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DATEBOOK Guide to Weekly
Wednesdays
Beta Alpha Psi, 5:30 p.m.
PALM Campus Ministry, 5:30
p.m., dinner and program, PALM
Center.
Student Government Senate,
5 p.m., RH Theater.
Women Students' Association,
6 p.m., RH 201.
Campus Rape Awareness, 7
p.m., RH 332.
Student Ad Federation, 7 p.m.,
RH302.
Bible Study, 7 p.m., Presbyter
ian Student Center, 17U2 Creene St.
CPU Golden Spur Committee,
7:30 p.m., CPU Conference Room.
CPU Special Programs Committee,
8 p.m., RH 201.
CPU Contemporary Sounds
Committee, 8:30 p.m., RH 306.
College Republicans, 7:30 p.m.,
Gambrell 151. Call Larry Drakeford
at 544-3501 or Vernon Davenport at
796-7402 for more information.
Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Association,
8 p.m., BA 303.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
9 p.m., Roost lobby. Call J.J.
Gentry at 256-8067 for more information.
Thursdays
Habitat for Humanity, 5 p.m.,
RH Patio.
"Heart to Heart," 7 p.m., Baptist
Student Union, 700 Pickens St. ?
CPU Ideas & Issues Committee,
730 p.m., CPU Conference Room.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship,
8 p.m., RH 303. For more information,
call Richard Grinnan at
256-1211.
Campus Crusade for Christ,
"Prime Time," 7:30 p.m., RH 327.
Call Dave at 551-5577 tor more information.
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Christian Coffee House, 9-11
p.m., PALM Center.
Sundays
Worship service and dinner,
5:30 p.m., PALM Center, 728 Pickens
St.
Mondays
Living Off Campus and Learning
(LOCAL), 2:30 p.m., RH 348. For
more information, call Off-Campus
Student Services in RH 209 at 7774174.
Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH
Theater.
PALM Campus Ministry, "Body
6 Soul" meal and program, 5:30 p.m.,
PALM center.
CPU Cultural Arts Committee,
7 p.m., CPU Conference Room.
CPU Cinematic Arts Committee,
7 p.m., RH 203.
CPU Publicity Committee, 7:30
p.m., RH 201.
Tuesdays
Carolina for KIDS, 6 p.m., RH
302.
Dinner and program, 6 p.m.,
Presbyterian Student Center, 1702
Greene St.
Carolina Cares, 7 p.m., RH 204.
Student Psychology Association,
7 p.m., Barnwell Conference
Room.
Homecoming Commission, 7:15
p.m., RH 307.
USC Model United Nations
Club, 8:30 p.m., Gambrell 201.
SAGE (Students Acting for a
Greener Earth), an environmental
action group, 8 p.m., RH 302.
Campus Coalition for Literacy,
every other Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., RH
202. For more information, call 7778402.
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install a negative air machine that will s]
act as a vacuum. If for any reason there's w
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pulled in, preventing asbestos fibers from
escaping," Powell said. n
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through the building at any time. The s<
asbestos will be taken out of the building
by means of the outside elevator, si
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throughout the building and air sam- 1
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floors to make sure there's never a leak," tl
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abatement of Columbia Hall in 1987.
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of homes for families who could not normally
afford to purchase a home of their
own. Campus chapters enable students i
to help eliminate poverty housing in our '
community and to gain hands-on experience
in helping others.
"I think ifs great that they have put
something like this together to raise i
money. Student involvement in the com- ]
munity should be a main goal of all the |
groups on campus," criminal justice stu- i
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ill come from state-appropriated funds
it aside for university utilities.
"This has been a long process, but a
ecessary one. A building face-lift and
afer environment is what we get for
aeing everything through," said Allen.
Students and faculty will have the
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throughout the process. However,
5 parking spaces will be taken by mabinery
and equipment for the duration
tie abatement.
"Funding has been approved for the
batement of the seventh and sixth floors
f the Physical Science building and of
be old energy plant, but it will be a
rhile before the actual physical process
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The second phase of the abatement
n the fourth and fifth floors is expectd
to begin March 18,1995 and the enire
project is scheduled to be completd
by March 1996.
"I'm interested in seeing how it will
11 occur," said Dean Kress, assistant
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idministration.
"For the most part, students and facilty
understand, and we're all resigned
o moving, and we're ready for the inonvenience.
We'll tiy to keep things as
lormal as possible," he said.
"We are just finishing up a house,
and if s been a great experience. It would
open people's eyes if they had the same
opportunity to work on a project similar
to the one we are doing now," Strait
said.
The USC Chapter of Habitat fcr Humanity
hopes this fund- raiser will allow
USC students to leam and listen to
ajreat music at the same time. For more
information about the benefit, contact
Rockafellas' at 252-ROCK
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