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Brad Walters, j
Kevin Langston,
Emily Streyer,.
Kenley Young, <
Propose!
discrimii
The area between
Five Points and USC ASHUm!
might see zoning proPoSi
changes in the near
future that would ban o
private student hous- and Five
ing. Landlords are
concerned this might HAmUaIiAI
strip students of con- Dentine <
venient and afford- . ?v
able housing. ineXpeWM
The city wants is diSCtiffl,
this section of Co- ffi its pare
lumbia to return to
the community of single-family
houses that they say existed
before students began moving
into the area.
Residents in this part of town, as
well as all residents of Columbia, knew
the area around the university and
Five Points would he swallowed un
by students. Why is the city now raising
an eyebrow to this part of town?
The influx of students is not a new
phenomenon, nor is it terribly harmful
to Columbia. The truth is, USC
students have contributed to the prosperity
of this city for a long time. Denying
them cheap and convenient hous~ijS
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1 zoning
latory
ing is absurd - espeUaflHHH
cially if it's for the
?d zoning Simple sake of getting
ncr> homeowners to re'veenVSC
turn t0 a section of
'Points town.
If preservation is
UyJ|jyH|| the city's main argu\hldpnts
ment, why are some
7^ of the city's oldest
? housing houses being used as
ination college dormitories?
St form. For years, the Horseshoe
has housed honors
students and upperclassmen.
Planners seem to be more concerned
with getting families with
steady incomes into these zones. It's
discrimination in its purest form.
The city must not realize how
many problems they could create by
passing this measure. It's difficult as
it is to find housing or parking near
campus. With these proposed changes,
parking and housing will become
much more difficult to find - for students
and homeowners alike.
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buried in one of the community sec
The piece announced that the Jar
Byrnes Scholarship was availal
South Carolinians who had lost c
both of their parents.
For some reason I can't fathon
I almost disregarded it. But I reac
it once more, wrote the mailing ad
down and sent off for an applies
When I came to Columbia to intc
for the scholarship a few weeks 1;
was extremely nervous, and I im
it showed. When the interviev
finished, the foundation's board of dn
told me that I did well just to get
interview and that they wished the
more scholarships to give out Ne(
to say, I wasn't exactly sure whei
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i high the mail announcing I had indeed re
I was a scholarship. With that letter ca
3 i n g list of three requirements for be
1 The scholar: we had to attend a lunc
ville each June, we had to attend a di
eday, each October and we had to go on a;
I retreat to Garden City Beach wit
ed to other scholars in March,
little When I saw this at first, I won
?r i e f why in the world we would have
tions. requirements. Believe me, I w;
nes F. comnlainine one bit: I iust wasn't
ble to sure what all these get-togethers \
>ne or add to the value of the scholarshi;
The first two events (the lunc
i now, and dinner) gave me a taste of'
lover being a Byrnes Scholar is like, but "I
Idress Weekend" in Garden City is where
ition. saw the true awe of being in this g
aview My excitement for the first "S
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agine I still only knew a small handful <
i was scholars.
actors There would be many there I d]
to the know, including 18 or so fror
y had scholarship class, about 50 froi
xlless other scholarship classes and corn
ther I alumni.
QUOTE, UNQUOTE
"I'm extremely honored by the
governor's faith in me to help
lead this university."
Daria Moore. appointed to USC's
Board Of Trustees
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k for the first time about
ing my father to people
[y how I was feeling."
By the end of that weekend, though,
terin I felt closer to the group than I had ever
aeived felt, and I had made friendships that
ime a \yould last a lifetime. How did it happen?
ing a I can't explain it; it would be impossible
:heon to try to talk about the entire experience
inner and its value in such a short amount of
/early space.
h the During "Super Weekend," I was able
to talk for the first time about the ordeal
dered of losiner mv father to oeoole who knew
these exactly how I was feeling. Walking along
asn't the beach, I thought of the summers I
quite went with my dad to Garden City and
vould how happy he'd be for me if he were
p. around to see this.
:heon The moments of introspection (while
what invaluable) were few and far between
super that weekend, though.
I first I was too busy having fun with
roup, members from my class and with the
!uper group as a whole,
t that Ihesitate to make this comparison,
nf the but the Byrnes Scholars is like a big
fraternity in a lot of ways ? only you
id not don't have to follow any ridiculous hazing
n my rituals or social guidelines to be accepted,
n the As a matter of fact, "family" would be a
itless
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