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Parachute i By KRISTINE ANKNEY Staff writer "If you want a high on life, this i Christine Lowe, secretary/treasu USC Sport Parachuting Club, trained through an accelerated gram last spring. The Parachuting Club began years ago, but has just recently ej an increase in club involvement, the club only had five to 10 mem year the response has already pr encouraging. Andy Weddle has been club for two years and is looking for good year. He wants people to Y safe and we're not crazy, sophomore, he has completed 7! one year. The club has bought new state Ram-Air (square) parachutes which run about $1,100 each. These are the best chutes arc Ed Wright, club vice-president. I years the club has had to use rou which are difficult to control, parachutes have tottles, enabling SENl Don't forget to sign i ^ week with the organi Sign-up is in the Placer H. William CI Allied Corp., Fibers Division ( Allied, Union Texas Petroleum A.L. Williams (O) Arnic Research Corp. (PS) Badische (PS) C&S of Georgia (PS) Comptroller of the Currency I r* . o t . -i I /nr\ coopers at uyDranu w o; DuPont (PS) International Paper (PS) K-Mart Apparel (PS) Kinney Shoe Corp. (O) Lanier Harris (O) 1 NCR (PS) Norfolk Naval Shipyard (PS) Northwestern Mutual Life (O) Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell ( Procter and Gamble (PS) Professional Service Industry ( Richway (O) Roses Stores (PS) South Carolina Electric & Gas South Carolina Tax Commissi Springs Industries (PS) Taco Bell (O) Texas Instruments (PS) i horn MCAn ^U) Touchc Ross (O) United Carolina Bank (PS) U.S. Air Force (O) U.S. General Accounting Offi U.S. Navy (O) Virginia Power (O) club gives i to steer himself to i softer landings, s it," said Before taking th< irer of the son must go throu who was sessions. These sess fall pro- Douglas, a eerti Douglas has comp almost 15 jumps and been in tperienced year. Last year, In the training ibers. This day, students will j kjvk, 11 \.VJ vs. nuui> ui jump u procedures. president On Sunday, 20ward to a the drop spot in L ;now "it's At the jump sight : " As a to three more hour 5 jumps in head up in a CI82 an altitude of 8-of-the-art beginners take the this year, Safety is of parachuting. Mud )und, said spent to ensure tha n previous The United Stat nd chutes, tion (USPA), who The new quires that all begi \ the diver device which will < msn~ ip for interviews this zations listed below. nent Office, 6th Floor, lose Building. O) I (O) PS) PS) O) (PS) on (O) ce (O) O ? Open Sign Up; PS ? Pre-Screen Si?n Up rise to student the ground and make a wrong. If the divei the device automa :ir first jump each per- release the reserve gh a series of training Another safety i ions are taught by Dave first jump is the sta ified USPA trainer. riected at one end t leted over a thousand the other end to the the USC program for a hooked up, the cl open as the parach sessions beginning Fri- In future jumps lo through two to three own chute. aining and emergency Jumpers also v devices detect the when to open the c 30 students will head to get instruction fron .ugoff, South Carolina. down. students go through two The goal of a beg s of training before they cumulate enough ji aircraft. After reachina dent status. 10 thousand feet, the After getting p; ir first jump. divers are eligible t< utmost importance in Georgia and Nortl i time and equipment is On these trips, 80t nothing will go wrong. to jump at one tin es Parachuting Associa- of 15 thousand fee > sponsors the club, re- Everyone is encc nners wear a mechanical Meetings are every detect if something goes the P.E. Center. 1 I PMl/M OBI I if B iiiiJ^n /N Safe' Stand-up Landings rfftWl 1st Jump Classes ^HE Certified Instructors FUN - ADVENTURE ^ EXCITEMENT! \ USC Sport . Parachute Club I vl ASKUS 777-7777 L A "< n 256-1434 ' B V Professional Qualification Test. ? ' NSA's Professional Qualification Test ( be the most important test you ever take 1 ^7 ly. It could qualify you for an exciting, c! A career with the National Security Agenc NSA Is responsible for analyzing foreij V munlcations, safeguarding our governm< communications and securing governme ? systems. 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