The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 23, 1986, Page 2, Image 2
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By TRACY MIXSON
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He's had three hall advisers,
three residence hall directors, t^o
area managers, three nhonr
numbers, two door lock changes
and a new carpet.
Many things have changed tor
Greg Williams in his five years as
an on-campus resident ? many
things, that is, except his
residence itself. The senior has
lived in the same room of the
same dorm since his first day at
use.
"I'm hoping they're going to
retire mv room when I leave,"
Williams said of his home-awayfrom-home:
room 503-A wing in
Bates House. "It's going to be
tough to give it up when I finally
graduate this May."
Williams said he didn't plan to
become so possessive of his
room; in tact, he once considered
moving to another dorm to be
closer to classes. But his mother
changed his mind.
"Two years ago, 1 was thinking
of moving out and she
wouldn't hear of it," Williams
said "My mom likes this dorm.
She likes the room and board
plan here, so she wanted me to
stay.
"After she made the decision
that year. 1 decided I liked it
enough here. too. to finish my
education."
Williams was one of the first
freshmen allowed to live in Bates,
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wnicn was predominately tor upperclass
residents in 1981. Five
years later, the residents are 90
percent freshmen and
sophomores.
"In my freshman year, Bates
House had a reputation for being
the wildest upperclassmen dorm
on campus, but they were able to
control it ? the residents weren't
very rowdy," Williams said.
"But in the past couple of years,
Bates House has developed the
reputation for being a rowdy
dorm, and I've heard it has more
problems than any other dorm on
campus."
Problems with crime, fires and
other disciplinary areas have
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lion among campus residence
halls, he said.
"It's the people who make up a
dorm and its reputation." he
said. "At Bates we have a wide
variety ot people, and most of
them are pretty young.
"But after their freshman year,
a lot of students mature, so I
think the bad reputation Bates
has comes from a minority of
students who cause a majorit> of
the problems. Most of the people
here are like a family; they're
friendly and they like to have a
good time."
Williams said he's seen many
changes during his stay at Bates,
including the locking of women's
wings, the removal of a stud>
room and the increasingly lenient
attitude of resident advisers
toward residents' behavior.
Another big change in the
dorm, he said, resulted from the
increase of the legal drinking age,
which changed from 18 to 20
years old during the past two
years. Williams was a member of
USC's Alcohol Task Committee,
which drafted an alcohol policy
for the university.
"To be honest. I don't think
it's realistic to believe that the law
is going to stop underaged people
from drinking," he said. "1 think
in the next several years, Bates
House freshmen and other
residents who want to drink are
going to."
Williams has been involved in
Bates House affairs since his
freshman year, when he became
involved in dorm government. In
his junior year, he ran for president
? and lost.
Undaunted, he became involved
with L'SC's Residence Hall
Association as Bates House's
first representative. He was
elected vice president of the
young organization, and later
served as president for a year and
a half.
This past year he was chairman
of the RHA of South Carolina.
"I guess it's a little ironic that
I'd be representing Bates when I
couldn't pvpn win an pl/?rfir?n
there," he said. "But I'm glad I
had an opportunity to get involvy
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"Most of the people here
are like a family; they're
friendly and they like to
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out here."
Greg Williams
Bates House resident
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the people in the dorm."
So who will look out for Bates
House after Williams is gone?
"Oh, life will go on." he said.
''I think it will stay a
predominantly freshman dorm,
and this place will probably
always be pretty wild."
But the arrival of greek fraternities
next semester could bring
about still more change in the coed
dorm, he said. Several fraternities
have been offered spacc in
Bates next year, and Williams
said he believes the groups could
disrupt the concept of the Bates
House "family."
"A residence hall promotes
unity among its residents, and I
think allowing a greek fraternity
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some way," he said. "I'm not
against greeks, I just don't think
it's the best thing for a residence
hall."
Amidst the change, one thing
has remained fairly constant for
Williams and room 503-A ? he
has had only two roommates
since his arrival in the fall of
1981. The first, his best friend
from Camden High School,
stayed for three semesters.
"I guess there's this unwritten
rule that you shouldn't room
with your best friend from high
school," Williams said. "We
found this out, and after a year
and a half, he graciously moved
across the hall and I kept the
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Williams met Doug
Whitehead, his second and present
roommate, at a Bible study
in 1982. Whitehead, a biology
senior, is another of Bates' rare
upperclassmen ? as a freshman,
he lived on the dorm's second
floor.
"Doug is one of the main
reasons I stayed here," Williams
said. "When you find someone
you can get along with well, it
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live.
"We both like Bates' co-ed atmosphere,
and people who live
here. It's our own little community
out here."
He recalled a time four years
ago when ice storms cancelled
classes and isolated Bates
residents from the rest of the
campus.
"Everything was here ? my
mailbox, the cafeteria, my
room," he said. "Everything 1
needed was right here and I
didn't have to walk up on campus.
So it's centrally located with
everything I need." 1
So even the location, which
many'residents say is a disadvantage
to living at Bates, is good
enough for Williams.
"Bates House has plenty of
critics," he said. "Most people
say they don't like the meal plan,
t'lat the location is lousy because
it's too far to walk to classes and
the Shuttlecock takes too long, 1
and that you can't study or sleep
because there's always someone -i
up at one or two in the morning
making noise.
"But I like Bates House. I've
gotten comfortable here. In a lot
of ways, it's my home."
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