hazard, but it is a
hazard."
Kinker is right. I here's no law requiring USC to
remove the less than 2 percent of asbestos from the
dorm, but the administration is going to.
Obviously. ihc\ aie concerned ? the question is.
eonceineJ about what? Students? I he administration
in probabl> al l aid of repercussions 30 years
dou n i li line.
< oluinbia Mali residents and summer school
>tudeiiis will jiet the woist ciul ol the deal. Alter all,
this L'toiip has to Ii\e with the potential ha/ard that
Kinket relers to.
Snmmct school students won't really escape the
cR-aniiig pitKcss iiion' ii si 111 no sunjccicu 10 inc
asbestos clcamip n the lowers . where
tlvcy will he ex pee led 10 live.
lhis doesn't seem like a cautious move on the
university's part.
Columbia Hall residents don't know what they arc
in lor. And judging from the number of residents
who showed up. thev apparently don't earc. They
should.
Students will he out of their rooms for up to six
?a'kv, thev may have to walk through plastie tunnels
to then dorm rooms, and they will get no reimbursement
t?>i their ineonvenienee.
Relocation plans ma> include putting three
students m ;i room, hut that hasn't been deeided for
?.ei tain
\dministtutors have said they mav wail until Columbia
11.ill is renovated, pari ol a long-range plan to
immove doi milnrirs. it> rt'inovc ilw :ishi?sf<?s Mm
what about the other campus huildiugs. the ones
whete the potential ha/ard is more than 2 percent?
Maybe USC will wait to remove that asbestos, too.
It's doubtful the administrators care. They don't live
in Columbia Hall.
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To ihe editor:
I musi commend my fellow students
who have written to express their
disapproval of the universty food seriYI'frtr
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apathetic USC students are supposed
10 he. it is refreshing to sec that some
students are taking a stand to protest
Saga's practices. Upon institution ol
1 lie new requirement forcing incoming
Ircshmcn to purchase a meal plan
desired or not - Saga will have the
uihorily 10 serve whatever and
however 11 wants.
As it exists mm. there arc two main
problems, the lone! and I lie service.
Saga doesn't of
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What is litis I hear that incoming Ircshrr
next scar will he forced to buy a meal pi;
glad to hear it. Many tinifs have I thoug
because I could noi choose a meat plan. <
happened 10 free will?
I will be (lie first u> agree thai Ircshmei
to make, but I do not feel (hat meal plans
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Letters
tests Saga's
While the quality may be all right, ihe
preparation could use some improvement.
Frequently, I have been served
undercooked, poorly seasoned
vegetables. There is nothing pleasant
about picking nearly raw green beans
out of one's teeth. The scrambled eggs
could use a little work, too, since I
don't like egg juice dripping off my
fork, soaking my stone-like biscuit.
Let's not discuss the veal at length, for
"t suffices to say that food oozing with
grease ^an make a fellow nauseous,
The Service varies. While some
cashiers are friendly and speedy,
others are slow because talking to
friends is more important than waiting
fer free choice, i
arc contusing, thai
icn living on campus business making
an from Saga? I am supported institutic
ht ol leaving school 1, as a freshman
Come on. What has meals, as many of
their 10 or so meals
i have mam i-lioift's. <*/! Uv t!?* .-ml nf il
is one that should he smell a skunk,
whether meal plans I am sure there a
school, though I m
:: seems to me thai
lerke Breathed personally, have f<
y room, taking adva
cash card. When it
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> new policy
on customers. One server can't seem to
make a simple taco, omitting the lettuce,
and another has often told me
that thev are "out" of hashbrowns.
not merely that they will have more
brought out in a minute. Perhaps it
was only my imagination, but egg rolls
seemed to be selling well, and sales
were discontinued.
Trie incoming freshmen have my
sympathies. Most will be financially
obligated to cat the meals for which
they must prepay. I also hope they will A
find that sense of unity that Saga has
decided they need.
Jonathan Fisher
Psychology junior
student says
I should be a concern of Saga, a private
a profit, not USC, a nonprofit state>n.
i, used a cash card in order not to waste
my freshmen friends did by not using up
. It must he realized rh.'ii mi>al nnt nc
le week turns into pure profit for Saga. 1
re more effective ways to keep freshmen in
ust admit that I am not an expert on these,
the only group that will benefit is Saga. I,
>und it cheaper to combine eating in my
ntage of specials off campus, and using a
comes to food, let free choice prevail.
Scott Gajda
Criminal justice sophomore
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