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_ _ News_ Call Boxes from page 2 ordinator of the USCPD, said, “I don’t be lieve students are aware of the exact lo cation of where these call boxes are lo cated, how far away [from their residence hall] and how deep into campus. Students need to know where they are.” He said, “I recommend students walk it [their daily route] during the night with a friend, from Patterson to the library, for instance. It looks a lot differed at night than in the day, and they [the students] might need to alter their route.” Each year, Student Government puts on a Safety Whlk, which allows students to patrol the campus with members of the USC Safety Committee and see what places need higher security, more light ing or an added call box. Conant said, “We [the Safety Com mittee] are disappointed in student rep resentation lately. It comes and goes.” He believes this year shows promise for more student interactivity. “They [USC students] have not been as active these past few years, but this year’s looking better. It was strong three years ago, and this is one committee where we want the students there. Wfe need their input for sure,” Conant said. Conant said he and the Safety Com mittee want to take the students’ com ments and focus them toward a com mon goal, even if that means adding another call box where they had not previously sought to put one. Some students are skeptical that such an approach could make a difference. Advertising senior Dave Schroeder said he doubts that his comment could make a difference with Student Govern ment. Another question concerns where the prospective call boxes will be located, and in what order. “All call boxes have relatively the same priority. A major issue, though, is where the specific call box is going to be located. Since we [the Safety Commit tee] don’t have our own budget, we have to be funded by different areas of USC,” Conant said. Call box implementation is not only segmented by the budgets of various com rmttees and colleges, but it’s also a cost ly effort. For instance, when the Safety Com mittee proposed to install a call box in the Swearingen Annex parking lot on Wha ley Street, both the engineering college and the Facilities department compro mised to split the $4,000 project cost. For any one call box, on average, 1/3 of the price pays for the actual mate rial and 2/3 pays for installation. They run anywhere from $3,000 to $6,000 apiece. “It costs twice as much to run lines around some housing developments be cause they’re further from a building, but we’re making it happen. More call box es are a definite occurrence for the future, and we have 14 more on our list to com plete,” Conant said. ■ Ernie Ellis, director of Law En forcement and Safety for the USCPD, be lieves in the use of good judgment re garding students and their safety. “The use of common sense is crucial. It [a city campus, like USC] is not invit ing at 11 o’clock at night. Students need to use foresight to prevent crimes. The prevention of crime really lies in an indi vidual,” he said. “Ninety-nine out of 100 times, what that person does can make them a vic tim or not a victim oi a crime,” Ellis said Gallman insists on having the USC community be a support system for its students, faculty and staff. “It takes everybody to take care of the community.. We [the USCPD] want to get everyone involved. This [USC] is an open campus, which makes activities off campus conducive for working and learn ing. But, being a city within a city, we’re impacted by this. Unfortunately, crime impacts us most negatively, which means preventive crime works best when every one’s concerned about everybody,” he said. The upcoming call box installations will include, but are not limited to, the following: the Wardlaw parking lot, Hamil ton College, Maxcy/Flinn Hall, the cor ner of Whaley and Bull Streets, the cor ner of Whaley and Pickens Streets, the Athletic Fieldhouse shuttle stop/parking lot, the V.A. Medical School building #2? the Swearingen Annex parking lot on Wha ley Street, the Law School at Devine and Assembly streets, the comer of Sloan and Barnwell streets, the Assembly Street side of Swearingen, Patterson Hall parking lot, Bates shuttle stop on Bull Street, Columbia Hall at Pendleton and Barnwell, the Wbodrow and Preston walkway at Greene Street and the Athletic «Ticket Office park ing lot. EquiSource Home Mortgage Corporation k UPPERCLASSMAN OPPORTUNITY! (Earn while you learn!) 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