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DecemberJ^J^S? wpftnesday^P . Sffl3 * H " Oliver Gospel J By JOHNNA GOODWIN chance t ;Staff Writer they put : COLUMBIA ? With Christmas person e !break near, most USC students are f?r a pi ;worried about finals and whether w*th a s ;they will have enough time to shop tiative is Tor that last gift to take home. This However, a few blocks from Crooks, campus, the thought of Christmas the miss as pushed away, and finding a "My ' ?warm place to sleep is of utmost out in i Jconcern. dorms, t The Oliver Gospel Mission, into an ; jlocated on Assembly Street, is she said, where some of the area homeless here, we tseek this warmth. Open 24 hours a mentday, the mission provides shelter "The from the streets and a place to stay for peoj for the night. , meal, rt ; The building is right around the receive corner from expensive stores, but Any am 'oftcw tho Mhr Unhtp Him thf> mic. aTlft thpi CUltl UIU vil^ liquid Ullll, uiu *"Vj |sion seems a million miles from one nigh downtown. Howe The mission is a day center set rules where anyone can come to get a to stay n bite to eat or get out of the cold. If "Each a person wants a bed for the night, required he must come and register or said. "> check-in between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. clothing Sleeping accommodations are in a blanke a dorm-type setting with 22 male washers beds and 11 female beds. Males are the missi charged $5 per night, while females Nine-: are allowed to stay free of charge, one of ti Both are supervised by live-in staff, those wi With a staff of 12 full-time "It's a workers, the mission gives people a room, a -Pi inch ft Holiday drink By WENDY HUDSON a family Staff Writer Punch h USC ? 'Tis the season to be ture- Tf jolly... and to mmrnrnrn refreshin entertain. I hMj 1 always hungry whenever they 1 8^^ come over to 1/4?^ Punches and jMral at Christmas, ^e oranl Hanukkah and New Year's parties. ^ree w* They are easy to make, give a dif- f'loat the I ferent taste to traditional beverages mixtl and are popular with everyone. a A The cider recipe is an old family cloves oi favorite; it makes the house smell ^nue 10 ' wonderful and is good right before St. Thomas More The car Catholic Center TheEpisc Masses Sun. 11am, 6pm, & 9:30pm Chaplsi Mon.-Thurs. 12:15pm & Wed. 5:30 and Sat. 8am 1100 Su Newman Club Meetings Tues. 7pm 771 -730 Confessions are from 3-4pm on Sat. or by appt. Thursday Rev. Michael F. McCafferty, Chaplain Meet at tl 1620 Greene St. 799-5870 Presbyte Across from the School of Nursing 1702 Gre CampUS Thursday :PAU^ Ministry (Partnership Among Lutherans and Methodists) Wednesday Body & Soul 5:30pm A V< Dinner & Table Communion Mei followed by Christmas Chrisi Caroling on Campus Prog] Sunday - Worship and Dinner 5pm ? 728 Pickens I 799-4993 All Are Welcome 799-7363 70 c int) for c Mission offers shel o get from the shelter what into it. This means that a :' ntering the mission looking ace to sleep may end up taff position if enough ini- ;". was the case with Bea who is now a desk clerk at lusband and I both started . : the men's and women's ^ y jfll >ut we worked our way up r ' r apartment in the building," ' "Then, when I got on staff Tv," she sajd. "My broth moved into a larger apart- an(j my mama jjve t^ere. Adrienne attends mission provides a place Elementary School. The )le to shower, have a hot picks her up at the shelte iceive job assistance and "There's not much to help in obtaining an ID. here, so I jump rope," I everyone can come in, "We don't have any gam / may stay for more than William Williams, wh it-" the shelter in Septemb ver, the mission does have person gets out of the si that everyone who wishes he puts into it. lust follow. "I started out wiping person who checks in is putting up chairs," he sai to take a shower," Crooks take care of the kitche Vnd, we give them fresh during the day, and then if they need it, along with 4 or 5 p.m. t and towel. Also, there are "I hate being in this and dryers on each floor of but I turned a negative ii ion that they may use." tive. It's mind-blowing ^ear-old Adrienne stays in could be used to makir he apartments provided for or $40,000 a year and tl th children. in this situation." big apartment with a bath- Some aren't lucky < kitchen sink, beds and a find work that quic i thf, Moi m s bring festive spii meal. The Banana Slush Banana Slush Pu as a different, unique texle others are fruity and Ingredients: g. 4 bananas, mashed 1 1/2 cups sugar Hot Annie Cider ^ fi-rninre rune frn7, juice, undiluted iients: 1 large can pineapple j )n apple juice 1/2 cup lemon juice orange juice 6 cups water p brown sugar 1 2-liter bottle ginger ? ge ; cloves Directions: mon sticks Mix all of the ingredie tions: er but the ginger ale. F le apple juice, orange juice slush before serving, or m sugar in a large pot. Cut then let it thaw for thri ge into thin slices, and put hours. Add the ginger lole cloves in each slice, serving, i slices in the juice. Heat .ire on low. Do not bring to ___________ When it's warm, take the Jt of the oranges, and conieat it. Serve warm. ij 3i,in?. Vi piaiiitj a ; Dciation /V iterbury Community, ///^ opal Church on Campus L. Q*/ / n's Office 7/1 mter Street / C / * w Night 7:00pm p? he r rian Student Center v-_|?/rTi iene Street I ( . I An art to Heart II , Dec. 9, 1993 7:OOpm Cantey Bull t> Fashion t mas xuckb f III TRAVEL WILL B] laptist Student Union , . . 0 Pickens Street 799-3854 A// admission prOCi %\\i 6am crock \rolina! i home! i c ter for homeless i tl ? - .. * \ n- y , * 1' ' :- P n Chris Muldrow/The Gamecock 1 p lers, sisters Skinner has been coming to the mission off and on for three years Carver since she was 17. s. school bus "I was having difficulties with r. my parents," she said. "I couldn't play with follow the rules, and my parents J! she said, wouldn't let me stay with them, es." "Hopefully, this is the last time P 10 came to that I will be here. I'm waiting to .* >er, said a go into the Job Corps where they 0 lelter what give you money to go to school ? and get an education and learn a !! tables and trade. The mission is giving me a 11 d. "Now, I place to stay until I leave in midn. I work January." come in at The mission serves as more than s a home for its residents; it provides situation, a lesson that those who leave will ? nto a posi- never forget. ! that you "Being at the mission has taught 11 ig $30,000 me a lot because all I had was " hen be put common sense and book knowl edge, and now, I have street enough to smarts," Crooks said. "It's basically kly. Lori the knowledge to survive." d T gSdatebook * Wednesday, Dec. 8 d A P ? Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian ii Association general meeting, 8 p.m., Gambrell 402. b Women Students Association, 6 sj nch p.m.. Will meet in front of Russell House on Greene Street to go to Monterrey's for party. en orange In the story "Wellness Center offers help for students fighting uice new fat," Open Door graduate assistant Amy Senn was misquoted. The Wellness Center offers tie Health Risk Appraisals through University 101 classes. Center representatives bring the results nts togeth- back to the class, show students reeze to a ^cif health downfalls and offer freeze and suggestions to how they may ee to four improve their lifestyles, ale before The Gamecock regrets this error. ST. ANDREWS ^WOMAN'S CLUB )th ANNUAL Fd ^Bridal 1 howcase* id Fashion Show lY January 16, 1994 12:30 - 5:00 .ding, State Fairgrounds . H . 1 -in . ?rr> A .nn i aiiuws AI i;ou AIMJ t;uu E GIVING AWAY A 5 NIGHT "ALL INCLUSIVE" HONEYMOON TO JAMAICA MENTS OF & oirJcmoIcQ? Admission $2.00 eeds will be donated to Sistercare, Inc. 5 Losing job can be learning experience C7 JL his is the final installment in the supervisor or manager and ask ive-part job search series. them if they'd help in your next job search," Ward said. "See if ly SUSAN GOODWIN they'll be references, write good itaff Writer references or help in networking so USC ? After dealing with all the you can springboard off your old esumes, inter- -i0*5 *nt0 a new one' iews and PIRIIJI Ward concedes that former new-kid-on- KWRWrfl employees should take one precauhe-job" fears, h?n before asking such favors, et another "Get some feedback about iroblem faces whether performance, attitude or he student \ v behavior had something to do with ivolved with a it," Ward said. "Otherwise, you 3b. Losing it. % might feel nervous about what the "Right now, ^references say. le economy is Students have other avenues to uch that there I ai(* them in their new job search, s a lot of I "Make sure you are available to lovement in nil Jt'M all your options: the Career Center, usiness," said looking at classified ads, looking at om Ward, director of Cooperative Job service or applying directly at '.ducation and Student an organization you're interested employment. "Companies are hi," Mosley said, treamlining and cost-cutting, and George on "Seinfeld" isn't the lat means cutting positions." only person moving back in with The consequences of this financial his parents. A lot of students also imming are universal, according to make the trek back home. )r. Larry Bergmann, a psychothera- "For some students, it's like takist with Post Trauma Resources. in? a hath m the morning," Heffler "Losing a job is a loss like any said. "You just do it because it's ther loss," Bergmann said. "The there." dvantage for most college students Bergmann sees the issue of 5 that they are not planning to stay returning home as a complex one. n that job." "The main problem is that you Clinical psychologist Dr. Joel have to go back and follow the leffler sees the effects in more rules," Bergmann said. "If you're upjective terms. uucoinionaoie, u migni oe nara to "Some college students see the put all your energy into the job ew job hunt as a new adventure," search. On the other hand, you leffler said. "Then, there are those might do everything you can to get i a situation where they need the the hell out of there." loney, which is very similar to Sometimes, employees can take eing the breadwinner of a family." steps to avoid being cut,, according According to USG Director of to Mosley. 'lacement Lisa Mosley, the best "Really make yourself valuable /ay to deal with this loss is imme- to the organization," Mosley said, iate action. "Let's say they ask you to work "It's very important to act quick- weekends or overtime. Well, do y," Mosley said. "When you lose that." our job, it's easy to sit around Even if the situation is beyond oing nothing. The best thing is to the student's control and these ick yourself up and to start look- measures fail, all is not lost, ig for something else." ^ Mosley said. Though jobless students must go "People need to understand that ack to square one, they do so in a losing you job isn't the end of the etter position than before, Ward world," Mosley said. "Just about aid. all of us will go through that at one "It's important to talk to the time or another." 13. ir fii124 Intramural Basketball Spring 1994 Leagues offered: Women Fraternity Residence Hall Men's Open A, B, C Co-Rec Sign up in Campus Recreation 202 Blatt RE. 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