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source of debate
Dorsel has 11 office hours a week
posted.
Treasurer candidate Timothy Clardy
said he thinks the treasurer should put
in at least 10 hours'a week. He thinks
it's important for the treasurer to be
around in case students have any questions.
"One thing that [Newman] has started
is she is the first treasurer to help
with the workshops to prepare the future
treasurers," Clardy said.
Treasurer candidate Elizabeth Fordham
wasn't available for comment.
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Student Body President Kim Dickerson
said she keeps her office hours
from Monday to Thursday.
"It's up to the individual," Dickerson
said. "I wouldn't feel right getting
paid [without putting in time]."
Carothers said the stipend officers
are paid is determined on how many
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He said that he's aware of Newman's
situation and that he thinks students
should put their schoolwork before
activities.
"I put my academics first so I can
walk down the aisle in that cap and
gown in May," Newman said. "There
have been times in the past that I have
put my commitment to Student Government
ahead of my schoolwork, but
it isn't an option for me to do that right
now."
According to Siachos, officers are to
fulfill three requirements before they
get their stipend or payment: first, post
office hours outside their offices: sec
ond, hold office hours; and third, keep
a log of when they're not in their office.
Vice President Chris Dorsel wouldn't
comment on Newman's lack of office
hours.
"I spend 15 hours [a week] in Student
Government. I turned a job down
this fall semester because I [knew I]
couldn't handle the job," Dorsel said.
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mester. "Over Thanksgiving break,
they cut the heat on and didn't turn it
off," she said.
"When we got back, it was like a
sauna. You can only open windows a
little, so some people were breaking
the windows to get air."
Problems exist in Patterson as well,
albeit less severe ones.
In theory, Patterson residents
should have control over room temperature,
because heat and air dials
are supplied in each unit. According
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Students have different opinions on
the issue.
"As long as the job gets done, there's
no reason why her hours can't be made
to fit her schedule," said Kristen Desautels,
an exercise science freshman.
"Well, she is not completing her job
if she's not available," said Heidi Ober,
a nursing freshman.
"I hate it that I'm unable to be there
during the day," Newman said. "I have
always tried to fulfill my commitment
to Student Government to the best of
: my ability. At this point, my hands are
tied. I didn't want the position for the
stipend, and while my time commitment
to SG is limited this semester, I
hope students realize that I am doing
my best to be the SG treasurer and [still]
graduate this May."
Staff writer Angela Diamond, contributed
to this article.
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each turn of the dial is a gamble.
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Patterson whose dials don't work at
all. The dorm rooms aren't the only
trouble spots in Patterson, however.
"Downstairs in the lobby, there's no
air, only these big fans that don't do
anything. The people at the front desk
are always sweating," Lothery said.
So what's the solution to these problems?
Jennings suggests students "tell
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after a majority complains, the R.A.
will check with other R.A.S for a majority,
then they will change [the heat
to air]."
"I always open the five-day forecast
on my computer," he said. "If it's
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and ask them what the students are
saying. If the lows are going to be mid40s,
we cut the heat off. Any lower than
that, and we keep the heat on."
While that might be a temporary
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that many students will still
be dealing with less than comfortable
conditions in the days and nights
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installing some new valves outside the
dorms to aid in temperature control.
"We may be getting outdoor temperature-control
valves that automatically
shift with the air from outside,"
he said.
With those, Jennings said, "we
could respond much quicker [to students'
complaints]."
In the meantime, not every dorm
resident at USC is suffering. Lothery
admits that while the temperature dials
in the Patterson rooms "take a while
to come on, they do come on after a
while."
And over at Capstone, Corcoran
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into Flinn Hall with high goals for
the upcoming millennium.
Before moving into Flinn Hall,
the Women's Studies Program was in
an old house on College Street. The
African-American Studies program was
in Gambrell Hall.
Director of Women's Studies Lynn
Weber said there wasn't enough room
for the programs to grow at the old sites.
The faculty members of the two programs
were scattered around campus,
but in Flinn Hall, the staff members of
the two programs are more united.
"[Flinn Hall] centralizes our faculty,"
said Diane Johnson, interim director
of African-American Studies. "It
gives us a greater sense of cohesion
since we are in one place."
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Graduate Director of Women's Studies
Faye Harrison said the curriculum
and agenda focus on the diversity of
the woman's experience. "We must understand
the multiple dimensions of
inequality so we can dismantle these
structures," Harrison said.
The African-American Studies program
teaches about the African-Amer
ican presence throughout American
history.
"Students cannot understand American
history and culture if they do not
have an appreciation for the AfricanAmerican
experience and exposure to
scholarships in African-American studies,"
Johnson said.
The program also is interdisciplinary
with strong ties to the Institute
for Southern Studies, women's studies,
history, anthropology, English and other
departments.
"We have cultural and archival
resources that can't be found anywhere
else in the nation," Johnson said.
Undergraduate African-American
Studies Director Cleveland Sellers said
the program provides services for all
students at USC, enabling them to be
inclusive in a multicultural society and
work together in the interest of hu
manity in the years to come.
People who take African-American
studies courses learn about the AfricanAmerican
experience and are more
aware of bias and stereotypes, Sellers
said. The program has few majors. USC
is searching for a new director for the
program.
"It is an exciting time, and the potential
is there to make the AfricanAmerican
Studies program at USC a
top-flight program," Sellers said.
Both the Women's Studies Program
and the African-American Studies program
aim to increase the number of
classes and faculty members to accommodate
the number of students.
The Women's Studies Program intends
to offer a bachelor of arts degree
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